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First Look: Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC (Video)
A closer look and handling of the things that make the Basel 2017, Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC a very special watch.
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VIDEO: Tudor’s key Baselworld 2017 releases – 4 ways with the Black Bay
One of the brands we’re always excited to see at Basel is Tudor. They’ve built a reputation for consistently delivering solid, and occasionally surprising watches, and 2017 is no different. We take a look at four new versions of their flagship Black Bay. There’s the simple but upscaled BB41, the blingy BB S&G;, the rugged … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Tudor’s key Baselworld 2017 releases – 4 ways with the Black Bay appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Baselworld 2017 Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor
The Basel 2017 Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor is a new glimpse at the elegance and efficiency that we have come to associate with the brand.
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th March, 2017
Schedules are printed. Bags are packed. Passports located. We. Are. Ready. For. Baselworld. Next time we Wind Down, it’ll be over a frosty Feldschlössen (our Basel beer of choice) and there’ll be pretzel crumbs all over the place. What happened Horological marketing departments are a fairly conservative bunch on the whole, because luxury watches are, apparently, a … ContinuedThe post FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th March, 2017 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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In the Shadow of the Matterhorn Oris introduces its latest watches in Zermatt
Revolution joins Oris in Zermatt for a day of skiing and a special preview of their Basel 2017 watches.
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th March, 2017
If we’re completely honest, there’s not a lot of winding down going on today at Time+Tide. It’s more of a Friday gear up, really. We’re up to our necks in pre-Basel press releases, schedules and the administrivia that is part and parcel of this sort of venture. So, when we do pop the top off a … ContinuedThe post FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th March, 2017 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Seiko Presage: Collection of Affordable Enamel Dial Watches
Basel 2017 Seiko Presage collection of affordable enamel dial watches is pound for pound, the best value for money way to get your hands on Grand Feu enamel
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SIHH 2016: The H. Moser Swiss Alp Watch
Last year, H. Moser CEO made a cheeky poke at the Smart Watch genre with their pre-Basel sneak peak announcement that they too will be in the game. And revealed the Moser Perpetual 1 as the smart watch…semantically, quite correct, though not quite what the industry watchers were expecting. This year, he pulls off yet anotherRead More
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Introducing the new Breitling Navitimer AOPA
Breitling Navitimer AOPA new post Basel 2015 release
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Review of the Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time
Patek Pilot is arguably the most controversial timepiece we have seen at Basel. From pictures, many have gasped at how audacious the design is. Comments like
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Baselworld 2015: Breitling Updates To Superocean II With New Dial Colours And Sizes
For Basel this year, Breitling updates its SuperOcean line with the introduction of Superocean II, a bolder, better and more option varied range for diving watch fans out there. The main changes that have been implemented are a complete design refresh, partly based on feedback from customers of the previous Superocean line, with little tweaks to […]
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First Look At The Tudor North Flag
Last night, Tudor gave a first look at its latest and greatest achievement to a group of journalists and bloggers in a pretty unique setting –enormous tents set up in the forests outside Basel, which we reached in a fleet of vintage Land Rover Defenders, heading up a path lit by enormous flaming torches (just […]
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Mechanical Magic: MCT Sequential TWO – S200
Last year we heard rumours that MCT (Manufacture Contemperaine du Temps), one of the most creative Swiss Independent brands would announce their second model. In March, this year the brand confirmed that the Sequence TWO would be presented at Basel World. We reported briefly about the watch HERE. The Sequential ONE, with its gorgeous cushion […]
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Michele Sofisti of Girard-Perregaux on the new releases for Baselworld 2014 (Video)
Girard-Perregaux came to Basel this year with a more classically implemented Constant Escapement L.M in Rose Gold, the Tri-Axial and the Neo-Tourbillon. Listen to CEO, Michele Sofisti on more about this innovative trio of watches.
