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Review: Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three Reveal

Review: Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three Reveal a collaboration project between the Steven Holtzman, Kari Voutilainen and Andreas Strahler dual timezone watch

Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite: For Those Who Call The World Their Home

Watches aimed at frequent travelers come in many shapes and forms. Some simply feature a second time zone, while others incorporate additional complications like a chronograph or full calendar. In recent years, we have seen a strong increase in watches offering complications aimed very specifically at the needs of the traveler. In 2012, Glashütte Original […]

Review of the Zenith Pilot Type 20 Extra Special Bronze

The Zenith Extra Special is back. With a bronze vengeance. Find out what has changed and what hasn't.

Baselworld 2015: Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker Oil Pump

Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker Oil Pump

Oris Sponsors The 2015 Avalon International Airshow

The sound of two F/A-18F Super Hornet’s completing a low pass at 1200 kilometres per hour and with full-afterburners, is unlike anything I have ever heard in my life. At first, all seems calm enough as the fighters approach, appearing only as silent smears on the horizon to my left. A few seconds later though, […]

Geneva 2015: DeBethune DB28 GS

DeBethune DB28 GS

Pre-SIHH 2015: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Skeleton Flying Tourbillon

In the rarified world of fine skeleton tourbillions, Roger Dubuis stands at the forefront. At SIHH, the Manufacture will introduce a timepiece that takes the art form to new heights: the Excalibur Spider Skeleton Flying Tourbillion. The Spider name is, of course, inspired by the creators of the complex, gossamer sculptures found in nature. The […]

Cartier Time Art - ‘Mechanics Of Passion’ - Now in Shanghai!

Cartier’s Time Art exhibition has arrived in Shanghai. After the show at the Bellerive Museum in Zurich in 2011 and at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, in Singapore in 2012, Time Art is back in Asia with a new exhibition of remarkable vintage watches and clocks. – Power Station Of Art, Shanghai – […]

Bremont - Guilty of What?

In a recent article I produced for Revolution about manufacture status, I concluded with the following: “manufacture status is no guaranteed measure of quality nor prestige, while non-manufacture status doesn’t diminish the worth of a top-quality timepiece.” It’s the watch as a whole, not just the pedigree. I also pointed out was the FACT that […]

BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: MCT Sequential Two - S200

BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: MCT Sequential Two - S200

REVOLUTION UK Makes Its Debut With Volume 1!

Great news for our British readers! REVOLUTION UK will make its debut on newsstands on the 4th of April 2014. Do look out for it! In the meantime, I speak to Sophie Furley, Editor of REVOLUTION UK to find out more about what to expect: Adi Soon:  Sophie, congratulations on the launch of Revo UK, […]

BASELWORLD DIARY - DAY ONE

  My first BaselWorld day kicked off with the traditional fair press conference where I discovered that Swiss exports were up 1.9%, that I was one of a staggering 4,000 journalists visiting the show, and one of the 50 percent of people working in the Swiss watch industry who aren’t actually Swiss! I wasn’t quite […]

SIHH 2014: Parmigiani Tonda 39 Qualité Fleurier

SIHH 2014 parmigiani tonda 39 qualitie fleurier red gold

Hublot Launches Official Timepiece For World Cup With Charity Fundraiser

At first glance, one might think that the world of fine watchmaking and the world of football share precious little in common. One is a sport that is distinguished by its universality and egalitarianism; the other is a comparatively niche luxury product that thrives on the concept of exclusivity. However, for those who see things […]

Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Daniel Riedo Explains their 2014 Novelties at SIHH (Video)

Featured in this video, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon, the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931. Interviewed by Wei Koh

A Tour of Place Vendôme in Paris: Where History Meets Haute Horlogerie

Franck Muller And The Good Of Giga (Video)

As a watch manufacturer these days, having a tourbillon in your collection is hardly enough to set you apart from the crowd since many haute horlogerie brands already have one in their collections. Discerning collectors have therefore started to look for the next step, with even more impressive iterations beyond the basic tourbillon. Brands have […]

Roger Dubuis CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué on the Hommage Collection at SIHH 2014 (Video)

