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Materials used in Formula One™ inspired the cases of the Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium and Ingenieur Dual Time Titanium. Technically speaking, too, the two timepieces are ideal for the motorsport’s premier discipline. While the Double Chronograph records lap times, the Dual Time helps to keep track of the time during the racing season despite constant […]
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Glashütte, Germany; Home town of watchmaking heavy weights like Lange & Sohne, Glashütte Original and Wempe, who is actually making its watches in Glashütte old observatory. However, there is another brand that belongs amongst these names, a heavy weight in its own right; Nomos. Nomos was founded as recent as 1991 by Roland Schwertner. Responsible […]
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The association between IWC and Mercedes AMG is almost a decade long, but the scale and importance of the relationship weren’t obvious until the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team was made the official engineering partner of the famous Schaffhausen watch brand this year. For those who were mesmerised by the excitement of the amazingly lifelike […]
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Significant chronographs: Lange 1815 Chronograph This post is dedicated to my good friend Eddie Sng, whose watch is featured here today. The 1815 Chronograph was introduced as perhaps a purer version of the iconic Lange Datograph. Simpler without the trademark outsized date, but as I said, purer because traditional chronographs typically do not feature aRead More
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Cartier’s creations have often been inspired by cultures and styles form other continents. Pierre Cartier travelled almost from the beginning all along the globe, to visit prominent clients and to be inspired by habits and traditions of other cultures. We have seen the influence of China and Japan in the collection, the effect Egypt had […]
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The news that Jérôme Lambert, current CEO of 180-year-old Swiss house of high watchmaking Jaeger-LeCoultre, will be heading up product-diverse Montblanc as of 1 July 2013 was released today, taking the industry by surprise. Speculation about the future leadership of the Hamburg-headquartered Montblanc had been been gradually heating up since early 2012, but this is […]
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When we first heard of the Rudis Sylva Harmonious Oscillator at REVOLUTION we were pretty skeptical as it seems to fly in the face of one of the most sacred of all horological commandments: Thou shalt not mess with the oscillator. The Harmonious Oscillator is one of a still somewhat small family of complications which try […]
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I was introduced to this small independent brand…Rudis Sylva some years ago by none other than the Grand Master of Watchmaking Philippe Dufour…during BaselWorld, he caught hold of me, and introduced me to Jacky Epitaux – the prime motivator behind the brand. Please note the two watches photographed here are display units used for allRead More
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Among the independent watch creators, URWERK is notable for having succeeded in making watches that (we at REVOLUTION have always thought) succeed better than most at seamlessly combining mechanics and aesthetics into a whole greater than the sum of its parts. At this year’s BaselWorld they continued their winning streak with, among other things, a […]
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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
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Last week, I showed one of my advertisers: HYT’s H1. Please click on the link on the column left to go to their website for more infomation. Today, I feature abstract watchscapes of the same watch. The movement Click on the image for a wallpaper sized image. The bellows, magnified: Another angle for the bellows:Read More
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In 2011, Corum debuted a stunning world-first with the Golden Bridge Automatic movement, the self-winding cal. C0 313. For the first time in the history of wristwatches, a movement incorporated a linear oscillating weight, shuttling parallel to the baguette movement on guide rails to wind the mainspring. Although the La Chaux-de-Fonds watch company has kept its […]
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The Logical One features a triple patent-pending flat chain-and-fusee style constant force system developed by Romain Gauthier. He was in Singapore last week to present this amazing watch to collectors and members of the media. The Constant force system ensures more reliable and accurate timing for this timepiece. A standard fusse chain design uses muti-layer […]
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Junghans is a brand that most people know from their clocks and radio-controlled watches. In both categories the brand has made quite a name for itself, often combining innovative design with the latest technical developments. But what Junghans decisively gave a place in watchmaking history is its collaboration with architect/designer Max Bill. As an apprentice […]
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I featured the abstract art of the Romain Gautier Logical 1 last week, today, I show the whole watch, and some of the interesting stuff which goes on beyond what the naked eye can normally see. Romain Gautier Logical 1 First, an establishment shot of the rather handsome, if not a bit unusual, guts hangingRead More
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Dear readers, On March 6, 2013, Günter Wiegand, Managing Director of Glashütte Original, presided over the opening of a modern factory in Pforzheim, Germany, for the manufactory’s own production of watch dials. The building has 1.300 m2 surface for production of sophisticated dials. Together with the branch director Kurt Müller (on the left), Günter Wiegand (on the right) […]
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MBF…enigmatic, provocative. But always with an edge and a story to tell. Max Busser himself is full of energy, and creativity. I covered the HM4 series with interest in these pages, and we now come to the concluding episode of this outrageous timepiece. I am amazed by Max’s creativity. A small change here, a twistRead More
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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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This limited edition timepiece was conceptualized and created for The Hour Glass Singapore to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Freak which won an Innovation Prize award in 2001. The Freak was a brainchild of the late CEO Rolf Schnyder and Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. If I am not mistaken, this is one of the first […]
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The Rotonde de Cartier is one of the newer models (or better to say not vintage models) in the Cartier collection and dates back to 2006, when Cartier introduced this new mens model, as a ‘Time Only’ with Grande date. At the time it was introduced, the collection needed a universal case for the men’s […]
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NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC INVITE, INIVITATION IS SUBJECT TO MY SMS OR WHATSAPP CONFIRMATION. For those who are interested in the exciting Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH-2013 collection, Jaeger-LeCoultre Malaysia has generously agreed to invite fellow Revolutionaries for an exclusive preview of the collection on the evening of 15th March 2013. Interested and committed members can […]
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My 4th grade composition: “A most enjoyable dream” I had the most vivid dream on one wintry evening in early January. I didn’t know where I was from and when it begun. I remembered I was seemingly flying freely in a little town at Valee de Joux, and floated effortlessly into a room which looked […]
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the new H2 : HYDRO MECANICAL HOROLOGISTS WITH APRP (AUDEMARS PIGUET RENAUD ET PAPI) LEADED BY GIULIO PAPI Sneak preview for what’s coming for the 2013 BaselWorld. A word from one of our sponsors HYT. Also, click on the HYT panel on the left and visit their website.
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IWC and Mercedes Benz hosted an event at the Mercedes showroom last week. There was much excitement going around as watch and car enthusiasts were treated to a wonderful preview of the latest IWC Ingenieur collection and AMG cars.
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If you are around Beijing from today (7th March 2013) to 10th April 2013, do make a point to visit the Cafa Art Museum. Presented by the Triennale Design Museum and in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, this exciting art exhibition is curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and Jan van Rossem. With Patricia Urquiola […]
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The Horological Machine No 4 final edition is a limited edition of 8 pieces in blackened titanium. The manual winding movement with 72 hours power reserve is completely developed by MB&F;. The case is made of Grade 5 titanium with dimensions of 54mm x 52mm x 24mm thick. Five sapphire crystals, two for the dials, one for […]
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There were thirty thousand festival-goers who participated in the35th International Balloon Festival of Châteaud’Oex this year. Because of the perfect weather conditions , the balloons were able to fly on five days of the nine-day long Festival, and the organizers were pleased with the results. In all, almost 400 take-offs took place during the Festival. […]
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Montblanc is a brand made famous by the wonderful writing instruments with the stylized snow cap. But they do make interesting watches too. Expecially since they took over the remainder of what was Minerva, and incorporated the movement manufacturing capability with the marketing juggernaut of Richmont. Two tourbillons caught my eye in this year’s cropRead More
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