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Twenty years after its inception, the Schaffhausen-based watchmaker have decided to launch two limited edition pieces for their Portugieser Minute Repeater. These limited edition pieces are cased in either platinum, or red gold. On the surface, the IWC Portugieser Minute Repeater may be a seemingly simple watch. It features an extremely clean dial, with anRead More
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Collector and Deployant Friend Joe Koh has an adventure as he goes for his first SIHH trip. Read his humourous account here.
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To celebrate Revolution’s 10th anniversary, IWC has made a special watch. The IWC Portuguese Hand-wound “REVOLUTION 10th Anniversary” Ref. IW544001 is a special edition of 10 pieces in 18 carat red gold.
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The MB&F; Legacy Machines have expanded over the years from the initial series of LM1 to LM2 and the new-ish entry level LM101. When the LM2 was launched in 2013, the watch was presented in red and white gold versions. And now a platinum version joins the collection. The striking blue dial on the newRead More
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New for SIHH 2015: Jaeger LeCoultre pays tribute to the astronomy and the celestial movements. Two new watches are announced, both equipped with a meteorite dial so one can catch a piece of the heavens as one glance onto one’s wrist to read the time, or just to admire the handsome watch. One encased inRead More
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Recently, the CEO of Zenith, Mr Aldo Magada, came down to Singapore to witness the opening of their boutique in Marina Bay Sands. The folks at Deployant had the opportunity to catch up with the affable gentleman on the Zenith Tour Bus, which took us on a tour around the sunny isle in Southeast Asia. Read More
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Brace yourselves all you watch collectors and enthusiasts of the brand! One of the oldest Swiss watchmaking manufactures in the world, Vacheron Constantin opens a second boutique in Singapore, this time in the heart of the city’s main shopping district on Orchard Road. With more than 2,000 square feet of floor space, the lavish boutique is set to […]
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Today, we are featuring one of the most talked about pieces from the 2014 Baselworld- the Tudor Heritage Ranger. The Ranger is a curious piece; it follows the design cue of the vintage Rolex Explorer, with four different strap variations. And the best part? It is one of the more affordable pieces from the sister brand of Rolex.Read More
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Yesterday afternoon I had a chat over coffee with one of the luminaries of the Singapore watch-collecting world – and on his hand glinted something black, absolutely unique, and in all respects a stunner. “Some thing new?” I asked, readying my camera phone, hoping that the watch would soon migrate from his wrist to mine.Read More
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With the 210 series Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei created another timepiece that was more in line with their earlier more symmetrical creations, like the 103 , 201 & 202 and of course with the newest 105m, that our own Suzanne Wong wrote about here. For a long time I thought that strapping off an […]
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We wrote about the Louis Vuitton Escale Worldtime when it was launched at Basel this year. (See article here) Now, hear it from the man himself, Hamdi Chatti, Head of Watches & Fine Jewellery at Louis Vuitton in this video below, as he gives us more interesting insights into its development and the inspiration for […]
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It doesn’t feel right, calling a watch like the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classique entry-level. It brings to mind images of small white cars with black bumpers, no rims and not even a radio or electric windows. Of course this is not the case with this Reverso, since no corners were cut to create this watch, yet […]
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Romain Jerome is a brand that is synonymous with using exotic materials to craft their watches- from relics of the Titanic to the mysterious moon dust. This time, they have looked towards the famous Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, and specifically, the “Pink Lady”. Here is a little historical information on the “Pink Lady”.Read More
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“International Geophysical Year” sounds, to the modern ear, about as sexy as a road accident, but despite the dull name, that year and the events surrounding it gave birth to a watch that many collectors today think is one of the sexiest of all time: the Jaeger LeCoultre Geophysic. The Geophysic is a true connoisseur’s […]
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Like all those who write diaries, I am afraid that I missed a couple of days of my BaselWorld diary. I started well with days one through three, and then Basel got the better of me. But hey, no where in the grand rules of diary making does it say you can’t catch up later… […]
