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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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Having already presented an outstanding line-up of new watches earlier this year – headed up by the exceptional Master Ultra Thin Minute Repeater – you might have thought Jaeger-LeCoultre would take some time off to bask in the glory of their achievements. To the contrary – at Watches and Wonders in Hong Kong the Grande […]
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While Watches and Wonders will officially open at 5pm today Hong Kong time, Panerai has already chosen to release news of something quite extraordinary that is bound to excite Panerai fans worldwide! In some sense, having the release of their wonderful new in-house calibre in the Asian version of SIHH (Salon International De La Haute […]
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They often say that good things come in threes, and there is most certainly some truth to it when you are presented with not one, not two, but three examples of Girard-Perregaux’s 1st quartz watch at the same time. Although the focus on mechanical watches has pushed away much of the history of quartz watches, […]
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Whenever we talk about Graham watches, either some aviator theme watches or the Chronofighters with the trademark “fast-action start/ stop trigger” beside the crown would subconsciously come to mind. This time round, Graham did something a little unorthodox, and the result is simply out of this world! Before we start talking about this timepiece, letsRead More
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The history of Cartier Tank is rather intriguing. Over the years, it has produced many unique pieces, such as the Tank Asymétrique and the Tank Basculante. This time round, the Squelette DNA finds its way into the Tank family line. During this year’s SIHH, Cartier has launched a few novelties pieces. Among which was a pairRead More
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There was a time when the British not only ruled large parts of the world, but also large parts of the watch world as well. There is some connection between the two, because at one point in time, anyone who wanted to rule the world, needed a lot of ships. Navigating these ships correctly was […]
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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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If there’s one thing that MB&F; positively excel at doing, it’s forcing people to re-examine their ideas of timekeeping and timekeepers. Looking at the new MB&F; Legacy Machine 101 (LM101) is like looking backwards and forwards in time simultaneously. When I first met the LM1, I said that it would be the only watch that […]
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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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One of the most extraordinairy timepieces that Cartier presented this year was the Rotonde de Cartier, Earth and Moon and I have not even written a word about it. The reason for my negligence was not laziness, but more a matter of finding the right words to describe this very creative time piece. The Rotonde […]
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We take a look at the Escale Worldtime from Louis Vuitton, a marvellously beautiful Worldtimer with an ingenious mechanism that allows the forward and backing setting of the time and a hand-painted dial. Easily one of the stars of the collection for Louis Vuitton this year at Baselworld 2014. Look out for a more in-depth […]
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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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Roses have existed for thousands of years, their beautiful and vibrant colors enchanting all sorts of civilizations from the Greeks and Romans to the Persians. Symbols of love, friendship, purity, desire and gratitude, roses have been featured in legends and religious stories throughout time. For Piaget, though, the rose has a very special meaning-one that […]
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For all its prosaic utility, the second-time-zone complication is a remarkably romantic function. On the surface, it is what it is: an indication of the time in a different location in the world, which allows for convenient reference when traveling. For frequent travelers, however, the second-time-zone function carries an additional emotional charge: it is an […]
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It takes a romantic to be utterly enamored with unique displays of time, and in the midst of what we have come to expect from Richard Mille, something totally different was to be found in their presentation this year at SIHH. It’s worthwhile though that we are all on the same page when we think […]
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The roots of Parmigiani as a brand are in the restoration of complicated watches and clocks from horological history. This remains the passion of founder Michel Parmigiani, who even now, despite the success of the brand, still finds the time to devote himself to the type of restoration projects from which his horological passion came […]
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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 […]
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The Cartier Fine Watchmaking Collection has become one of the most closely observed in the world of horology, and with good reason. In the relatively short time the Collection has existed as a particular range of timepieces –with models representing all of Cartier’s major design families, and united by a common theme of high craft, […]
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Cartier’s second pre announcement is, like last week, another ‘Ladies First’. After we saw the important release of the new watch for men, the Tank MC, this Summer, it’s now time for the ladies again, with an amazing new Ballon bleu. Almost every year Cartier presents a few new pieces from their exclusive Métiers d’Art […]
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They have been doing it for a while and they arguably get better at it time after time. Chopard has really locked it’s connection to the world of high performance cars into its DNA. Unlike many other brands does Chopard not limit it’s love to a single car brand or race car driver, but do […]
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The super grail watch, perhaps of all time. The Dufour Grande Sonnerie, in white gold, with a sapphire crystal dial. Philippe Dufour Grande Sonnerie In this configuration, a piece unique. Beyond words, which become superflous. But allow me to try and express my joy of being sble to photograph and handle this legendary piece. TheRead More
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On October 4th, 2013 two legends of the watch world met for the first time face to face after a decade and a half long relationship on the internet. Angelo Bonati, the CEO and guiding father of Panerai and Alan Bloore, also known by his internet handle Hammer, one of the world’s greatest authorities on […]
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I sat down with long-time friend of REVOLUTION Maximilian Büsser this morning to experience something that quite a few of us in this industry have been anticipating for some time now. Those of you reading this, it is to be presumed, are already familiar with the watches of MB&F; - the Horological Machines that draw […]
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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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