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MB&F;: LM1 now available in platinum
The MB&F; Legacy Machines have expanded over the years from the initial series of LM1 to LM2 and the new-ish entry level LM101. When the LM2 was launched in 2013, the watch was presented in red and white gold versions. And now a platinum version joins the collection. The striking blue dial on the newRead More
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Jaeger LeCoultre: new Master Calendar with Meteorite dial (price and specs)
New for SIHH 2015: Jaeger LeCoultre pays tribute to the astronomy and the celestial movements. Two new watches are announced, both equipped with a meteorite dial so one can catch a piece of the heavens as one glance onto one’s wrist to read the time, or just to admire the handsome watch. One encased inRead More
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Travel To The Montblanc And Beyond With The Star Chronograph UTC
Like many other watch connoisseurs and collectors, I have a hard time imagining life with just one watch. I’m even not ashamed to admit that I usually switch watches at least once a day, and not always because I have to access a new watch “in the line of duty”. No wonder I get a […]
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Hautlence Adds More Colour To Their ‘Avant Garde’ Series
Last month we did the article ‘Coloured Dials‘ and showed you some past and current examples by the various watch brands. Coloured dials have always been around but during the last years we have seen them more and more. Hautlence even takes it a step further and adds now more colour to their new HL […]
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Interview With Franc Vila of Franc Vila Watches
REVOLUTION recently had a chance to catch up with Franc Vila, founder and owner of the brand that bears his name. A brand most watch connoisseurs know from its lavishly styled, slightly eccentric and often quite complicated watches. Operating outside the mainstream, this young brand has obtained a following of their own, and Franc Vila […]
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Chopard’s Universe Of Clocks
While many watch connoisseurs have a wide variety of watches and change them often, the clocks in one’s house tend to stay where they were initially placed. They truly become daily companions, timing the pace of life at one’s home. Most watch brands have, over the span of their existence, flirted casually or more seriously […]
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Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle 14-Day Tourbillon: Watches and Wonders 2014
The front of the watch showcases a Slate-Coloured Opaline dial with power reserve at 12 o'clock and a tourbillon cage at 6.
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Watches and Wonders 2014: A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 20th Anniversary Edition
Two decades ago, a legend was born. And that watch elevated German watchmaking into a whole new platform. To celebrate the birthday of the legend, the Lange 1, A. Lange & Sohne has released a special watch set to commemorate this wonderful occasion in this year’s Watches and Wonders. To be brutally honest, it isRead More
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Hautlence launched the ‘Invictus Morphos’ Chronographe, during their 10th Anniversary!
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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Baume et Mercier Promesse: Modern Day Elegance
Baume et Mercier knows a thing or two about elegance. Actually, elegance is what they do best. This could have something to do with the fact that in 1918 William Baume joined forces with jeweler Paul Mercier, forming the companiey’s current name, which resulted in a collection of remarkably shaped watches the year after. Their steel […]
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Mechanical Magic: MCT Sequential TWO - S200
Last year we heard rumours that MCT (Manufacture Contemperaine du Temps), one of the most creative Swiss Independent brands would announce their second model. In March, this year the brand confirmed that the Sequence TWO would be presented at Basel World. We reported briefly about the watch HERE. The Sequential ONE, with its gorgeous cushion […]
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Invenit et Fecit - A Short Documentary on F.P. Journe
What makes a luxury watch more coveting than its entirety designed and manufactured in-house plus being sold exclusively in only ten boutiques in the world? Described as a monomaniac by some, 57-year-old French self-taught watchmaker, François-Paul Journe took five years to make his first and very own tourbillon which earned him a reputation in the watchmaking […]
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Discover: Ralph Lauren’s 2014 Timepieces
It was a small, cozy yet elegant watch affair on a fine Thursday morning at the Marina Bay Sands Singapore as Ralph Lauren launches its release of their 2014 timepiece collections. Familiar to all, Ralph Lauren has been a strong influential brand that has been around the fashion scene for more than 40 years. Renowned […]
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In conversation with Manuel Emch
Mr Manuel Emch is the man-in-command of Romain Jerome, a watchmaker which prides itself in making provocative and interesting timepieces. Deployant had the opportunity to catch up with the man himself, to find out more about his watches and the industry as a whole. When Romain Jerome entered into the foray of watchmaking, they wantedRead More
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BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Speake-Marin Magister
