Results for Sotheby's Important Watches

Rare Watches: IWC Portugieser Unique Piece for Revolution

Hands on review of the IWC Portugieser Unique Piece for Revolution - Handwound 8 days edition "75th Anniversary" Ref IW510208 to be auctioned for the benefit of Smile Asia.

Pre Watches and Wonders 2015: Officine Panerai Radiomir 1940 with new P.1000 movement

Introducing 2 new Panerai Radiomir 1940 models featuring the new P.1000 movement

Pre Watches and Wonders 2015: Introducing the IWC Portofino Hand Wound Monopusher Chronograph

Breaking news :Introducing the new IWC Portofino Hand Wound Monopusher chronograph with live photographs and first hand impressions.

Throwback Sundays: Six Tribute Watches to SG50

A short guide for a SG50 watch, with pieces from Jaeger LeCoultre, Hublot, Montblanc, Orient, Ball, and Longines.

Rare Watches: Greubel Forsey Invention Piece 3

We explore the Greubel Forsey Invention Piece 3 with our extreme macro photography and give an idea to the firm's history and founders. Wallpapers within.

Rare Watches: Vianney Halter Classic

Review of the rare Vianney Halter Classic.

Rare Watches: Cabestan Saturnera piece unique

Review of the piece unique Cabestan Saturnera with hands on analysis. Featuring a real time, revolving Saturn within a fusee chain vertical tourbillon mvt.

Four Watches Top $1 Million at Phillips Geneva Auction; New All-Time Rolex Record Set

Spot The Watch: A special Patek Philippe 5970 owned by Eric Clapton coming up for auction at Sotheby’s

A special Patek Philippe 5970 previously owned by Eric Clapton coming up for auction

Attention All Paneristi: 7th April, Auction Of Serial Number “0” Of The Revolution Panerai PAM599 At Sotheby’s Hong Kong

  We wrote about the Panerai PAM 599, a watch produced in a special collaboration for Revolution magazine’s 10th Anniversary. This announcement of this watch sent waves across the horological universe due the uniqueness of the collaboration, (the first Panerai done with a magazine), as well as for the sum total of all the ingredients […]

Baselworld 2015: Top Four Watches the Web Loves to Hate

Well, it’s over – Baselworld, that is – although the annual storm of opinions, counter opinions, and castigation that some of our favorite watch brands generated will endure for months, if not years. Watch lovers – especially online – never met an utterly inconsequential tempest in a teapot they didn’t like and this year was […]

Editorial: Pocket Watches: Are They Still Relevant Today?

Some time back, I was having dinner with a few friends at a restaurant. Midway through a meal, a mate of mine named Joel yanked out a curious and vintage looking thing from his pocket. It was round, shiny, and had a chain attached to it. “Wait, isn’t that a… pocket watch?!” I exclaimed. That wasRead More

News: Omega announces new certification for watches

New certification standard by Omega the Master Coaxial Certification with METAS

Cartier Releases Two New Steel Watches, In The Rotonde Series!

Cartier just released two very interesting ‘Rotonde de Cartier’ models and I was very pleased that I had a chance to see and handle them last week, in the Amsterdam Cartier Boutique. The ‘Rotonde de Cartier’ is one of the newer models, in the Cartier collection and dates back to 2006, when Cartier introduced this […]

Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle 14-Day Tourbillon: Watches and Wonders 2014

The front of the watch showcases a Slate-Coloured Opaline dial with power reserve at 12 o'clock and a tourbillon cage at 6.

Watches and Wonders 2014: IWC Portofino Mid-size collection.

IWC releases the new Portofino Mid-size collection. The new collection, also known as the “Mid-size” now comes in a 37mm case...

