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Robin’s Christmas wishlist, 5 presents for the horologist
Check out some of our Christmas gift ideas for the watch geek this festive season, featuring products from Sinn, Buben-Zorweg, Cartier, Swatch, and JLC!
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Pre SIHH: Cartier Introduces The Crash Skeleton Limited Edition With Shaped Manufacture Movement
There are several pieces of apocrypha circulating about the genesis of the Cartier Crash. By some accounts, it was inspired by a watch that a Cartier London customer had brought in for servicing, a watch that had been involved in a traffic accident. Another story tells of how the vice president of Cartier London himself […]
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Testing A Master: Omega And Swiss Federal Institute Of Metrology Announce New Certification Process
A Swiss watch is great, but a Swiss Chronometer is even better; for many customers there is added appeal in a COSC-certified watch. No surprise that some of the largest Manufactures in Switzerland, also have incorporated the Chronometer certification for the majority of their collections. Omega thought it was time to step up the certification […]
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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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Christian Reviews a WORLD CLASS Watch Collection | Collection Review
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From Big to Bigger – A Conversation With Jordy Cobelens of TW Steel
The world of horology is an interesting one, from masterful creations of movements to dials of every shape and size. We’d burn holes in our pockets to get that prized watch on our wrists and we’d know it was worth every single cent. But how wonderful it would be to have a watch to call your own […]
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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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The Roger Dubuis Savoir-Faire Experience: Handcrafting Watches is More than Just Technique
Would you believe that watches have souls of their own? Renowned watchmakers all over the world take pride in hand-made components, spending precious time on making only the most sincere pieces crafted from their fingertips. One fine Friday morning, reputable Swiss watch manufacturer Roger Dubuis generously hosted a watch craft making session in demonstrating the true […]
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Seiko Presage Automatic SARW025 Review & Tudor Submariner Luxury Watch Unboxing
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Beware, Curves Ahead – MB&F;’s Horological Machine No.6 Makes Its Debut
“It is super high end watchmaking meets super high end micro engineering.” That’s how Max Büsser sums up the new Horological Machine No.6 that was just unveiled in Singapore today. MB&F; has been playing a major role on the stage of high-end watch making for several years now, and its latest reveal, also known as […]
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Vacheron Constantin Opens New Boutique in Singapore
Brace yourselves all you watch collectors and enthusiasts of the brand! One of the oldest Swiss watchmaking manufactures in the world, Vacheron Constantin opens a second boutique in Singapore, this time in the heart of the city’s main shopping district on Orchard Road. With more than 2,000 square feet of floor space, the lavish boutique is set to […]
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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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Jaeger LeCoultre Rendez-Vouz Ivy Minute Repeater: Watches and Wonders 2014
While watches can be considered as jewelry for some, it can also be viewed as an art or in some other cases, a technological marvel. The Rendez-Vouz Ivy Minute Repeater, in this case, managed to encompass all three aspects into a single watch. And yes, this is a highly complicated piece made for the femaleRead More
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon 2014; The Future Is Bright White
When one thinks of Audemars Piguet, one must surely also think of the Royal Oak and for good reason. Ever since Audemars Piguet introduced this epic watch they have been elevating its presence, by introducing new complications, movements, and yes, even changing the legendary design just a little bit. That is why today the Royal […]
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Drawing One Watch (in One Hour) | One Hour Watch
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THE PATEK PHILLIPE GRANDMASTER CHIME 175TH ANNIVERSARY - The Patek Philippe Ref. 5175 Perpetual Date Repeater, Grand Sonnerie, Minute Repeater And Alarm, A Masterpiece Of Chiming Complications
Leading up to Patek Philippe’s 175th anniversary, speculation and anticipation were running wild in watch enthusiast circles around the globe. And the recurring theme rising to the forefront of the collective Patek devotee’s imagination was that of a grande sonnerie. A grande sonnerie is a watch that features a minute repeater but is also able […]
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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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Svend Andersen: Jour et Nuit Independent Founding Father
There are independents and then there is Svend Andersen. Although born in Denmark, he was destined to become a watchmaking pioneer in Switzerland. After joining Gubelin, and spending nine years at Patek Philippe, he decided to start his own workshop…in 1979. Quite a daring move, since the Swiss watch industry wasn’t exactly in good shape […]
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Modestly priced watches: Glycine Airman Airfighter
How would you reinvent yourself to recreate something traditional? Ask Glycine. This company has managed to transform a conventional chronograph pusher into something that is extraordinary and fun! When we first received the watch, it did not give us a rather good impression. We thought that the watch was rather big, and that it wasRead More
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Touching History: Girard-Perregaux’s 1st Quartz
They often say that good things come in threes, and there is most certainly some truth to it when you are presented with not one, not two, but three examples of Girard-Perregaux’s 1st quartz watch at the same time. Although the focus on mechanical watches has pushed away much of the history of quartz watches, […]
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A Whole Lot O' Watch For 11k | #ASKTNH 130
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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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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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Panerai And Its New Boutique Design
Boutiques are becoming more and more important in the strategy of watch brands to sell their product to the public. Of course their is a lot in favour of the boutique. You can have you own staff, focus only on your product and really immerse customers into the world surrounding your brand. Most watch brands […]
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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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Reactions: The Rolex Deepsea D-Blue Dial Edition
Whenever Rolex is about to launch a new timepiece, there would always be a plethora of hype and speculation in the watch community. It was therefore not surprising that there was a lot of excitement when Rolex announced that they will be launching a new variant of the popular Deepsea Seadweller (also known as theRead More
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