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OMEGA CELEBRATES THE ART OF WATCHMAKING WITH THE ‘OMEGA CO-AXIAL EXHIBITION’

Omega CELEBRATES Sep 1, 2013

OMEGA CELEBRATES THE ART OF WATCHMAKING WITH THE ‘OMEGA CO-AXIAL EXHIBITION’

Omega celebrated its pioneering spirit and dedication to the art of watchmaking with the official opening of the ‘Omega Co-Axial Exhibition’. Held in partnership with Cortina Watch, the event commemorated the state-of-the-industry technology found within Omega’s exquisite timepieces. Guests were taken through the brand’s incredible history in innovation through a series of guided tours and dazzling […]

Bovet’s “The Art & Poetry of Artisinal Engraving” exhibition.

Bovet Aug 30, 2013

Bovet’s “The Art & Poetry of Artisinal Engraving” exhibition.

On Wednesday the Revolution team were invited to Bovet’s “The Art & Poetry of Artisinal Engraving” exhibition at the Sincere Haute Horlogerie, Hilton Shopping Gallery in Singapore. Running until September 4th, the Revolution team were treated to two masters from the Atelier demonstrating the complexities and intricacies involved in creating the spectacular enamel dials and […]

Omega Speedmaster Coaxial

Omega Speedmaster Coaxial DEPLOYANT - Aug 29, 2013

Omega Speedmaster Coaxial

Omegamania continues…with the new Coaxial Speedmaster A watch which hardly needs introduction, is an essential piece in when a collector starts on his journey as a serious horology hobbist….the early version of this watch was selected, after vigrous testing by NASA to be the one which accompanies the astronauts to the moon…hence the black dial-edRead More

Super Machines And Horological Heroes

Super Machines And Horological Heroes

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, […]

Peter Speake-Marin

Speake-Marin Aug 22, 2013

Peter Speake-Marin

Speake-Marin watches are aching beautiful. I have featured this watch before, but I cannot help but to show it again…so photogenic. Achingly beautiful. No other words needed.

Simple Pleasures: Living With The IWC Portofino Ref. 3565

IWC Portofino Ref 3565 Aug 22, 2013

Simple Pleasures: Living With The IWC Portofino Ref. 3565

For many years IWC has held steadfastly to its motto, “Engineered for Men” and its instrument watches have garnered the lion’s share of attention. There’s another side to the firm, though, that’s expressed in the Portofino wristwatches. The Portofino collection got its start in the early 1980s and the ur Portofino is of course the famous ref. […]

Up Close and Personal with the Harry Winston Opus 12 and 13

Up Close and Personal with the Harry Winston Opus 12 and 13

There’s always an undeniable pleasure in seeing rare watches, and for the Revolution team, a recent invitation by Harry Winston to see some of their latest pieces was simply irresistible. The Opus series by Harry Winston has in many ways become the attention-grabbing event every year, where the world waits to see what comes next […]

Romain Jerome Does Diamonds. About Time!

Romain Jerome Does Diamonds. About Time!

Rusted steel from the Titanic, erupting vulcano’s, PacMan; they all featured Romain Jerome’s watches. So what took them so long to use diamonds on their watches in the general collection, especially since they have created some commissioned diamond set watches before? Probably because diamonds are too common for a brand that always seem to take […]

Handwound Watch Owners… This Is For You!

Patek Philippe or Aug 14, 2013

Handwound Watch Owners… This Is For You!

Are you the owner of a perpetual calendar from Patek Philippe or the H. Moser & Cie Perpetual 1? If you are, you’ll know that such watches are designed to not require adjustment until the year 2100. The highly complex movement is able to distinguish the number of days within a month and whether it […]

Cartier: First Encounter With The Tank MC

Cartier First Encounter Aug 14, 2013

Cartier: First Encounter With The Tank MC

Better late than never. Last Friday I was finally able to get hold of the new Tank MC, four weeks after the watch was announced and after our article was posted with the first press pictures, that you can find HERE When looking at the following pictures I took, please bear in mind, that when […]