The Hommage Collection is the showcase this year for Roger Dubuis, and CEO, Jean-Marc Pontroué, tells us about the key pieces from this collection, as well as the strength of the brand in the unique category of the Double Tourbillon. Interviewed by Wei Koh. Do also have a look at our video with Roger Dubuis […]

Cartier CEO, Stanilas de Quercize on the 2014 Novelties at SIHH (Video)

Cartier showed an abundant choice of timepieces this year, ranging from their first every Diver watch, their relaunched Tortue Collection, the new Ballon Bleu and Ballon Blanc, innovative Haute Horlogerie pieces as well as their Metier d’art pieces. Certainly a wide range with something for everyone. Listen to Cartier CEO Stanislas de Quercize as he […]

“Why The Breitling Emergency Is Not A Toy…” Another Opinion. (VIDEO)

We had a look at Brian Jones’s Breitling Emergency in a previous article. Today, we hear from another pilot, this time Jacques Bothelin, Leader of the Breitling Jet Team, who offers his opinion on why the Breitling Emergency is a serious professional tool, with particular emphasis on the new features of the recently launched 2013 […]

Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon…the extreme macros

This post will focus on the extreme macros of the Vianney Halter Deep Space Triple Tourbillon.

Cartier Métiers d’Art Watch Collection, the 2013 models

Cartier’s Métiers d’Art Collection is one of those special and very limited production series, in the Cartier watch collection, made for the really connoisseur. These pieces are hard to to get your hands on, since they rarely appear in a Boutique, due to the limited amount of produced items. In response to previous Cartier’s SIHH […]

Parmigiani Tonda Hemispheres

This is sponsors week. Featuring the Tonda Hemispheres two timezone watch from Parmigiani Fleurier. The watch is built in the characteristic Parmigiani style…no holds barred, top quality finish. As mentioned in my articles written for their blog, Parmigiani is a full manufacture…the full value chain from design, concept, testing, prototyping and production of every component…theRead More

Baume & Mercier’s Clifton vs. Montblanc’s Star Date Automatic

The rumours are true: one can pick out very decent deals amid the top-dollar tickers brandished at the annual Swiss watch fairs. To save you the legwork, we’ve sussed out two of the handsomest and most wallet-friendly models from the 2013 Geneva watch fairs. In one corner is the 1950s-inspired Clifton Automatic in stainless steel, […]

Cartier: The New 2013 Collection In A Nutshell!

The new collection of Cartier brings this year many very attractive and wearable watches in the ‘Fine Watchmaking Collection’ but also in the ‘Mainstream Collection’. Since it’s a lot of information, we’ll do a quick picture presentation of most of the presented models now and we will come back later, with more specs and technical information. […]

Jacquet Droz novelty: Bird minute repeater

Special post today on a special watch. Exclusive pictures, now only available online from my friends at Watchonista. Unlike regular photographs featured in this blog, these series of photographs are done by Watchonista. Note copyright Watchonista. Also to ensure no confusion, they are 1000 pixels across, as compared to my original photographs which are alwaysRead More

True Blue

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Grande Reverso Blue Enamel sings the blues like no lady ever has The color blue has often been associated with the most iconoclastic work of the 20th century’s cultural contributors. “Rhapsody in Blue” established George Gershwin’s reputation as one of America’s seminal composers. “Blue Train”, John Coltrane’s 32-bar form masterpiece and also the name […]

Ring In The New: The Evolution Of The Minute Repeater

A closer look at Leica S2 and Summarit-S 120: photographing the amazing Kari Voutilainen Vingt-8

Following up on last Friday’s remarks using DeBethune’s remarkable DB25T as an example, today’s post I use the same combination on the Voutilainen Vingt8 (28). Also photographed in L’Atelier by The Hour Glass using my usual set-up. I have featured the Vingt-8 before. As I described earlier, this is a magnificent watch. As mentioned inRead More

Patek Philippe 5960

Property of a good friend… The Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Chronograph. Inhouse chronograph after years of using Lemania, PP decided on their own. I quite like the grey dial and platinum case. But remain ambivalent on the red markers on the dial. The case is quite beautiful. Activating of the chrono seems a bit onRead More