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Surprise was what the Zenith El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th chronograph elicited when it was first shown at BaselWorld in 2010. The mesmerizing effect of the large red hand moving faster than expected was, without doubt, what most watch lovers would define as their “Striking 10th moment”, when previous expectations on how a chronograph […]
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The Altiplano 900P claims the crown for the thinnest mechanical watch in the world, and CEO of Piaget explains the process of his creation as well as the other dazzling novelties for SIHH 2014. Interviewed by Wei Koh. Read Revolution International Digital Editon on iPad, Android or desktop with the Zinio newsstand app. Also, please […]
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Jerome Lambert, newly appointed CEO of Montblanc has certainly shaken up the brand by offering an outstanding value proposition with the Meisterstück Heritage line. Also sharing the headlines is the Homage to Nicholas Nicolas Rieussec and the TimeWalker Chronograph 100. Interviewed by Wei Koh. Read Revolution International Digital Editon on iPad, Android or desktop with the […]
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Bovet CEO Pascal Raffy, shows us the the Recital 12 with a brand new in-house movement, the stunning Amadeo Fleurier Tourbillon Virtuoso III 5-Day Tourbillon with Retrograde Perpetual Calendar, as well as the BOVET by Pininfarina ” Sergio ” Split-Second Chronograph. Interviewed by Wei Koh Read Revolution International Digital Editon on iPad, Android or desktop with […]
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Baume & Mercier CEO Alain Zimmermann speaks to us on the new pieces from the Clifton Collection at SIHH 2014 where we see extensions to the very well received line launched last year. Among the highlights, a Flying Tourbillon, Chronograph, Retrograde Date and new Ladies watches. Interviewed by Wei Koh. Read Revolution International Digital […]
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Panerai CEO Angelo Bonati takes us through the novelties for the brand at the 2014 SIHH, including the new Radomir Chronograph, the Radomir pocket watch and the new “8 Days” wall coming with the in-house P5000 movement. Interviewed by Wei Koh. Read Revolution International Digital Editon on iPad, Android or desktop with the Zinio […]
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Georges Kern, CEO of IWC, talks us through the featured family of watches this year: the Aquatimer range, telling us about the highlight pieces, as well as the rational behind the all new functionality of the two part Bezel, with inner and outer mechanisms. As interviewed by Wei Koh Read Revolution International Digital Editon on […]
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Ever wanted to read the print edition of REVOLUTION magazine but in a more portable way? Well, if you did not know that this was possible, then let me tell that you can with our digital edition. Available as an in- app download through Zinio, the world’s largest digital newsstand, REVOLUTION DIGITAL can be read […]
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The HYT watches have been making waves…yes, pun intended…with their hydro mechanical watches since they were first revealed to the horological world. I covered the first in the series, the HYT1 in these pages before. See here, and here. It was a pleasant afternoon with Vincent Perriard, CEO of HYT. These are quite rare timepieces,Read More
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As the lucky guest of Oris, Revolution Switzerland traveled to Basel to attend the 23rd RAID SWITZERLAND-PARIS. This magnificent rally of pre-1975 cars brought together enthusiasts from all over the world, eager to witness 110 old automobiles take off from the Basel Pantheon on a three-day drive to Paris. The RAID SWITZERLAND-PARIS was revived 20 […]
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Singapore, 21 August 2013 – The Hour Glass will unveil another groundbreaking project in the form of a pop-up store situated at the heart of Orchard Road at leading shopping centre, Paragon from 18th to 30th September. Themed “Super Machines and Horological Heroes”, this pop-up will stage some of the most iconic and avant-garde timepieces, […]
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Gold & Color is the title of Piaget’s new exhibition in their Time Gallery. Two words that summarize a large portion of Piaget’s rich history. When Piaget wrote watchmaking history by introducing the 2mm thin manual wind caliber 9P in 1957, it was not about technical prowess, but much more about opening up a world […]
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I typically associate DeLaneau as a jewellery watch company. Mea Culpa, they are not only about jewellery, but also about high horology, as evidenced by their Amazone 1608 collection of unique artwork pieces, with an interesting movement. I show here a trio of interesting ladies timepieces… The movement is based on the Federic Piguet 11.50,Read More
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Patek Philippe’s Sky Moon Tourbillon is the most complicated watch in the 174 year old Genevan firm’s repertoire. First introduced as the ref. 5002, its 686 components add up to a unique combination of high complications. It starts with a tourbillon, adjusted to run within a very close rate of -2/+1 seconds maxiumum variation per […]
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