Buben&Zorweg; One Perpetual Calendar

Buben&Zorweg; One Perpetual Calendar

Buben & Zorweg are famous for their fabulous watch winders. This year, they decided to make a winder for manual wind watches, and as a show of virtuosity, they also decided to launch a small series of hand wound watches, which are quite exquisite. The movement, designed and constructed by Antione Martin…by a good friendRead More

Cartier: Pieces Of Desire

Cartier Pieces Aug 5, 2013

Cartier: Pieces Of Desire

Cartier may be one of the largest luxury brands in the world and their turnover of some of their models may exceed the total turnover of of other well known brands, La Maison has certainly not forgotten that exclusivity is highly appreciated by part of their clientele. Limited Editions whether they’re created to celebrate a […]

Eterna and the Wimbledon of the Alps

Eterna Jul 31, 2013

Eterna and the Wimbledon of the Alps

REVOLUTION SWITZERLAND’s team joined Eterna recently for the Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad tennis tournament in the Bernese Alps where some of tennis’ big international names came to play on the high-altitude clay courts. On the program, three Swiss tennis men-Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli-all played and lost, leaving Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny to […]

A Trend Of Doing Good; Piaget Only Watch 2013

Piaget Only Watch 2013 Jul 29, 2013

A Trend Of Doing Good; Piaget Only Watch 2013

The Only Watch-auction, held every two years in Monaco to support the fight against Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is high on every watch collector and -connoisseurs agenda. Besides an opportunity to do good, it is also an opportunity to obtain a piece unique by some of the most famous brands. For many of these brands donating […]

The Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Thin Automatic 5377

Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Thin Automatic Jul 26, 2013

The Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Thin Automatic 5377

Breguet has introduced what is currently –as far as we have been able to determine –the world’s thinnest self-winding tourbillon. The Classique Tourbillon Extra Thin Automatic Ref. 5377 is overall only 7mm thick –and the movement, Breguet calibre 581DR, is a mere 3mm thin. In 1801, Abraham Breguet received a patent for an invention he’d […]

The Lion, The Horse, The Fish and The Eagle: tales of beauty and art from Cartier

Cartier DEPLOYANT - Jul 26, 2013

The Lion, The Horse, The Fish and The Eagle: tales of beauty and art from Cartier

Craftwork in art watches. Cartier has been at this game for a long time, and with great success. Today’s post shows several beautiful and artistic techniques by the marque, to show off the virtuosity of their craftsmen. The lion, with marquetry. The horse in enamel painting work The fish in cloisoine And the eagle inRead More

The Ridiculously Beautiful Omega Ladymatic “Diamonds And Pearls”

Omega Ladymatic “Diamonds Jul 21, 2013

The Ridiculously Beautiful Omega Ladymatic “Diamonds And Pearls”

To say we saw a lot of watches at BaselWorld 2013 is to say nothing at all, but there are always a few that really stick with us. And with more or less a straight fifty-fifty split between boys and girls at the office, we’re not apt to ignore ladies’ watches either. A couple of […]

Motorcycle Madness: Cvstos Challenge Dani Pedrosa Limited Edition

Motorcycle Madness: Cvstos Challenge Dani Pedrosa Limited Edition

Following the recent partnership between Cvstos and Spanish MotoGP racer Dani Pedrosa, the Swiss watchmaker introduced a unique timepiece influenced by the dynamic and thrilling motorcycling world. Revolution Switzerland recently met with Cvstos CEO Sassoun Sirmakes and Chief Designer Antonio Terranova to discover the Challenge Dani Pedrosa Limited Edition and bring you a full report on this […]

Omega and Planet Ocean

Omega Jul 16, 2013

Omega and Planet Ocean

Pollution, overfishing, oil spills, climate change and acidification are all familiar terms, especially to those who are environmentally conscious. And yet because many don’t see what is happening under the water’s surface, perhaps most people tend not to be too overly concerned with oceanic issues. A new documentary entitled Plant Ocean aims to change all that. With support […]

Roger Smith Series 2

Roger Smith Series 2

Roger Smith is the only disciple of the famous late George Daniels. Roger is a fine watchmaker, and works out of Daniel’s workshops in the Isle of Man. Designed as a watch by an English artisan craftsman, the approach is to make everything in the house…the dial, hands, case, and components of the movement areRead More

