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The Depths of Understanding - History of the Rolex Sea-Dweller

There’s something about a dive watch that emanates an unassailable image of unabashed cool. We’re talking Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane jamming in ice underpants cool. Maybe it has to do with the rakish élan perpetuated by 007 pairing his white dinner jacket with the Rolex Submariner ref. 6538 on a Nato strap. You could easily imagine him shucking shantung and diving into the sea to demolish the assembled forces of SMERSCH with nothing more than a sharpened clamshell, a bevy of torpedo-chested lady friends and his trusty dive watch. But it also has to do with the total veracity and slavish devotion to function embodied by these timepieces. After all, these were tools that soldiers and civilians alike literally depended on with their very lives.

Brief Impressions Review: Breguet Reine de Naples

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Brief Impressions Review: Zenith Montre d’Aéronef Type 20 GMT Pilot

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Visiting Cartier Geneva

Earlier this month I had a chance to visit the in November re-opened Geneva Boutique at 35 Rue du Rhône. I remember the Boutique from last year, when it was just one of the European Boutiques, nothing more, nothing less. The change is incredible, in the period that the building was behind a facade for […]

The Montblanc Exotourbillon Rattrapante: Live Pics, First Impressions

The Exotourbillon series of watches are the most refined to come out of the Institut Minerva de Recherche en Haute Horlogerie –Montblanc’s high end, high complications atelier located in the village of Villeret.  The Exotourbillon gets its name from the construction of the 18,000 vph tourbillon that’s the centerpiece of the watch –it has no […]

The HYT2

The HYT watches have been making waves…yes, pun intended…with their hydro mechanical watches since they were first revealed to the horological world. I covered the first in the series, the HYT1 in these pages before. See here, and here. It was a pleasant afternoon with Vincent Perriard, CEO of HYT. These are quite rare timepieces,Read More

Two Horological Legends Meet - Angelo Bonati and Alan Bloore

On October 4th, 2013 two legends of the watch world met for the first time face to face after a decade and a half long relationship on the internet. Angelo Bonati, the CEO and guiding father of Panerai and Alan Bloore, also known by his internet handle Hammer, one of the world’s greatest authorities on […]

La Dolce Vita with Bulgari and Revolution

On Monday, 26th August, REVOLUTION and Bulgari hosted an intimate evening of La Dolce Vita for select friends of REVOLUTION. Held at Oca Grassa in Bukit Pasoh, a district in Singapore known for its fine-dining options, the evening starred a cast of exquisite Swiss timepieces, delightful cuisine and incredible wines. The evening’s theme was Italian […]

The Cartier Tonneau And The Differences With The Tortue

The Tonneau, one of Cartier’s most elegant models in the collection, is too often mistaken for a Tortue and the other way around.  How come and what is the difference between the two? The history of Cartier models shows us that the Tonneau is the second oldest model. In line up there was first the […]

From Basel To Paris With Oris

As the lucky guest of Oris, Revolution Switzerland traveled to Basel to attend the 23rd RAID SWITZERLAND-PARIS. This magnificent rally of pre-1975 cars brought together enthusiasts from all over the world, eager to witness 110 old automobiles take off from the Basel Pantheon on a three-day drive to Paris. The RAID SWITZERLAND-PARIS was revived 20 […]

Vacheron Constantin Announces The Patrimony Traditionelle 14 Day Tourbillon Collection Excellence Platine

We’ve just heard from Vacheron Constantin that their Traditionelle 14 Day Tourbillon –which was announced in late 2011, and which first wowed us in person at the 2012 SIHH –has joined the Collection Excellence Platine.  If you’ll recall, the Collection Excellence Platine is a series of (very limited) production watches done all in platinum –and […]

Handwound Watch Owners… This Is For You!

Are you the owner of a perpetual calendar from Patek Philippe or the H. Moser & Cie Perpetual 1? If you are, you’ll know that such watches are designed to not require adjustment until the year 2100. The highly complex movement is able to distinguish the number of days within a month and whether it […]

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 […]

Up In The Air; Van Der Gang Vlieger

Van der Gang might not sound familiar to you in relation to watches, yet chances are that you have already seen some of their work. Located in the historic town of Dokkum, in the north of The Netherlands, the brand finds it roots in the precision mechanics, where it is capable of developing and making […]

IWC’s magnificent Jubilee Portugese

Another IWC which was one of my dream watches in my early days in collecting. The Jubilee Portugese…what a beautiful, well proportioned watch. Though it was not always thought to be correctly sized. Twenty years ago when I first started collecting, the Jubilee was considered a very large watch. But these days, it is consideredRead More

Harry Winston Opus 3 by Vianney Halter

The Opus series from Harry Winston was a project started when Max Busser was CEO at Harry Winston. One of the remarkable watches he commissioned during his tenure there was the Opus 3…a very special digital, mechanical watch to be made by Vianney Halter. Harry Winston Opus 3 by Vianney Halter A watch which wasRead More

BREAKING NEWS: Jérôme Lambert To Depart Jaeger-LeCoultre And Take Montblanc Top Job In July 2013

