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Two Constants in Life: Change and Rolex
Change is an inevitable consequence of life but the surety and consistency of Rolex is what makes it psychologically the most appealing brand in the world.
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Perpetuating a Legacy
The perpetual calendar is a notoriously complex complication - but Audemars Piguet has continually proved its technical mastery, culminating in the newly launched Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar ref. 26574.
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Review: Sinn 910 Anniversary Split-Seconds Chronograph Watch
Sinn releases the very special 910 Anniversary split-seconds chronograph, an understated but generously well designed piece. As already established since the brand's earlier days, Sinn truly has an eye for quality without the woes of ‘over engineering’ things.
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Baselworld 2016: Chester’s Top 5 Watches
Baselworld 2016 has come and gone. I have seen the good and the bad, the exorbitant and the affordable, but which 5 really caught my attention? Well this ye
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Recap Part 2: The Best of BaselWorld 2015
In Part 2 of our look back at BaselWorld 2015, here are REVOLUTION founder Wei Koh’s picks for the best watches for beauty and complexity. Best Design Watches De GFrisogono New Retro It has traditionally been something of an uphill battle for jewellery brands to seize a piece of the emotional real estate in the […]
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Photo Essay: MB&F; HM6 SV
The incredible MB&F; HM6 SV. Not a review, but a photo essay and a tribute to our new favorite MB&F; watch.
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A Word on Haute Horlogerie Finishing
Finishing encompasses a variety of techniques. The application of traditional Genevan/Swiss-style finishing is not unlike writing a sonnet: there is a very particular, strict form you have to follow, but within that form, you are free to express yourself to the limits of your skill and taste. The basic vocabulary includes anglage, or the bevelling […]
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Brief History of Tudor Dive Watches
Tudor was founded by none other than the founder of Rolex, Hans Wilsdorf, in 1946 to be an affordable alternative to Rolex, using the parent company’s cases but fitting them with third-party movements to keep prices lower. With a few exceptions, the early Tudor watches largely mimicked Rolex models, and even sometimes bore the Rolex […]
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Building a Better Tourbillon
The technical and aesthetic challenges that have to be surmounted in crafting a fine tourbillon are reasons why they are especially prized. One very basic problem, is power. Mainsprings should be kept as weak as possible in order to reduce wear, but they need to be powerful enough to deliver sufficient energy to keep the […]
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Dossier: The Freak by Ulysse Nardin
The Ulysse Nardin Freak arrived at the beginning of the 21st century and was by far the most radical reinterpretation of the wristwatch since wristwatches had first started to be worn over a century before. The mechanical renaissance had at that point been well underway for over a decade, but wristwatch design, with very few […]
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Field Test: Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms Aqua Lung
“Coast Guard, this is motor-vessel Bonsai, we have a missing diver in the water. Repeat, missing diver.” I scanned the choppy water as we motored in increasing arcs, realising the near-impossibility of spotting a person in the 7ft (2m) swells. I’d rehearsed this scenario in my head a hundred times, but nothing could prepare me […]
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Review: IWC Big Pilot Annual Calendar Edition “Le Petit Prince”
Full review of the IWC Big Pilot Annual Calendar Edition "Le Petit Prince" with hands-on analysis, live photographs and a bit of IWC Pilot Watch history.
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Review: Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Collection Twincounter Date
Montblanc released the Heritage Chronométrie Collection Twincounter Date at SIHH 2016. This watch spiked our attention because of its utilitarian design and understated beauty. It stands out from the usual time and date wristwatch primarily because of its reinterpreted dial. While not excruciatingly obvious, the unusual subdial positioning of the seconds counter juxtaposed with a larger date subdial is what makes this watch so exciting to us.
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SIHH 2016: IWC Pilot’s Watch Automatic 36 with pricing
The new IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic 36 collection with pricing. The classic pilots watch in a slightly smaller size but with the same iconic dial.
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Deployant Now Available in Your Preferred Language!