Modestly priced watches: Tudor Heritage Ranger

Today, we are featuring one of the most talked about pieces from the 2014 Baselworld- the Tudor Heritage Ranger. The Ranger is a curious piece; it follows the design cue of the vintage Rolex Explorer, with four different strap variations. And the best part? It is one of the more affordable pieces from the sister brand of Rolex.Read More

Modestly priced watches: Glycine Airman Airfighter

How would you reinvent yourself to recreate something traditional? Ask Glycine. This company has managed to transform a conventional chronograph pusher into something that is extraordinary and fun!   When we first received the watch, it did not give us a rather good impression. We thought that the watch was rather big, and that it wasRead More

High End Watches: Tell Me Why?!

Cartier Announced Diamond Hours for the Ballon bleu de Cartier and Tank Française watches!

With the release of two very popular models in steel with diamonds and in steel gold with diamonds, the Tank Francaise and the Ballon Bleu, Cartier is spoiling the ladies again! Up till now, Cartier have not really featured both diamonds and steel in a single watch before, and in the Ballon bleu collection we now see […]

10 Historic Quartz Watches You’ve Got To Love

The Best Watches Of Baselworld 2014 (Part 1)

Sure, I get it. There is an immediate emotional response to “top ten” lists. For the masochists, there is the list of the top ten hottest women on the planet who could put a serious beating on you. Topping this is former Olympian and UFC champ Ronda Rousey affectionately known as the “Arm Collector” for her penchant for snapping her opponents appendages.

BaselWorld 2014: A First Look At Breva Watches, Scientific Instruments For The Wrist

“We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.”  –Evangelista Torricelli, 1644 It’s a dangerous thing to start a new watch company –in addition to an almost infinite number of ill-advised possible business goofs, standing out from the crowd enough for people to notice what you are doing, as well as consistently developing […]

BaselWorld 2014: Two Lovely New Ladies’ Watches From Patek Philippe

While a lot of the attention on Patek Philippe at BaselWorld this year was focused (rightly so) on the new 5960 Annual Calendar in stainless steel (and speculation about what’s coming up for the 175th anniversary celebration later this year, about which Patek has so far managed the unlikely achievement of a total information blackout) […]

Montblanc Surprises with a Strong Array of Watches at SIHH 2014 (Video)

Jerome Lambert, newly appointed CEO of Montblanc has certainly shaken up the brand by offering an outstanding value proposition with the Meisterstück Heritage line. Also sharing the headlines is the Homage to Nicholas Nicolas Rieussec and the TimeWalker Chronograph 100. Interviewed by Wei Koh. Read Revolution International Digital Editon on iPad, Android or desktop with the […]

Panerai CEO Angelo Bonati, talks about Chronographs, Pocket Watches and the P5000 In-house movement (Video)

Panerai CEO Angelo Bonati takes us through the novelties for the brand at the 2014 SIHH, including the new Radomir Chronograph, the Radomir pocket watch and the new “8 Days” wall coming with the in-house P5000 movement. Interviewed by Wei Koh.   Read Revolution International Digital Editon on iPad, Android or desktop with the Zinio […]

Top 10 Watches To Make Up For Missing Valentine’s Day

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” […]

Rare watches: The A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret LOG Edition

The Lange Cabaret is one of the less loved models amongst the Lange stable of exceptional timepieces. So when it came to a special edition piece for the Lange Owners Group – a group of enthusiasts held together by serious collectors and admirers of the brand as well as other haute horology brands, we electedRead More

Review of SIHH 2014 and the top 5 most impressive watches

The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie is one of the two foremost watch shows each year. The SIHH is held in Geneva, and more of a luxury nature, and BaselWorld, which is the other is held in Basel in March, and perhaps more commercial and accessable to the general public. Admission to the SIHHRead More

Delaneau Amazone 1608 series of piece unique watches

I typically associate DeLaneau as a jewellery watch company. Mea Culpa, they are not only about jewellery, but also about high horology, as evidenced by their Amazone 1608 collection of unique artwork pieces, with an interesting movement. I show here a trio of interesting ladies timepieces… The movement is based on the Federic Piguet 11.50,Read More