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The sound of two F/A-18F Super Hornet’s completing a low pass at 1200 kilometres per hour and with full-afterburners, is unlike anything I have ever heard in my life. At first, all seems calm enough as the fighters approach, appearing only as silent smears on the horizon to my left. A few seconds later though, […]
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Gallerist Richard Gauntlett, Revolution contributor Simon de Burton, Ken Kessler and Mimi Nishikawa On 10 December, the Rosewood London was the venue for the unveiling of the re-designed Revolution UK. The event – hailed by Zeina Dakak of Finch and Partners as “one of the best of the year” – also marked the tenth anniversary […]
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n 1864, Georges Favre-Jacot founded the manufacture Zenith in Le Loche at a tender age of only 22. To celebrate the 150 years of its founding, Zenith released the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot. A watch which is a amalgam of the skills within the manufacture.
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The Lange Saxonia was one of the four original watches introduced a bewildered watchmaking world in 1994. The other 3 being the now iconic Lange 1, the visually arresting Arkade and the technical showcase Pour le Mérite Tourbillon. Three new models have been announced in this pre-release: the Saxonia, the Saxonia Automatic and theRead More
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Some prefer the Nordschleife, others the city streets of Monaco, or Laguna Seca with its unique cork screw. Me, I prefer the winding race track of Spa-Francorchamps, in the heart of the Belgium Ardennes. High speeds and a technically very difficult lay-out, it is here that man and machine have been tested, pushed to, and […]
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Cartier just released two very interesting ‘Rotonde de Cartier’ models and I was very pleased that I had a chance to see and handle them last week, in the Amsterdam Cartier Boutique. The ‘Rotonde de Cartier’ is one of the newer models, in the Cartier collection and dates back to 2006, when Cartier introduced this […]
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What I thought would be the celebration party for the 10th Anniversary of Hautlence, turned out to be a combination of festivities and the launch of an important new men’s watch, the ‘Invictus Morphos’ Chronograph! – “Case à Chocs” night club in Neuchatel – Friends of the House, distributers and Press were invited to come […]
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Motoring slowly along the line of buoys, five of us leaned over the starboard gunwale, scanning the clear water through polarized lenses. It had been a quiet day with no sharks in sight - unless you count the lazy nurse sharks begging for bait scraps in the marina. We’d spent languid hours between line checks […]
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Girard-Perregaux came to Basel this year with a more classically implemented Constant Escapement L.M in Rose Gold, the Tri-Axial and the Neo-Tourbillon. Listen to CEO, Michele Sofisti on more about this innovative trio of watches.
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Bremont is a brand that is synonymous with aviation and adventures; there is no surprise that their latest offering was derived from an expedition in Antarctica. Earlier this year, two British polar explorers managed to trek 1,795 miles across Antarctica. Ben Saunders, as well as his teammate Tarka L’Herpiniere, managed to break the world record for settingRead More
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The Hommage Collection is the showcase this year for Roger Dubuis, and CEO, Jean-Marc Pontroué, tells us about the key pieces from this collection, as well as the strength of the brand in the unique category of the Double Tourbillon. Interviewed by Wei Koh. Do also have a look at our video with Roger Dubuis […]
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Living in Switzerland, I sometimes wonder whether we can qualify as the country with the craziest weather in the world. In just a day, it can go from snowy -3°C to sunny 12°C and then back down again to -5°C. And the worst part of it all is that I never know if I’ll freeze […]
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The roots of Parmigiani as a brand are in the restoration of complicated watches and clocks from horological history. This remains the passion of founder Michel Parmigiani, who even now, despite the success of the brand, still finds the time to devote himself to the type of restoration projects from which his horological passion came […]
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The first watch made by the Glashütte-based firm of Moritz Grossmann that I saw in person was the Benu wristwatch, which the company debuted –in one of the most low-key launches I can remember –in 2010. The Benu was a watch very much to my personal tastes: discreet, very precisely made, with a sober beauty […]
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Quick shot Friday focusses on the ultra high end Ulysse Nardin Gengis Khan Jacquetmart Minute Repeater Tourbillon with diamonds. I had the opportunity to see this piece at L’Atelier by The Hour Glass recently. A cool S$1.17 million on the wrist. Nicely finished…the Jacquetmart automata moves in sync with each strike. The watch strikes theRead More
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One of the watches that proofed that we are truly living in the Renaissance of the mechanical watch was Experiment ZR012 from C3H5N3O9. This joint-venture of Urwerk and MB&F; took high end watchmaking even a step further than we are accustomed of these already revolutionary brands. Main focal point in this piece de resistance is […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Hautlence, well known for it’s TV shaped HL models, with ‘jumping hour/retro hand’ time reading, announced and presented at Basel World a new and much more affordable timepiece with analogue reading and….dual time zone. While the entire collection of Hautlence, used to start at a serious price level, the new Destination model, as they’re called, […]
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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 […]
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When Cartier presented in January the Rotonde de Cartier Mystery timepieces, we were so enthusiastic about these timepieces and the fact that Cartier launched again new watches with Mystery movements, that we almost forgot to report about the new Mystery clocks, that were also presented at the SIHH in January. 2006 was the last time […]
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The new collection of Cartier brings this year many very attractive and wearable watches in the ‘Fine Watchmaking Collection’ but also in the ‘Mainstream Collection’. Since it’s a lot of information, we’ll do a quick picture presentation of most of the presented models now and we will come back later, with more specs and technical information. […]
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For 2013 Cartier goes back in history and releases one of their most sexy technical themes, the Mystery movements. A technique where the brand was famous for, in the twenties. ROTONDE de CARTIER MYSTERIEUSE For me the most exiting watch of the new collection. Case size 42mm, pink- or white gold and fitted with the […]
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Presenting the Harry Winston Historie de Tourbillon 1, the first in a series of watches which in the maison's mind are the landmarks of the tourbillon.
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The Rotonde De Cartier Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Cartier has, over its 108-year history with the men’s wristwatch, occasionally produced some visually and aurally arousing timepieces. One such watch, a magnificent yellow-gold Tortue minute repeater from the 1920s, was proudly on display during the brand’s Time Art exhibition in Singapore, which traced its history in […]
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