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Introducing the Master Memovox Boutique Edition

Jaeger-LeCoultre commemorates the 60th anniversary of their first automatic Memovox with the new Master Memovox Boutique Edition.

The Fonts of Time

Fonts and typography have been an integral part of watch design for centuries and yet we rarely pay much attention to them. Revolution’s Sophie Furley takes a close look at the magical world of the numbers on the dial and how they tell us more than we may realise.

Living Machines - The Futurist Tradition Of Jaquet Droz

There are plenty of things that set humans apart from even our most intelligent planetary cohabitants. Here’s one that fascinates me in particular - we replicate in effigy as well as in response to our biological mandate.

…Then We Take Berlin

TAG Heuer Honors Muhammad Ali

Video: Aurel Bacs and the Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 Trilogy

The first in a series of videos for Phillips Watches 12 & 13 November 2016 Geneva sale, Aurel Bacs discusses Patek Philippe highlights, including the reference 1518 perpetual calendar chronograph trilogy.

Oris shaves off for Movember at Dandy’s Barber Shop

First We Take Manhattan…

A nod to the founding of Montblanc during the early days of transatlantic ocean travel, the 4810 Collection celebrates the brand’s spirit of excellence.

Pre-SIHH 2017: Roger Dubuis

Roger Dubuis, the brand known for its dramatic and sensual timepieces brings us a triple rhapsody in blue.

Hay Más Tiempo Que Vida

As we hit 31 October and the Day of the Dead festival, Revolution remembers that there is more time than life.

Inked Time

A needle and ink are used to draw tattoos, which record elapsed life - much in the way the world’s first marketed chronograph, invented by Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec, recorded elapsed time using a needle and ink.

Silver Lining

The Swedish silversmith Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe lived a life of unconstrained abandon, with failed marriages and celebrity friends, but the one constant was her beautiful, understated designs that continue to be produced after her death in 2004.

Max Effort

Time’s Up

The future of women’s mechanical watches may sound like an unknown land that’s open to speculation and theorizing, but we’ve had plenty of clues about what the next frontiers could be, and it’s time we put these clues together.

Olympian Fabian Cancellara is Spartacus Ascending

The Misinformation Stops Here

Let it be known: Kari Voutilainen has made no smartphone. He’s just collaborated with a smartphone producer to incorporate his unique dials, as an aesthetic element, on a limited edition piece.

The Velvet Fist

Past Times: Gina Lollobrigida

As Eterna revisits the 1950s Golden Heart watch, we look at the life and times of the watch’s ambassador, Italian screen goddess Gina Lollobrigida.

Animated Ladies

For many years many have largely ignored women’s watches, writing them off as things of beauty but as technically uninteresting. Many of the ladies’ watches by the venerable French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels, however, have interesting and novel mechanisms.

On The Case

Great Snakes

Since its acquisition by luxury super-group LVMH and the 2012 launch of the Octo, Bulgari seems to have exercised the Midas touch with every new product turning to horological gold. But no matter how forward thinking, the maison knows that the rest is history.

Aurelie Picaud & Jean-Marc Wiederrecht Fabergé

15 Top Lots at Phillips’ November Geneva Watch Auction (Live Pics)

Phillips continues its assault on the high-end watch auction scene with The Geneva Watch Auction: Four

90 Years of the Oyster: The Indomitable Crown

Born in 1905, Rolex has become the gold standard in wristwatches. Mention the leading companies in the industry and Rolex is always in the top three, if not steadfastly in the number one position. Rolex didn’t get to this lofty perch without industry-leading innovation and unparalleled excellence.

BLANCPAIN’S MARC HAYEK & MARINE SCIENTIST LAURENT BALLESTA

Bucherer Blue Edition unveiled in Zurich

#teamwatchspotting: William Asprey of William & Son

The Hands of Time

Fit At 40?

The Naked Truth

A pretty face can hide a million flaws but when it comes to skeletonised watches, every imperfection is on display. In horology terms, when things are stripped back to the basics, only the strong will survive.