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The moon phase is a beautiful reminder of an age before time was ruled by gears, crystals and atoms. Yet the moon phase also reminds that though our timekeepers may achieve aesthetic perfection, they will always struggle to keep pace with the imperfect universe we inhabit. The challenge posed by the moon arises from the […]
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It has been 75 years since the Portugieser collection was launched, and IWC had decided to mark this milestone by giving the Portugieser Grande Complication a face-lift. Subtle changes were made to this flagship model, to give it a more subtle and contemporary image. In terms of aesthetics, there has been several changes to theRead More
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While it revives the 19th century codes of elegance and virtuosity, the Master Grande Tradition line by Jaeger-LeCoultre first and foremost reflects the spirit of this brilliant age. The latter was characterised by a distinctive fervour nurtured by the fact that anything that was mechanically measurable could now be displayed. Complications were associated in waysRead More
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The crop of novelties from Lange this year is quite large. We have already covered the two major pieces viz the Lange 1 Tourbillon Handwerkskundst in December, and the Lange Zeitwerk Minute Repeater. Here we cover the rest of the novelties.
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There are several pieces of apocrypha circulating about the genesis of the Cartier Crash. By some accounts, it was inspired by a watch that a Cartier London customer had brought in for servicing, a watch that had been involved in a traffic accident. Another story tells of how the vice president of Cartier London himself […]
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It is indeed breathtaking when trapeze artists perform their daring acts high above the crowds in the circus tent. No safety lines, just a full confidence in their own ability to perform on the edge of what is humanly possible. These skills are often the result of being born into them, practicing relentlessly from a […]
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Each year, BaselWorld 2014 is a frantic, mad struggle to make all the appointments to bring you the first hand news and views of the novelties. As we rush about the fair grounds, we are entertained by these non-horological eye candies. These lovely ladies, dressed a bit rediculously with their shiny, pixlated berets were presentRead More
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Ever since the resurrection of Blancpain by Biver and Piguet in the 1980’s, the moon has played an important part in the history of the brand. Their first full calendar model with moon phase was a classical beauty, whose legacy lives on until today. The same can be said for the carrousel (karrussel) that Blancpain […]
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Let’s face it - you’re here because you forgot Valentine’s Day and are currently feeling an uncomfortable kinship with the proverbial frog in a pot (rather alarmingly already at level “onsen”). Never fear, because we heard your cry of panic and anguish from afar and have put our “Save The Day For REVOLUTIONaries In Need” […]
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While it is only a few weeks that Cartier’s Tank MC arrived in the Boutiques and AD’s, the masculine Tank will face some competition from it’s brother the Tank Anglaise. The Tank Anglaise was released in gold in November 2012 and followed up by the very good looking version in steel pink gold. We did […]
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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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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 […]
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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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Superlatives are tricky things but we feel safe in saying the MikropendulumS, a new concept watch from TAG Heuer, and developed by their Vice President of Science and Engineering Guy Semon and his R&D; team, is perhaps the most radical departure from conventional watchmaking solutions we’ve seen yet, keeping company with such bleeding edge experiments […]
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Not presented at the SIHH in Geneva last January, but announced today, is the Microsculpture scène Panthères watch. A spectacular jewellery tourbillon watch in a white gold, rhodiumised white gold case, set with 247 brilliants for 6.52 carats. The manual winding, in house developed flying tourbillon, calibre 9458 is Geneva Seal qualified. Water resistance is […]
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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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Dear all, I’m very pleased to show two new editions of the Senator. Glashütte Original continues to engage with the art of design, presenting quintessential expressions of the manufactory: the Senator Panorama Date and Senator Panorama Date Moon Phase. The in-house design team of Glashütte Original made a number of changes to achieve a stunning new look that is both […]
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Taking place at the same time, in the same city as the SIHH is the Geneva Time Exhibition…GTE…a collection of sometimes interesting group of watchmakers, often smaller manufactures and independents who take advantage of the big SIHH show to draw crowds who are already in Geneva. Starting 1 day earlier, on a Sunday, when mostRead More
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The “baguette” isn’t some fancy way of calling french bread loaves, to the mechanically inclined, it is the namesake of the oblong shape of baguette movements. Though the concept was first introduced in 1929 care of Jaeger-LeCoulture caliber 101, it was Corum who recently brought the movement back into popular consciousness thanks to a patent […]
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Logical One features a triple patent-pending Romain Gauthier flat chain-and-fusee style constant force system with ruby chain links, ergonomic push button winding system, dial-side visible balance, mainspring barrel with sapphire inserts, plus a 60-hour power reserve indicator. For more information, please visit http://www.montres-rg.com/logical-one/
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“I’ve heard tell what you imagine sometimes comes true” – Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Of all the complicated watches I’ve owned or worn - despite the varying claims of their makers that their dual oscillators, tourbillons, double tourbillons, resonance, triple tourbillons, constant-force mechanism, chain and fusée, ultra-light honeycomb baseplates and so on, […]
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The Lange Tourbograph is one of my favourite watches of all time…the complication is exquisite…a fusee chain tourbillon with split seconds chronograph. Created initially to be launched in 1994 together with the other iconic timepieces to showcase the new A. Lange & Sohne, this watch was so complicated, that it was decided to delay theRead More
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New Watch Brands Have Been A Little Scarce Of Late, So We Were All A Tad Excited To Hear About Hyt And Its New Mechanically-powered Liquid Time Display For about a decade now, watchmakers have been looking at different ways to indicate time using systems such as orbiting satellites (URWERK), rubber belts (Claret), jumping chains […]
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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. […]
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Words by owner of watch. Photograph taken by me, by a window table in a restaurant in Dempsey Hill, Singapore. I bought this a few years ago while I was visiting Europe and Curtis Thomson advised me to visit the watchmaker Jean Baptiste Viot since France was my last stop. I tried to read upRead More
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Exclusive pictures of the Stainless Steel Lange Tourbillon “Pour le Merite” In the early days of the manufacture, the leadership of the company, principally Mr Gunter Blumlein made some difficult decisions to make special edition watches for special customers…he subsequently stopped this practice, as it creates considerable headaches for the company to dedicate resources toRead More
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The Lange Richard Lange Pour le Merite is one of the 4 watches within the Lange collection which carry the fusee and chain mechanism. This particular example is owned by a good friend of mine. And I had the pleasure to photograph this watch under very dim conditions of a Michelin starred restaurant in Dresden…theRead More
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Greubel Forsey is one of the independent watchmakers to watch…they are very innovative, and creates timepieces which are wonderful to the eye…like landscapes…and fully deserve what I call watchscapes…landscapes of watches. Started by two veterans from Renaud et Papi – the firm bears the name of the founders…Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey. Robert is French,Read More
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