The good thing about watch collecting is that it’s completely race agnostic – crossing any perceived cultural and language barriers. But being able to read and soak up knowledge about the latest and greatest watches in a language other than your first can be a pain at times – and especially so in Asia! WeRead More
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Throwback Stockings Stuffers: Six Non Watch Gift Ideas for a Gentleman, from Our Archives
Well, Christmas is around the corner once again. Previously, we have selected a few watches (well, it is a horological website after all) as gift ideas, but what if you wish to give a gentleman friend of yours a gift that is not related to watches? Fret not, because we are here to help! For this week’sRead More
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Christmas Special: Chester’s 3 Choices
It’s Christmas time, and we all wish we had an amazing Santa to put some wrapped boxes of watches under the tree. But alas, more often than not we are our own Santa. Congruent with the previous articles, I share my 3 picks from 3 categories, under $8000, under $50000 and infinity. Below $8,000: Grand SeikoRead More
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Review: McGonigle Tuscar Bánú
An owner's journey to the acquisition of the McGonigle Tuscar Bánú, his review and why he bought it. With high resolution photos, specs and price.
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Grand Seiko’s Proposition Adjustment in Singapore
For a long time now, Grand Seiko has represented some of the finest value in mechanical horology today – but we’re here basically to, rewrite that old wives tale. Just earlier in the week, at a rather cozy meeting with Seiko at their office here in Singapore, we found ourselves in the company of this […]
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A Love Letter to the Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes De Vache 1955
I cannot shut up about this watch. Is that bad? I feel like I ought to be at least slightly embarrassed about talking the way I do about this watch - insistently, passionately, with a level of intense affection that doesn’t seem creepy until you realise that the subject of my volubility is not actually […]
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Review: Jaeger LeCoultre Geophysic True Second
Hands on review and analysis of the Jaeger LeCoultre Geophysic True Second. Traditional, classical, but with a mechanical twist. Deadbeat seconds, seconde morte.
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In The Shadow Of The Moon - The Montblanc Bohème Moongarden
The moon wasn’t always female. Well actually, the moon was never female, because technically it has no gender - it is an inanimate chunk of rock - but you know what I mean. People think of the moon as being feminine. It’s interesting to note that in most ancient cultures, the moon was seen as […]
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Naturally Sweet - The New Lange 1815 Watch In Honey Gold
I like yellow gold. I know this is not a popular choice by any means, but I’m not going to apologise for it or anything. There is something about the unabashed richness of the hue in question that I find impossible to ignore. Rose gold, when used sparingly, can impart incredible warmth to a timepiece. […]
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Market analysis: The maturing Chinese consumer
The Chinese Consumer is changing. Gone are the days when shoppers flocked to gaudy and bling items with visible branding all over them. One can imagine that the Chinese consumer is becoming more sophisticated. They are now looking for less 'in-the-face' items but more subtle forms of materialism.
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Celebrating The Future With A Unique IWC Portugieser
We’ve been waiting for this watch for a very long time. Well, in a sense I guess you could say we’ve been waiting for it for 10 years, but you know what I mean. What we’re looking at right now is a one-of-a-kind timepiece - yes, a limited edition of one. The IWC Portugieser Hand […]
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Only Watch 2015: Urwerk UR106 Edition Spéciale
Urwerk's entry in the Only Watch Auction for 2015 is the newly released Urwerk UR106, but a special edition without diamonds.
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Why The New URWERK UR-106 Lotus Is Not A Ladies’ Watch
The URWERK UR-106 is not a ladies’ watch. Remember this, if you ever have the pleasure of encountering the UR-106 personally. It is beautiful, it is elegant, it is graceful and intelligent and it is above all feminine, but it is not a ladies’ watch. The term “ladies’ watch” ought not to exist in the […]
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Eléonor Recommends… (‘Summer in Saint-Tropez’ Edition)
The watch and jewelry season has just ended, and we can now go on to enjoy the summer with grace and style. Criticized as often as it is praised, Saint-Tropez remains a small village in the South of France where the warbling of the crickets and the smell of lavender permeate your entire body with […]
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Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Special Edition For Singapore’s 50th Anniversary
Who doesn’t enjoy a big old birthday party? (Rhetorical question, but just in case you really really need to know, the short answer to that is, “No one worth inviting”.) Singapore - that tiny little city-state in the middle of Southeast Asia that for various reasons pretty much ended up becoming the world’s watch mecca* […]
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Linde Werdelin Oktopus Frogman; Survival Of The Fittest
Say Denmark and most people will think of Lego, Hans Christian Andersen or the colorful buildings in their beautiful capital, Copenhagen. A friendly, beautiful place, but like most countries does also Denmark have an military force to protect its interests, and keep the country friendly and beautiful. On of the most elite units in the […]