IWC Portugeiser Jubilee: The extreme macros

IWC Portugeiser Jubilee Jul 4, 2013

IWC Portugeiser Jubilee: The extreme macros

On Tuesday, I showed the IWC Portugeiser Jubilee…today are the extreme macros of the same watch. Owned by my great friend Eddie…thanks for the loan of watch. Do note this is a well loved, and often worn watch…I take no additional precautions to remove dust and evidence of wear. Details of the watch… The barrelRead More

Accuracy Vs. Precision: Understanding Watch Performance

Accuracy Vs. Precision: Understanding Watch Performance

[Backdrop] A. Lange & Söhne Sax-O-Mat Perpetual Calendar, Adjusted To Positions, Temperature, And Isochronism When it comes to performance in watches, the single most important element to the owner is generally “accuracy,” and by that, is usually meant the ability of a watch to keep time as measured against a certain reliable external standard. Internet […]

Up In The Air; Van Der Gang Vlieger

Up In The Air; Van Der Gang Vlieger

Van der Gang might not sound familiar to you in relation to watches, yet chances are that you have already seen some of their work. Located in the historic town of Dokkum, in the north of The Netherlands, the brand finds it roots in the precision mechanics, where it is capable of developing and making […]

IWC’s magnificent Jubilee Portugese

IWC s magnificent Jubilee Portugese Jul 2, 2013

IWC’s magnificent Jubilee Portugese

Another IWC which was one of my dream watches in my early days in collecting. The Jubilee Portugese…what a beautiful, well proportioned watch. Though it was not always thought to be correctly sized. Twenty years ago when I first started collecting, the Jubilee was considered a very large watch. But these days, it is consideredRead More

OMEGA Unveils New OMEGA Seamaster Diver ETNZ Limited Edition.

Omega Unveils New OMEGA Seamaster Jul 1, 2013

OMEGA Unveils New OMEGA Seamaster Diver ETNZ Limited Edition.

OMEGA unveiled the new Seamaster Diver ETNZ Limited Edition timepiece at a special event with Emirates Team New Zealand Skipper – and Brand Ambassador – Dean Barker on Wednesday in San Francisco. Designed to commemorate the 34th America’s Cup and celebrate OMEGA’s partnership with Emirates Team New Zealand, the new timepiece was presented to Barker […]

Night Sky: Linde Werdelin’s Oktopus II Moon

Linde Werdelin Jun 30, 2013

Night Sky: Linde Werdelin’s Oktopus II Moon

Capable of shifting oceans, moods, desires and feelings, the moon has such a strong influence on humankind, besides merely lighting up a dark night sky. The moon has been so powerful a force that it has sparked the interest of philosophers, scientists, historians and even divers who want to know its impact on tidal waves […]

ARMIN STROM backs a winner

Armin Strom backs Jun 28, 2013

ARMIN STROM backs a winner

The ARMIN STROM watchmaking Manufacture is pleased to announce a new ambassador for the brand: the up-and-coming young jockey, Tim Bürgin. Horses have always held a special place in the heart of ARMIN STROM. Ever since the sixties, when the brand’s eponymous founder was himself a skilled horseman. ARMIN STROM accompanied Tim Bürgin to the […]

IWC 5251

IWC 5251 DEPLOYANT - Jun 27, 2013

IWC 5251

The IWC 5251 was a dream watch of mine when I was early in my watch collecting “career”…it was a grail watch, as even then, it was quite rare to find a piece readily available. Built on a pocket watch movement, it is a magnificent watch…large, flat case, with a beautiful movement. This particular exampleRead More

Harry Winston Opus 3 by Vianney Halter

Harry Winston Opus 3 by Vianney Halter

The Opus series from Harry Winston was a project started when Max Busser was CEO at Harry Winston. One of the remarkable watches he commissioned during his tenure there was the Opus 3…a very special digital, mechanical watch to be made by Vianney Halter. Harry Winston Opus 3 by Vianney Halter A watch which wasRead More

Extreme Macro: Lange L951 chronograph, partial movement

Extreme Macro: Lange L951 chronograph, partial movement

I was going to take the day off from blogging…as announced in my FB page, but I was working with a large print for a client. The print is for the full movement of the fabulous Lange L951 used in the Datograph. After finishing editing the image for the A1 print, I decided to showRead More