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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 […]

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 […]

Delaneau Amazone 1608 series of piece unique watches

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

Smart Watch: The Brains And Beauty Of Greubel Forsey’s Double Tourbillon 30° Asymmetrique

Greubel Forsey s Double Tourbillon 30° Jul 18, 2013

Smart Watch: The Brains And Beauty Of Greubel Forsey’s Double Tourbillon 30° Asymmetrique

The Double Tourbillon 30° “Asymmetrique” is the latest new watch from the Anglo-French alliance of UK-born Stephen Forsey, and his partner and co-founder at Greubel Forsey, Robert Greubel, who was born and raised in Alsace –it’s the first time their first invention –a concentric double tourbillon, with the inner cage inclined 30 degrees with respect […]

Portrait of a Master: Vianney Halter

Portrait of a Master: Vianney Halter

Some portraits of Vianney Halter…an incredible individual and a great master watchmaker. A disciple paying homage to the master… the following conversation was overheard… Master Vianney : Weak, is the Force in this one. Disciple Horo : Master…I am willing to learn. Master Vianney : A Jedi-watchmaker you cannot be Disciple Horo : I willRead More

Press Preview of Omega’s Baselworld 2013 Collection.

Omega s Baselworld 2013 Collection Jun 8, 2013

Press Preview of Omega’s Baselworld 2013 Collection.

Last week, members of the press and a handful of prominent bloggers were invited to a preview of Omega’s latest collection over dinner. President of The Swatch Group (South East Asia), David Ponzo shared with us an overview of their newest watches. The highlight of the evening was the Speedmaster “Dark Side Of The Moon” […]

World Premiere Of DEEP SPACE TOURBILLON By Vianney Halter

World Premiere Of DEEP SPACE TOURBILLON By Vianney Halter

Today is the World Premiere of the DEEP SPACE TOURBILLON by Vianney Halter and we’ve finally been able to answer the question: What has Vianney Halter been doing for the past three years? “Sleeping mostly”, he says, “and watching lots of classic science fiction…” Indeed, what started out as a recuperative break from work […]

Nomos and the Essence of Watchmaking

Glashütte Original May 29, 2013

Nomos and the Essence of Watchmaking

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 […]

Ahead Of Its Time: Louis Moinet’s “Compteur de Tierces” From 1816 Is Now Earliest Known Chronograph

Louis Moinet s “Compteur de Tierces” Apr 7, 2013

Ahead Of Its Time: Louis Moinet’s “Compteur de Tierces” From 1816 Is Now Earliest Known Chronograph

The word “chronograph” is one which, like many technical terms in watchmaking, has drifted in meaning somewhat over the years, along with the development of the complication itself (interestingly the chronograph, despite its relative ubiquity today, was the last of the major classic complications to be developed, which speaks perhaps to the relative indifference of […]

A Case Of A Different Shape; Tortue de Cartier

Cartier Apr 7, 2013

A Case Of A Different Shape; Tortue de Cartier

The Tortue; not as famous as the Tank or the Santos, but certainly as important, historically. The sensual shape of the first Tortue case was created in 1912 and was in fact, after the Santos Dumont and the Tonneau, Cartier’s third watch model. 1912, To be exact, so that’s now 100 years ago and although […]

The HYT Of Innovation: HYT Presents The New Liquid Display H2

HYT Apr 1, 2013

The HYT Of Innovation: HYT Presents The New Liquid Display H2

The H2 presents an evolution in HYT’s unique display of time, which we first saw in the 2012 H1. There is this scene in JRR Tolkien’s genre-defining tripartite novel The Lord of the Rings, when the heroes of Middle-Earth come together to discuss the insane idea of challenging Sauron before the gates of his armed-to-the-fangs […]

Cartier’s Power Watch Of The 2010’s

Cartier s Power Watch Mar 12, 2013

Cartier’s Power Watch Of The 2010’s

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 […]

IWC Introduced The New Ingenieur Collection 2013 And The Latest Range Of AMG Cars.

IWC Introduced Mar 7, 2013

IWC Introduced The New Ingenieur Collection 2013 And The Latest Range Of AMG Cars.

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.

For The First Time, A Public View Into The “State-Of-The-Art Tradition” of A Lange & Söhne.

A. Lange & Sohne Mar 4, 2013

For The First Time, A Public View Into The “State-Of-The-Art Tradition” of A Lange & Söhne.

After nearly three months of soft opening, the A Lange & Sohne Singapore ION Orchard Boutique was officially opened on the 28th of February 2013. “Singapore”, said Lange Uhren Gmbh CEO Wilhelm Schmid, “is famed among the watch industry as one that draws highly knowledgeable and passionate watch enthusiasts”. More, Singapore as a market must […]

Launching the Spacecraft: An Exploration of the New RJ-Romain Jerome Timepiece

Launching the Spacecraft: An Exploration of the New RJ-Romain Jerome Timepiece

It’s been so difficult to keep quiet about this watch. I met the RJ-Romain Jerome Spacecraft last summer at Agenhor during my week under the tutelege of Jean-Marc Wiederrecht and his talented cadre of watchmakers. Needless to say I was completely enamored with it. However, I was compelled to wait five months to be able […]

In Conjunction With The Opening Of Their New ION Orchard Boutique, A Lange & Söhne Singapore to host the Glorious “State-Of-The-Art Tradition” Exhibition (2nd to 5th March 2013).

