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COVID-19 Hits Swiss Watch Manufacturing, Starting with Rolex

Rolex takes a big precautionary step by shutting down its production facilities for two weeks to help curb COVID-19 spread

Jaeger-LeCoultre Boutique At 7 Place Vendôme: An Oasis Of Swiss Elegance In The Buzzing Heart Of Paris

Place Vendôme has always held an extraordinary attraction for Martin Green: he cannot visit the French capital without going there. The square is occupied by hôtel particuliers, or historical city townhouses, which served as homes and offices to some of the richest and most influential families in France. And while their façades are homogeneous, what's behind them is not: one of the magical places there is the Jaeger-LeCoultre boutique at 7 Place Vendôme.

Visiting The De Bethune Manufacture In The Swiss Mountains (Video): Is It A Spaceship?

De Bethune is one of the most avant-garde watch brands on the planet. Knowing that, did you ever wonder what its factory looks like? Is it much different from other watch factories? What do this brand’s technicians do differently than others? How do they get the watches to look like that? And the most burning question: does the factory look like a spaceship? These questions and more get answered here.

How It’s Made: Inside The Breguet Castle Of Complications - Reprise

Few get to check out Breguet’s factory from the inside, and those who do generally don’t get to take photographs of what they see. This modernized factory in the heart of the remote Vallée de Joux with its many annexed hallways, secretive doors, and interesting manufacturing capabilities has long been a jealously guarded secret. Elizabeth Doerr reveals what's behind the doors at Breguet.

Found: A Unique Tourbillon Wristwatch Made By George Daniels

The team at London's A Collected Man just sold a genuine piece of horological history.

Breaking News: ETA Movement Sales Halted by Swiss Authorities

News last weekend that Switzerland’s competition regulator, COMCO, also widely known by its German acronym Weko, was weighing a ban on ETA movement sales to third-party brands caused a major stir in the watch industry – and a terse, lengthy response from Swatch Group, ETA’s parent and Switzerland’s biggest watchmaking conglomerate. The move was ostensibly to allow alternatives to ETA – once Switzerland’s dominant supplier of mechanical movements – to develop. According to the Swatch Group, the ban was entirely without merit, especially given the fact that ETA was no longer the biggest supplier of movements to the industry. That title now belongs to Sellita, which supplied a million movements in 2019, compared to half the number for ETA. Now COMCO has formalised the year-long ban in an announcement that puts in place a “temporary suspension of the supply of [ETA] mechanical movements to customers”. The ban will be in force until COMCO makes its final decision by the summer of 2020. The ban, however, allows ETA to sell its movements to existing clients that are small- and medium-sized watch brands, defined as having less than 250 employees, which will probably be of little consolation to ETA. According to a Swatch Group spokesman quoted by Reuters, the majority of ETA’s movement sales are to companies with more than 250 employees, and as a result, ETA foresees it won’t be able to sell any movements next year. According to the statement, the ban is foun...

Review: A Magnum Opus Made Even Better - The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 ‘Meteorite’

We bring you the details and our thoughts on the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 'Meteorite'.

Gathering Momentum: Watches Made in France

The once prominent French watchmaking industry is currently witnessing a revival; Revolution looks at some interesting brands making a splash.

Found: Three Of The Best Lange 1s Ever Made Are Up For Sale, And Not At One Of The Big Four Auction Houses

Closed caseback, honey gold, stainless steel. Need I say more?

German-Made LIMES Endurance GMT Gets A New Design

This new iteration of the LIMES Endurance GMT features the same updates that the flagship Endurance II dive model received. You can think of it as the Endurance II with a GMT hand. Differences that I've noted...

Review: Made in Germany - The Tutima Hommage Minute Repeater

We take a look at the Tutima Hommage Minute Repeater, the first minute repeater wristwatch to be designed and manufactured in Germany.

Business News: Hong Kong Turmoil Dampened First-Half Swiss Watch Sales

Global exports through June rose just 1.4% in value versus the first six months of 2018.

Recommended Reading: The Apple Watch Will Outsell All Swiss Watches In 2019

The war for our wrists is far from over.

Made for Warriors: The Tornek Rayville TR-900

The story of the 1960s Tornek Rayville TR-900 and the Force Recon Battalion soldiers who wore it to war.

Patek Philippe Ref. 5970 - The Most Beautiful Classic Watch Ever Made

Patek Philippe’s Thierry Stern-designed 5970 represents generational change for the company and good investment value for the collector.

New: Ultramarine Morse UTC - new Swiss brand with a twist

A new brand, Ultramarine introduces their first watch - the Morse UTC, with a few surprises: Fair Trade prices, and completely transparent vendor policy.

