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Today started off fast and furious with four serious runners from Gucci and Movado Group waiting on the Mittlerer Rheinbrücke bridge at 6:30 am this morning. They had not been partying quite as hard as I had, and two of them had just taken part in a marathon, so it was a tough run, but […]
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There’s something about a dive watch that emanates an unassailable image of unabashed cool. We’re talking Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane jamming in ice underpants cool. Maybe it has to do with the rakish élan perpetuated by 007 pairing his white dinner jacket with the Rolex Submariner ref. 6538 on a Nato strap. You could easily imagine him shucking shantung and diving into the sea to demolish the assembled forces of SMERSCH with nothing more than a sharpened clamshell, a bevy of torpedo-chested lady friends and his trusty dive watch. But it also has to do with the total veracity and slavish devotion to function embodied by these timepieces. After all, these were tools that soldiers and civilians alike literally depended on with their very lives.
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My first BaselWorld day kicked off with the traditional fair press conference where I discovered that Swiss exports were up 1.9%, that I was one of a staggering 4,000 journalists visiting the show, and one of the 50 percent of people working in the Swiss watch industry who aren’t actually Swiss! I wasn’t quite […]
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For some absurd reason, there are some people who still don’t think of Bulgari as being a company that produces technical watches. This is despite the fact that they have created - with the aid of their assimilated workshops from Daniel Roth and Gerald Genta - watches such as the automata repeaters “Il Giocatore” and […]
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Some watches have the ability to grab your heart and never let go, and the love becomes all the more intense when the watch reveals it’s magic only when you get closer. This was the curious experience I had with the Tudor FastRider Black Shield, that while having been in the market for close to a […]
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Today over 100,000 people from over 100 countries are crossing oceans and continents on their way to BaselWorld for the largest watch fair in the world. As Revolution’s Swiss editor my journey is only a feeble 229 km, but it doesn’t make it any the less exciting as I prepare for one of the most […]
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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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As most thoughts were still on Geneva and while the jury was still out deciding the good, the bad and the ugly from SIHH (and thankfully this year there were far more in the first category than the latter two), Hamilton was giving the world a sneaky peek at what it will unveil in Baselworld. […]
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Case in point then, “La Maison TAG Heuer” the traveling version of the famous TAG Heuer 360 Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. With this exhibition travelling to locations around the world in the coming months, people will be able to partake in and understand the heritage of TAG Heuer, just as they would be able to at the special access only home museum in Switzerland.
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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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The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 has been around with us for two decades, since its inception in 1994. Over the years, it was updated twice, once in 2005 and the latest in 2014. Deployant had the rare opportunity to get our hands on all the three generations of the 1815, and today we will findRead More
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With Baselworld just around the corner, many brands have sent out teasers of their upcoming premieres, showing parts of cases, complicated movements or simply a silhouette. Not Arnold & Son….they delivered their first punch before Baselworld 2014 has even officially started with the introduction of their new Instrument CTB. And they are going for a […]
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Now this is a piece of news that has certainly got me excited. With the impending cessation of ETA movement sales to parties outside the Swatch Group, many watch brands have taken on the gauntlet, and have just decided to go on it on their own. This is the reason why we are seeing watch […]
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If you’re an avid follower of modern day show biz, you’ve surely seen celebrities around the globe wearing Jacob & Co.’s sparkling creations. Singer Alicia Keys wore the brand’s jewelry on her wedding day; rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West vastly praise the diamonds in their music; football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo recently became an ambassador of […]
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If you’re an avid follower of modern day show biz, you’ve surely seen celebrities around the globe wearing Jacob & Co.’s sparkling creations. Singer Alicia Keys wore the brand’s jewelry on her wedding day; rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West vastly praise the diamonds in their music; football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo recently became an ambassador of […]
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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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It is nearly impossible to talk about Chopard without mentioning its long-standing relationship with cinema. From becoming partner of the Cannes Film Festival in 1998, and designing its legendary Palme d’Or, to being the official jeweler of several movies (such as Diana released last year), cinema has fueled Chopard’s creative spirit for decades. Cinema has […]
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Fans of the BBC motoring television show, “Top Gear” will instantly recognise the phrase “How difficult can it be?”, many times uttered by hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond at the beginning of the hour long program. Oftentimes prompted by the search for a solution to a problem, this phrase then sparks off […]
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Fans of the BBC motoring television show, “Top Gear” will instantly recognise the phrase “How difficult can it be?”, many times uttered by hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond at the beginning of the hour long program. Oftentimes prompted by the search for a solution to a problem, this phrase then sparks off […]
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At first glance, one might think that the world of fine watchmaking and the world of football share precious little in common. One is a sport that is distinguished by its universality and egalitarianism; the other is a comparatively niche luxury product that thrives on the concept of exclusivity. However, for those who see things […]
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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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The current collection of Tourbillon models by Cartier has increased to more than 10 different models and I am not even counting the different gold versions, just the various different models by themselves. From the first Ballon Bleu Flying Tourbillon, that was launched in 2007, to the spectacular Rotonde Flying Tourbillon Mysterieuse from the 2013 […]
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Purists will immediately, and rightfully, note that Black Tie as a dress code does not allow for the men to wear wristwatches. Yet those regulations come from an era in which Great Britain still had a King and every airplane a propeller. Times have changed, and so have watches. In 2011 Piaget surprised everybody by […]
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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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Numbers have played significant roles throughout cultures in both scientific and spiritual realms, their importance deriving from ancient societies which believed that each numerological figure possessed a distinctive meaning. For the Chinese, the number eight symbolizes wealth, prosperity and the totality of the universe. For mathematicians, an “8” lying down stands for infinity, while the […]
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The existence of the Tank MC Chronograph, that we will be discussing here, came under a cloud of rumours at SIHH, yet had not been officially introduced. Instead some prototypes had been shipped to boutiques world wide, bringing them under the immediate attention, and surprise, of Cartier connoisseurs world wide. The watches will however only […]
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“I’ve been living for the weekend but no not anymore ‘Cause here comes that familiar feeling that Friday’s famous for Yeah, I’m looking for some action and it’s out there somewhere You can feel the electricity on in the evening air” Cee-Lo Green had a captivating way of describing the nightlife in his 2010 hit […]
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Cartier showed an abundant choice of timepieces this year, ranging from their first every Diver watch, their relaunched Tortue Collection, the new Ballon Bleu and Ballon Blanc, innovative Haute Horlogerie pieces as well as their Metier d’art pieces. Certainly a wide range with something for everyone. Listen to Cartier CEO Stanislas de Quercize as he […]
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This is something interesting that was put on today. Bloomberg TV is showing a 2 minute video of Bremont founders, brothers Nick and Giles English, as they recount the story of their company’s founding. This is a video that will give you a good overview of the beloved British brand, which over the past 10 years or […]
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Living in Switzerland, I sometimes wonder whether we can qualify as the country with the craziest weather in the world. In just a day, it can go from snowy -3°C to sunny 12°C and then back down again to -5°C. And the worst part of it all is that I never know if I’ll freeze […]
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