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Leaving Its Mark: Roger Dubuis at SIHH 2017

Roger Dubuis announce 5 limited edition watches at SIHH 2017 with the Excalibur Spider Pirelli – Double Flying Tourbillon leading the charge.

House of Burlesque - After Hours

Sophisticated and exotic, when the lights are low in the House of Burlesque the watches taking centre stage show that variety really is the spice of life.

Alain de Cadenet - The Man and His Watch

Alain de Cadenet is not a man who supports the idea of change for the sake of it. In fact, his philosophy for life is that if you find something good – really, really good – you should stick with it.

Xavier Magaldi - Art Through the Eyes of a Watchmaker

Watchmaker, Xavier Magaldi opens his brand new art exhibition, Concrete Thoughts a day after SIHH 2017, in Geneva.

RESSENCE Goes Formal

Say Cheese: Introducing the Swiss Mad Watch

H. Moser & Cie kick off their “Make ‘Swiss Made’ Great Again” campaign with the Swiss Mad Watch. How mad is it?

Fancy Dress Tourbillons

As lofty as the tourbillon is, as revered a position as this prestigious horological feature holds among the cognoscenti, gravitas has not rendered it immune to the bling treatment.

Richard Mille - God’s Gift to Womankind

We grow up surrounded by myths and misconceptions but, believe it or not, bulls are not angered by red, bats are not blind and you can swallow chewing gum without it strangling your internal organs. Watchmaking has its own stories, one of the most enduring being that women do not buy high-end mechanical wristwatches for themselves. Who better to bust the myth than Richard Mille himself?

Introducing the Greubel Forsey Grande Sonnerie

Introducing the Greubel Forsey Grande Sonnerie, which has 11 safety mechanisms and an automatically powered striking train but a manually powered chronometric train.

#SpeedyTuesday: New Speedmaster to Retail via Instagram

Omega takes a massive leap into the world of e-retail, through Instagram, with a campaign that’s just simply BRILLIANT.

The Grönefeld Brothers

Revolution speaks with the Dutch brothers who are taking the industry by storm.

In Conversation with IWC Legend, Kurt Klaus

Nothing beats first-hand experience and a first-person narrative for recounting and understanding the past. Master watchmaker Kurt Klaus recalls IWC in the decades before the quartz crisis, and working with another legend, Albert Pellaton.

Walking the Movember Talk with Scott Poynton

Scott Poynton and Oris walk the talk to spread awareness for men’s mental health and cancer issues in the month of Movember.

One watch, One Kayak and 1,200 miles of Open Water

Question: What do you wear on the wrist when you choose to row 1,200 miles from Greenland to Scotland in a sea kayak? Justin caught up with British explorer Olly Hicks to find out.

US Brand RGM Celebrates with Martin Guitar

When Pennsylvania-based Martin Guitars decided to do something special for its two-millionth guitar, they reached out to RGM watches, based in Mount Joy, PA.

Video: The Birth Of Silicon (The watch that changed the world)

The realization of the groundbreaking watch that the Freak was destined to be necessitated the use of materials never before used in watchmaking. And thus was born the age of silicon in horology. But who was it that proposed this space age material for use in a watch?

The Future According to the Industry’s Movers & Shakers

Revolution asks 19 top guns to weigh in on the industry’s future.

Introducing the Ronde Louis Cartier XL Flamed Gold Watch

Cartier announce their latest Métiers d’Art timepiece ahead of SIHH 2017, which brings a whole new craft into the maison’s knowledge set.

Man of the Year - Richard Mille

It is with immense pleasure that we announce our Revolution Awards 2016 Man of the Year - the incomparable, Richard Mille.

Breaking News: Aldo Magada of Zenith Resigns

Aldo Magada announces his departure as CEO of Zenith Watches.

Brand of the Year - Richard Mille

While we award Richard Mille with the 2016 Revolution Brand of the Year Award, in all honesty, we could easily award it the brand of the millennium award.

WORLD PREMIERE: The Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time

Jaeger-LeCoultre crowns the Geophysic collection with its first flying tourbillon worldtimer: The Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time.

Lifetime Achievement Award - Jean-Claude Biver

The 2016 Revolution Lifetime Achievement Award goes to the one and only, Mr. Jean-Claude Biver - the horological messiah of our time.

Unifying Time - The World Time Chronograph, Ref. 5930

The term “World Time” is an integral part of today’s watchmaking vocabulary, but its origins are relatively new in the grand horological scheme of things. Revolution Switzerland’s Sophie Furley takes a look at the history of the Patek Philippe World Time collections and the fascinating stories they have to tell, with a little help from Patek Philippe’s Head of Watch Development, Mr. Philip Barat.

Best Men’s Watch - Chopard L.U.C XPS 1860

Chopard’s L.U.C XPS 1860 proves to be the ultimate choice for the gentleman this year, thus securing the Revolution Award for the Best Men’s watch in 2016.

Best Women’s Watch - Breguet Tradition Dame 7038

The Breguet Tradition Dame 7038 snatches the Revolution 2016 Best Women’s watch award.

Ultimate Value - Tudor Heritage Black Bay 36

Another Tudor on the list - the Revolution 2016 Ultimate Value watch: the Tudor Heritage Black Bay 36.

Riding with the “Freaks”

Keith W. Strandberg, Editor in Chief, Revolution USA goes for a motorbike ride with Patrik Hoffmann, president and CEO of Ulysse Nardin, up in the Swiss Alps.

Best Sports Watch - Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze

The Revolution 2016 Best Sport Watch, was highly contested and a bit of a no-brainer at the same time: the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze.

Presidential Caliber

The new movement powering Rolex’s Day-Date 40.