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Louis Vuitton Escale Worldtime & Spin Time GMT Explained By Hamdi Chatti
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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Time for Louis Vuitton – Part I
In one of our Basel 2014 reports Revolution’s Adi Soon presented the VIDEO about the new Louis Vuitton Escale World time already. An amazing looking and superb working watch, that was entirely produced in-house. (More about that later). Since the first Tambour watches were introduced in 2002, we have seen the Louis Vuitton watch collection growing […]
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BASELWORLD ROUNDUP
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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BASELWORLD DIARY – DAY THREE
I am back in Basel after my son’s medical emergency that got him an exciting trip in an ambulance and me a number of speeding camera flashes as I raced to the hospital! Luckily, it was nothing serious and he woke up as right as rain and I was able to jump back in my […]
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Baselworld 2014: Two New Releases from Patek Philippe (Live Pics)
With Patek Philippe’s status as the most well regarded brand at Basel every year, it stands to reason that any new product they introduce is looked upon with more intensity than those of anyone else. The first two pieces by the brand that have just been announced therefore are what we might consider a warmup to […]
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Baselworld 2014 – Grönefeld Presents The Parallax Tourbillon – (Live Photos & Pricing)
Tim & Bart Grönefeld’s Facebook teasers have been confirmed; the brand had indeed something special cooking for Baselworld 2014. The two extra ordinary watch makers will be presenting their second tourbillon model, this week at Basel World 2014! Last week a couple of friends of the house and yours truly, had a preview of the […]
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REVOLUTION Goes to BaselWorld 2014!
It’s that time of the year again when the entire watch industry gathers in the picturesque city of Basel, to show the world what they’ve been busy with. Brands, Journalists, Retailers and Fans of the watch industry will certainly have much to look forward in this yearly extravaganza, and we at REVOLUTION will expect nothing […]
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MCT Pre-Announces The Sequential Two S200
The rumors that MCT was about to launch a new model at Basel World made me quite nervous, since I have been huge admirer of the brand and love their first model, the Sequential ONE. MCT is one of the smaller independents that have released, as of now one model and a variation, the Sequential […]
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On The Wrist: The Long Awaited Hautlence Destination
Last year at Basel World, Hautlence announced their first, shall we say, ‘entry level’ model, the Destination! It took a while before the finished product became available but delivery to the dealers recently started in December 2013, right before Christmas. Let’s re-cap what kind of watch the Destination is and how it fits in the […]
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Review of SIHH 2014 and the top 5 most impressive watches
The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie is one of the two foremost watch shows each year. The SIHH is held in Geneva, and more of a luxury nature, and BaselWorld, which is the other is held in Basel in March, and perhaps more commercial and accessable to the general public. Admission to the SIHHRead More
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Hautlence And It’s New ‘Destination’
Hautlence, well known for it’s TV shaped HL models, with ‘jumping hour/retro hand’ time reading, announced and presented at Basel World a new and much more affordable timepiece with analogue reading and….dual time zone. While the entire collection of Hautlence, used to start at a serious price level, the new Destination model, as they’re called, […]
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An Interview With Romain Gauthier.
Romain Gauthier was here in Singapore a couple of weeks back and I had the opportunity to speak with him about the Logical one. Let’s hear what the man has to say before you meet him in Basel. Zach: It’s always interesting talking to a fellow Engineer. As a trained Engineer, what makes you pursue watchmaking instead […]
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HYT H1: Hydro Mechanical Watch…tres intersting.
The HYT watch broke new ground when it was introduced in Basel in 2012. Interesting because the concept of showing time in a continuous fashion using water has existed since the begining of civilizations…both the Chinese and the ancient Egyptians. And yet, with the HYT, a most advanced methodology is used to allow liquids toRead More
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UN The Freak 10th Anniversary
Time flies…tempus fugit. Its already 10 years since a watch was introduced at the shocked Basel World and called “The Freak”. The late Rolf Schnyder, a great innovator and provocateur if there ever was one in the watchmaking industry, introduced the Freak to a mesmerised crowd in 2003. I was among the crowd that day,Read More
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Quick Look: The Zenith Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane
Though it won’t be officially launched until Basel 2013 we thought this was too interesting to keep to ourselves –it’s the latest take on the Zenith “Christophe Colomb” series of watches (part of the Zenith Academy collection.) The Christophe Colomb watches place the escapement and balance in a gimbaled cage, so that no matter what […]
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The Game Changer: Hamdi Chatti
My interview with Hamdi Chatti, the vice president of Louis Vuitton Watches, was one of the most interesting of the 2012 Basel fair. The main topic of conversation related to this: I strongly believe that in the years ahead, the strongest and most established brands will only become stronger and continue to gain market share. […]