Ming Feb 15, 2013

In Conjunction With The Opening Of Their New ION Orchard Boutique, A Lange & Söhne Singapore to host the Glorious “State-Of-The-Art Tradition” Exhibition (2nd to 5th March 2013).

The first A Lange & Söhne Singapore boutique has been (soft opening) in business at the prestigious ION Orchard mall for around 3 months now, aiming to please the loyal Asian Lange fans. To celebrate the expaded presence of the brand in Singapore, the boutique will have its official grand opening at the end of […]

Year of the Submersibles

Panerai collectors early await Feb 3, 2013

Year of the Submersibles

SIHH is the time where Panerai collectors early await for the news of the latest Panerai watches. The last few years have been very exciting for hard core collectors, with models like PAM00372 that is inspired from the vintage 6152/1, PAM00382 in bronze material that started the craze for bronze watches and the PAM00399 which […]

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case of IWC Schaffhausen’s SIHH 2013’s Ingenieur.

IWC Schaffhausen’s SIHH 2013’s Ingenieur Feb 3, 2013

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case of IWC Schaffhausen’s SIHH 2013’s Ingenieur.

If you have read Jack Forster’s brilliant report on this year’s IWC Ingenieur collection unveiled at SIHH 2013, you must be as excited as I am. Personally, Visiting the surreal IWC booth itself was an unforgettable experience. with one Formula 1 car at one side of the booth floor and a racing car engine on another. With IWC Ingenieur watches being displayed on pumping engine […]

The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) 2013 Reports Another Record CHF 20 Billions of Order.

Ming ly positive Jan 30, 2013

The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) 2013 Reports Another Record CHF 20 Billions of Order.

The communication issued by The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) said that the response to the recently completed Annual Geneva watch fair has been overwhelmingly positive and it is another record fair “which for the first time ever is expected to post exports in excess of CHF 20 billion”. This year’s SIHH held at […]

First Look: Live Pics of Highlights from Jaeger LeCoultre At The 2013 SIHH

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jan 26, 2013

First Look: Live Pics of Highlights from Jaeger LeCoultre At The 2013 SIHH

We’re back from the 2013 SIHH, and one of the show’s big highlights this year was the presentation from Jaeger LeCoultre. The company’s celebrating its 180th anniversary this year, and, as usual, there’s an enormous range of pieces from the vintage inspired to the cutting edge, showing off just what it’s learned –as was said […]

Due To The Growing Importance of the Asian Market, Fondation De La Haute Horlogerie will Revive the Large Scale Watches & Wonders Exhibition, This Time in Hong Kong!

Due To The Growing Importance of the Asian Market, Fondation De La Haute Horlogerie will Revive the Large Scale Watches & Wonders Exhibition, This Time in Hong Kong!

Long overdue and a natural step to respond to the growing importance of the Asian market in the luxury watch industry, Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie will bring the most prestigious international watch exhibition outside Switzerland to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center this September. The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie is the organiser behind the massive […]

The 2013 Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jubilee - The Hybris Mechanica Of Haute Horlogerie.

Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jan 22, 2013

The 2013 Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jubilee - The Hybris Mechanica Of Haute Horlogerie.

This is the 180 years of Jaeger-LeCoultre since Antoine LeCoultre set up the Grande Maison in 1833 at a small town in Valee de Joux – Le Sentier. To commemorate this important anniversary, Jaeger-LeCoultre again rocks the haute horlogerie world with the state-of-the-art Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jubilee, years ahead of its competitors in terms […]

Vincent Calabrese, Initiator of Golden Bridge Movement Signs With Corum

Corum Jan 20, 2013

Vincent Calabrese, Initiator of Golden Bridge Movement Signs With Corum

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 […]

Making A Home Out Of A House: A History Of Cartier Clocks

Cartier Clocks First post Jan 17, 2013

Making A Home Out Of A House: A History Of Cartier Clocks

First post in the new year and let’s not start as usually, with an article about watches. Believe me there will be loads of ‘watch’ news in two weeks from now and there after. Last year we did a large article about Cartier Alarm clocks, the small ones from the eighties with mechanical movements and […]

Promiscuous Wrist: Girard-Perregaux 1966 Minute Repeater, Annual Calendar & Equation Of Time

Girard-Perregaux 1966 Minute Repeater Annual Jan 16, 2013

Promiscuous Wrist: Girard-Perregaux 1966 Minute Repeater, Annual Calendar & Equation Of Time

Despite the fact that the Promiscuous Wrist, by definition, gets around a lot, it (or I, I should say) has never had the chance to test-drive a watch with an equation-of-time complication. For that matter, we’ve never had a run around the block with an annual calendar either. So, when the chance came to kill […]

Rise of Patek Philippe’s Nautilus

Patek Philippe s Nautilus Oct 15, 2012

Rise of Patek Philippe’s Nautilus

The year of the Nautilus was 1976. Out in the wider world, the space race had recently culminated in the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission that saw a US Apollo craft dock with the Soviet Soyuz 19 in space - an extended act of diplomacy. The Cold War was at the uneasy stage of hiatus known as détente. The Concorde took its […]

Hidden Treasures Of Horology: Value for money timepieces

Hidden Treasures Of Horology: Value for money timepieces

Hidden in plain sight” might be more appropriate. It’s news to no one who loves fine watchmaking that, thanks to many factors, the prices of mechanical watches have been steadily climbing over the last few years, with - apparently - no end in sight. That’s made things a little tougher for die-hard horological enthusiasts who […]