Speake-Marin may be a relatively new independent watchmaking brand, but its impact has been tremendous. And with the new Magister Tourbillon, it just gets better. The folks at Deployant has been fans of Speake-Marin since its inception. Personally, I have a soft spot for the brand. One of the most distinct features of the watch would be theRead More
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Opinion: Not just innovation, watchmakers must keep an eye on quality
Yesterday afternoon I had a chat over coffee with one of the luminaries of the Singapore watch-collecting world – and on his hand glinted something black, absolutely unique, and in all respects a stunner. “Some thing new?” I asked, readying my camera phone, hoping that the watch would soon migrate from his wrist to mine.Read More
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Blast From The Past: The Roger Dubuis Hommage Chronograph
When talented watchmaker Mr. Roger Dubuis decided to launch his own brand in 1995, he sought inspiration in the innovations and techniques pioneered by Swiss watchmakers of the past. “I decided I wanted to create a watch to thank my teachers, friends and all those who had helped me learn and perfect my art,” shared […]
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Flying High On A Feeling; Bell & Ross + Diamonds
Diamonds on a Bell & Ross sound a bit like diamonds on a Panerai: not done often nor suited for the style of watch. Yet Panerai did do a limited edition with diamond set numerals, their only official endeavor that incorporated these precious gemstones, and Bell & Ross, well, they have also embraced diamonds – […]
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Monster Unleashed: The Devon Tread One “ExoSkeleton”
We always like to tell people that the watches made by Devon are what you get when you let an American design a watch –not a watch rooted in European tradition, not a watch that looks back to the Golden Age of American watchmaking, not a watch that casts a misty eye, through rose colored […]
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Time for Louis Vuitton - Part I
In one of our Basel 2014 reports Revolution’s Adi Soon presented the VIDEO about the new Louis Vuitton Escale World time already. An amazing looking and superb working watch, that was entirely produced in-house. (More about that later). Since the first Tambour watches were introduced in 2002, we have seen the Louis Vuitton watch collection growing […]
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The Tank That Didn’t Win The War; Tank Divan
After the successful launch of the Tank Francaise in 1995, an occasion that was hard to beat, La Maison presented quietly a completely new Tank model in 2002; the Tank Divan. – Steel version with automatic movement and Python strap – It was a watch that was designed from scratch and not a modernised version […]
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The Charm Of The Tank Française
Six years after the successful launch of the large Tank Americaine in 1989, a watch that was designed for men and loved by women, Cartier did an even greater launch of a new Tank model; the Tank Française that was presented in Geneva in 1995. Since the first day of the release the watch was […]
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EXCLUSIVE: First Look At The URWERK UR-105M (Live Photos)
It’s hard to believe that the UR-103 was released over 10 years ago. Yes - for those of you still mired in denial about how terrifyingly fast the last decade has gone by - it was 2003 when we first saw the shield-shaped watch with four conical hour satellites. As a testament to how forward-looking […]
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BaselWorld 2014: A First Look At Breva Watches, Scientific Instruments For The Wrist
“We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.” –Evangelista Torricelli, 1644 It’s a dangerous thing to start a new watch company –in addition to an almost infinite number of ill-advised possible business goofs, standing out from the crowd enough for people to notice what you are doing, as well as consistently developing […]
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BASELWORLD 2014 - Corum Admiral’s Cup AC-One 45 Squelette
The Corum Admiral’s Cup was transformed from a cultivated, slightly eccentric, dress watch into a full-blown sports watch years ago. Boasting cases with a diameter of 45mm, they almost sail in a class of their own, with bold designs that nobody will every mistake for something else other than a Corum Admiral’s Cup. That by […]
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BaselWorld2014: Belles of the fair: Sinn U1000
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A Handful Of Magic: Panerai’s Pocket Watches
If there were an Academy Award in the watch world for brand that’s evolved not only furthest, but also the most intelligently, from its origins, the ladies and gentleman of the Academy might well have to give the award to Panerai. For much of its history a somewhat obscure maker of instruments for the Italian […]
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Baselworld 2014: The Parallax Tourbillon as explained by Bart Gronefeld (Video)
The Parallax Tourbillon was announced this year with a teaser photograph before Baselworld 2014. Have a look at this video as Bart Gronefeld explains what the buzz was about, by showing us the special features of this watch. Interviewed by Adi Soon. (Our previous article on this watch can be found here.) [ooyala code=”hvM3l2bjoBDiouvbD8Tn34XrHBIh6jZZ” player_id=”906938bb2f324c93a733b2fb3b34b260″ […]
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Baselworld 2014: Antoine Martin Shows New Versions Of The Slowrunner (Live Pics)
The Antoine Martin Slowrunner that was released about a year ago came with a stupendously large balance wheel that beat at an astounding 1Hz. This was a watch that not only offered a very unique complication, but also came with a bunch of other useful everyday features. A date and a power reserve indicator came […]