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Review of the new Breitling Premier Collection - B01 Automatic Chronograph with in-house movement. With high res pics, specs and prices.

With our favourite motoring writer testing the mettle of a British-made car, Revolution decided to throw in a clutch of English watches to see how the style and engineering measured up.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mark Cho, co-founder of The Armoury, talks to Revolution about his watch collecting habits and how best to style the Chopard L.U.C 1860 x The Rake & Revolution Limited Edition.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

If you care about watches, Geneva is the place to be right now. The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (better known to its friends as the GPHG) has recently wrapped, and a prestigious jury of who’s who in watchland has determined what the best watches of the year are. Well, at least the best watches … ContinuedThe post LIST: The 16 winning watches of 2018, according to the GPHG appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

The story in a second: It’s big, it’s complicated, it’s bloody clever. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: I’ve got a real soft spot for German watchmaking, but especially for Glashütte Original. Underappreciated, and painfully under-marketed anywhere outside of Europe, they are one of VERY few brands that manufacture their own dials … ContinuedThe post IN-DEPTH: The Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite in Steel – a study in complex elegance appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

The Les Collectionneurs pieces will be available exclusively at Vacheron Constantin’s Landmark Prince’s Boutique in Hong Kong from now until November 29, 2018.

Analytical review of the Armin Strom Dual Time Resonance. Despite poor initial impressions, our hands-on changed our minds. Here is how we were won over.

Revolution’s Wei Koh sits down with Geoffrey Hess of Analog/Shift to talk vintage Rolex, Speedmasters, patina and more.

If you take the term ‘game changer’ at its most literal, it is a development, a breakthrough that changes the game. No matter how you interpret the term, it’s a big call. And the watch world in particular is a big game to have any meaningful impact on, given the vastness of its history and … ContinuedThe post INSIGHT: Is the Octo Finissimo really a ‘game changer’? Bulgari MD Guido Terreni gives us three reasons appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

A little while ago Seiko lifted the lid on a tasty trio of dive watches with a marine conservation theme: a turtle, a samurai and a solar chronograph. All united by a gorgeous, graduated blue dial, inspired by both the blue of the sea and its mightiest inhabitant, the blue whale; these summer-suitable divers sure … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Seiko’s Save The Ocean - Tuna style - with the Prospex SNE518P appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Revolution talks to four creative minds and looks at the timepieces they choose to wear to reflect their personalities.

We spot one of the world's most powerful women, and identifies what her watches. Featuring Christine Lagarde, Managing Director and Chairwoman of IMF.

As someone whose love of watches is focused entirely on mechanisms powered by springs, the word quartz normally evokes the immediate cry of “Next!” So when I stop and spend time with a quartz watch, it must be a bit special. And so to Code Coco. It had me at first glance: that crisp, chic … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Chanel’s Code Coco – a fashion watch that’s so much more than a fashion watch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

It goes without saying really, Raymond Weil have a penchant for the melodious methods. Releasing scores of limited-edition pieces that pay tribute to all things musical – from Gibson guitars and Marshall amps, to Aussie rockers AC/DC and Ol’ Blue Eyes, Mr Frank Sinatra. The latest note in their sonata of releases revisits a collection … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: A watch for the opera – the Raymond Weil Parsifal appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

A most compelling debate between Theodor Prenzel (deputy head R&D;, Nomos Glashütte) and Jean-Marc Wiederrecht (co-founder of movements specialist AGENHOR) on the necessity of “in-house” movements.

Revolution was privileged to meet Biver at the Maddox Gallery in London, where he spared the time during a chaotic press event to discuss the tumultuous occasion that is his departure from a business he’s been in since 1974.

Vacheron Constantin goes back to her roots and to the tradition of Cabinotiers: Introducing the Les Cabinotiers Grande Complication Phoenix.

Ross Povey picks out his favorite lots from Christie’s Rare Watches sale catalogue, to be held on November 12th, 2018.

Aurel Bacs shows us his Top 5 picks from The Geneva Watch Auction: EIGHT that will be held on 10th and 11th November 2018.

There’s a lot of options in Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Polaris collection. But I think this one might be my favourite, the Polaris Date. It’s a choice purists might find a little weird. After all, this is an uncomplicated watch, lacking either the classic alarm or the more impressive chronograph/world timer functionality. And while it’s not particularly complicated, … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Polaris Date - a happy middle ground appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

In the spirit of friendship and a surer grasp of the truth, CEO Hublot Ricardo Guadalupe and independent watchmaker Roger W. Smith debate the importance of celebrity endorsement.

Prof. Michael J. Biercuk is a quantum physicist based in Sydney, Australia. He also happens to have a taste for fine timepieces - we find out more.

Ross Povey picks out his favorite lots from Phillips The Geneva Watch Auction: EIGHT sale catalogue, to be held on November 10th & 11th, 2018.

James Mark talks to Ross Povey about The Geneva Watch Auction: EIGHT that will be held on 10th and 11th November 2018.

Take a very close look at the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon Sky Chart and Grand Complication Phoenix.