Made in the Black Forest

On an adventure in Germany’s Black Forest region, Revolution’s Sophie Furley discovers a rich horological heritage that spans everything from the cuckoo clock to the mighty Junghans Manufacture.

Ep. 83 Mistakes We’ve Made As Watch Collectors

Mike and Kaz are reunited after a brief recording hiatus and it's time to catch up. This week, the guys talk about some of the biggest mistakes watch collectors make. Kaz is also finding it harder to part with the Nodus Trieste. Special thanks to everyone who has entered the giveaway so far!

A New Examination of the Swiss Watch Industry

Market Share Goes to the Big and Powerful

How Roger Dubuis Got a Movement Made of Carbon Geneva Seal Certified

News: VAULT V1 Official Swiss Launch Event

VAULT watches launched their V1 prototypes at Schmohl AG, Zurich. In a nice ambiance surrounded by luxurious cars, Mark Schwarz presented the VAULT V1.

How a Watch is Made at Movas: Part 3

This is Part 3 of our series on Movas Watches, where we follow Sean Wai on the process of designing a watch from scratch.

Travel Made Simple - Hublot BIG BANG UNICO GMT

In the first Big Bang GMT watch, Hublot has simplified the operation of a complex complication, enabling the second time zone to be updated instantly by a push of a button.

Swiss, Smart, Swappable: TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45

The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 differs from other smartwatches in two key areas: execution and actually delivering what it promises.

CEO of IWC Schaffhausen stars in the new social media campaign by Mercedes-AMG with the IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition

Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen stars in the new social media campaign by Mercedes-AMG, a long-standing partner of the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer.

Play It Classic, Or Make It Loud: Unpacking the Grøne Horologium’s Dual Identity

Grøne introduces the Horologium, a new manual-winding timepiece available in two different versions, “Something Quirky” and “Something Classic.” Both watches come in a 39mm stainless steel case and feature small seconds, a Swiss-made manual-winding movement by La Joux-Perret, a 60-hour power reserve, and 5 ATM of water resistance. Limited to 188 pieces per version, the […] Visit Play It Classic, Or Make It Loud: Unpacking the Grøne Horologium’s Dual Identity to read the full article.

Bovet And Daniil Medvedev: Relationships Make One Of The Best Tennis Players In The World

In 2019 Bovet made a wonderful catch when the Swiss brand announced that it had signed then world number five tennis player Daniil Medvedev. Since then Medvedev has risen to number two in the rankings and is happily wearing a Bovet Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter Two. Elizabeth Doerr shares his story here.

Minase Introduces Handcrafted Yusai Dials For Its 5 Windows Mid, 7 Windows, And Divido Watches

Tokyo-based artist Towa Takaya creates pigments from soil, plants, and minerals gathered during her travels, which she then uses to craft watch dials. Now, Minase is introducing handcrafted Yusai dials made by her for its 5 Windows Mid, 7 Windows, and Divido watches. Takaya’s goal is to create a dial showing the essence of nature […] Visit Minase Introduces Handcrafted Yusai Dials For Its 5 Windows Mid, 7 Windows, And Divido Watches to read the full article.

Exploring Mid-Level Independent Brands: a Collector’s Perspective

I recently read Zach’s article on “Micro Indies,” in which he explains how small independent brands are challenging the bigger watch companies in terms of design and innovation, and yet offering watches in the $3,000 – $5,000 price range. This made me think about another category of brand that does not fall squarely into the “Micro Indies” bucket, but is a level above in terms of watchmaking and challenges the higher-end independent brands. I could not clearly decide on how to label this category – it is not accurate to call them “affordable independents” since they are not that affordable, therefore I landed on referring to them as “mid-level independents” or MLI for short.  How do I define the MLI category? These are brands that fall in the $5,000 – $15,000 price range and offer a combination of various aspects of high horology – from in-house movements, dials, and finishing, to complications often seen in the higher spectrum of independents. Even though I selected this price range where the majority of the watches fall, there are outliers based on precious metals and complications, that can go well over $15,000, and sometimes into the six figures. I selected three very different brands to highlight in this category since their specialties cover different aspects of watchmaking: D. Dornblüth & Sohn, Laine, and Sartory-Billard. I will go into details on how each of these brands has their own niche in watchmaking, and how their strategy differs ...

Introducing - The Understated Matte Finish of the Rado True Square Skeleton

Rado began experimenting with innovative materials in the early 1960s, resulting in the Diastar and its futuristic helmet-like case made from scratch-resistant carbide tungsten. Since 1986, Rado has employed high-tech ceramic in its creations, obtaining a broader palette of colours and finishes over the years. The True Square, a collection launched in 2020, perpetuates Rado’s […]