The news that Jérôme Lambert, current CEO of 180-year-old Swiss house of high watchmaking Jaeger-LeCoultre, will be heading up product-diverse Montblanc as of 1 July 2013 was released today, taking the industry by surprise. Speculation about the future leadership of the Hamburg-headquartered Montblanc had been been gradually heating up since early 2012, but this is […]

BaselWorld 2013: Highlights And Live Pics From Patek Philippe’s 2013 Debuts, Plus Decorative Arts Masterpieces

There’s no doubt that one of the most anticipated launches at BaselWorld come from Patek Philippe and seirous connoisseurs the world over watch with bated breath to see what this most haute of haute de gamme manufacturers will show.  There is a certain dignity in the way in which Patek Philippe generally avoids the presentation of “novelties,” that are merely […]

Cartier Métiers d’Art Watch Collection, the 2013 models

Cartier’s Métiers d’Art Collection is one of those special and very limited production series, in the Cartier watch collection, made for the really connoisseur. These pieces are hard to to get your hands on, since they rarely appear in a Boutique, due to the limited amount of produced items. In response to previous Cartier’s SIHH […]

Cartier announced the Microsculpture Scène Panthères Watch

Not presented at the SIHH in Geneva last January, but announced today, is the Microsculpture scène Panthères watch. A spectacular jewellery tourbillon watch in a white gold, rhodiumised white gold case, set with 247 brilliants for 6.52 carats. The manual winding, in house developed flying tourbillon, calibre 9458 is Geneva Seal qualified. Water resistance is […]

Max Bill by Junghans; Watch Design Brought Back to its Essence

Junghans is a brand that most people know from their clocks and radio-controlled watches. In both categories the  brand has made quite a name for itself, often combining innovative design with the latest technical developments. But what Junghans decisively gave a place in watchmaking history is its collaboration with architect/designer Max Bill. As an apprentice […]

Glashütte Original Opens New Dial Atelier In Pforzheim

Dear readers, On March 6, 2013, Günter Wiegand, Managing Director of Glashütte Original, presided over the opening of a modern factory in Pforzheim, Germany, for the manufactory’s own production of watch dials. The building has 1.300 m2 surface for production of sophisticated dials.   Together with the branch director Kurt Müller (on the left), Günter Wiegand (on the right) […]

The Legendary Rolex Red Oman Cosmograph Daytona 6263

In Partnership with Officine Panerai, The Beijing “O’Clock - Time Design, Design Time” at Cafa Art Museum.

If you are around Beijing from today (7th March 2013) to 10th April 2013, do make a point to visit the Cafa Art Museum. Presented by the Triennale Design Museum and in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, this exciting art exhibition is curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and Jan van Rossem. With Patricia Urquiola […]

Cartier’s Historic Designs In Current Times

Every time when I am going thru the largest book about Cartier clockes & watches; ‘The Cartier Collection’ / ‘Timepieces’ (Flammarion), I am amazed how good and not dated at all, these vintage time pieces look. They could easely be put back on the shelf, the way they are. I photographed some of the current […]

Classical Duet: Two Famous Patek Movements At The New North American HQ

It was time for a change, said Larry Pettinelli, the president of Patek Philippe North America, and Thierry Stern, the company’s CEO, when we dropped by the company’s spacious and and welcoming new offices at 45 Rockefeller Plaza.  It’s the first relocation of Patek Philippe’s offices in New York in 22 years, and the company’s […]

Parmigiani Fleurier Unveils The Clock 15 Days Blue Note

Parmigiani Fleurier has refined the delicate art of marquetry with The Clock 15 Days Blue Note. The process involved the cutting and assembling wooded veneers on a flat surface to create a meticulous decoration. The inspiration comes from Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. The dial of this clock features the segmentation of surfaces with musical overtunes. Three instruments, […]

New Richard Mille RM 011 in Silicon Nitride and on Jason Statham’s Wrist

Richard Mille has always been one of the more pioneering watchmakers of our generation. One would assume that his last creation with full sapphire case might have been a little hard to top but last week, he announced his mainstay RM 011 flyback chronograph in silicon nitride, a material commonly associated with automobiles and not […]

To be continued … Glashütte Original extends partnership with the Berlin International Film Festival to 2016

German watchmakers Glashütte Original and the Berlin International Film Festival have extended their current partnership agreement by a further three years, through 2016. Glashütte Original has served as Co-Partner since the 61st Berlinale in 2011, celebrating and supporting the art of filmmaking and Berlin’s largest cultural event. The 62nd Berlinale saw the German watchmaker enhance […]

First A. Lange & Söhne Boutique Opens In USA, With The Amazing Lange Zeitwerk “Handwerkskunst”

It’s the small company with a big reputation: A. Lange & Söhne hit the ground running when it was revived by Walter Lange and Gunter Blümlein, and since then has gone from strength to strength, building both its reputation and a worldwide following of enthusiasts for whom the first name in ultra-high-end German watchmaking is […]