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Major trade show news greeted us this morning.
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The science checks out.
A high complication from the best-kept secret in Swiss watchmaking.
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A legendary figure in the watch industry of the 1990s and early 2000s, Luigi “Gino” Macaluso was the owner of Sowind Group, the holding company for Girard-Perregaux (GP) and Daniel Jean Richard. Having started as the Italian distributor for several watch brands, he acquired GP in 1989 and turned it into one of the watchmaking stars of the next two decades, particularly with its haute horlogerie offerings and Ferrari timepieces. But he was long a racing driver at heart, having won several trophies as a driver for the Fiat Abarth team in the 1970s, including the 1972 European Rally Championship. Even as successful entrepreneur Macaluso continued his involvement in motor racing, including as Italy’s representative to the FIA World Council starting in 2005. The Ferrari F40 of the Macaluso collection. Photo – Fondazione Gino Macaluso Macaluso channelled part of the fortune he made in watchmaking into building a car collection, with a focus on rally cars, including prize-winning examples of the Lancia 037, Lancia LC1, and Fiat X1/9. Now the collection has become Fondazione Gino Macaluso per l’Auto Storica (which translates as “Gino Macaluso Foundation for Historic Cars”), located near Macaluso’s hometown of Turin. Last year, Goodwood Road & Racing, the magazine affiliated with the classic car race of the same name, was taken through the collection highlights by Gino’s son, Stefano Macaluso, who was once a designer at Girard-Perregaux. Like his father, Ste...
This is some serious design-nerd inside baseball right here.
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Quill & Pad
Over the last few years, we have published an unusually high number of articles about drummers, the timekeepers in nearly every musical band or group. It kind of stands to reason that drummers would particularly like watches – even if they can’t (or shouldn’t!) wear them while playing – as both fields have extreme time-keeping functionality. Elizabeth Doerr highlights a few of these stories right here.
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Paul Newman's Paul Newman had a shockingly short reign, but is more necessarily better?
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For those driven to near madness or abject depression by the inadequacies of traditional watch rolls, take heart, the dog days are o-over…
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We're back with a round up of tempting vintage watches from around the web to carry you into the weekend.
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The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève's 2019 Chronometry category awards mechanical watches comprising at least one tourbillon and/or a special escapement and/or another development improving chronometry (precision timekeeping). Our panel clearly wishes that there were more empirical evidence for the claims of high precision and is split on the winner. What's your favorite?
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Three geniuses, a few too many drinks, and a design icon from 1949.
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A military watch for the many.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
Tiger Concept watches has intrigued me for a while. They are a Hong Kong based operation that offers incredibly affordable versions of very expensive Rolex and Tudor pieces. They create homages that honestly can be called copy watches to a certain extent. One can argue...
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For lovers of classic aviation, the Bell & Ross BR03-92 Bi-Compass is a refreshing statement of rugged good looks and optimal legibility.
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Weeks ahead of Baselworld 2019, Chanel has shared the fifth iteration of the Monsieur de Chanel in black ceramic.
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With Stan Lee’s passing, Revolution pays tribute to “The Man”, the comic art he helped create, and watches to remember them by.
With our favourite motoring writer testing the mettle of a British-made car, Revolution decided to throw in a clutch of English watches to see how the style and engineering measured up.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
This week on the TBWS podcast, Mike and Kaz talk about what it's like to actually experience a watch or brand in person and how it can affect our perception of certain timepieces. The Orion Field Standard also makes an appearance (on a siiiiick Isofrane strap) and Kaz tells us about a pair of new Gavox chronographs he has in for review.
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Two Broke Watch Snobs
The Bulova Lunar Pilot chronograph is a watch that has plagued my mind for such a long time, I figured it was time to get my thoughts down and share them with the community. Close to a year ago, I pulled the trigger and purchased it from a small family jeweler selling the watch well below MSRP.
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With all the major Swiss watch companies exclusively presenting their new products during Baselworld 2018, how does a collector like yourself suss out the unique and interesting, yet value-for-money timepieces from clutter in the various forms of media? We pick out watches from Bell & Ross, Sinn and Seiko.
Oris’ manual-winding 10-day power-reserve movement now comes with a universally appealing GMT function in the Caliber 114.
Chopard introduces the most exclusive model in the L.U.C. Collection, the “All In One” in Baselworld 2018.
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