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Baselworld 2015: New Rolex Oyster Perpetuals and Yacht-Master With Live Images

Exclusive: TAG Heuer To Introduce A COSC Certified Flying Tourbillon Chronograph For Under 20,000CHF (14,900CHF !!!)

Today, recently appointed General Manager of TAG Heuer, Guy Semon dropped a bombshell on the Revolution team with news of an upcoming watch that certainly is a provocative statement of intent. We at Revolution love our watches, and the passing parade of the best that the Swiss watch industry has to offer is by no means something […]

“Digital Is a Change in the Watch Magazine World”: By The New York Times On Revolution Magazine

We at Revolution magazine celebrate our 10th Anniversary this year and after a decade as the leading watch industry publication in the world, we are proud to look back upon a history of what we have been able to achieve. With 15 global editions and the largest print circulation in the niche genre of luxury watches, […]

Baselworld 2015: Breitling Updates To Superocean II With New Dial Colours And Sizes

For Basel this year, Breitling updates its SuperOcean line with the introduction of Superocean II, a bolder, better and more option varied range for diving watch fans out there. The main changes that have been implemented are a complete design refresh, partly based on feedback from customers of the previous Superocean line, with little tweaks to […]

The Apple Watch: Revolution’s Editors Weigh In

Well, the other shoe has finally dropped: last week, Apple officially launched the Apple Watch, spawning think-pieces, hand-wringing, enthusiasm, disdain, and chains of mutual recrimination in comments sections across the Internet –in other words, it was a typical Apple product launch.  We watched the keynote with as much interest as anyone, of course –but reactions from […]

Baselworld 2015: Hands On With The Glashütte Original PanoReserve & PanoMaticLunar In Blue (Live Pics)

When news broke of the new dial colours that Glashütte Original were introducing for the PanoReserve and PanoMaticLunar, I was particularly excited. After-all, I had grown to know about and admire the brand through these two watches, and when I was first acquainted with them, I can honestly say that I fell in love immediately. What’s […]

Baselworld 2015: Live Pics of the Tudor North Flag - Even Better In The Flesh!

We wrote about the new Tudor North Flag this morning courtesy of Jack Forster, our Revolution USA Editor. This is a stunning watch at a great price point, and certainly is evidence of Tudor doing the right thing yet again this year. Here are some live pictures we shot today, and the watch truly is more […]

Baselworld 2015: Rolex Day-Date 40 - Perfection to the Nth Degree With New Calibre 3255 (Live Pics)

Baselworld 2015: Tudor Pelagos with Manufacture Movement

The Tudor Pelagos is already one of the most complete traditional mechanical divers’ watches on the market. This year it is updated with an all-new Tudor manufacture movement, and much more. Find live images by Adi Soon, pricing and the release date below. The Pelagos was already a very complete package. Forced to list a […]

Grönefeld Presents A New Version Of Their Award Winning Parallax Tourbillon

It’s almost half a year ago that Grönefeld’s Parallax Tourbillon was awarded “best tourbillon” in its class. For the Dutch brothers a good reason to launch the watch at Baselworld 2015, in a very limited edition of just 5 pieces in a platinum case that remained 43 mm x 12.5 mm. To make the watch […]

Baselworld 2015: Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524

Baselworld 2015: Zenith El Primero Sport

Zenith launches a new range of eye-catching models known as the El Primero Sport. They feature 45mm steel cases housing the famous El Primero 400 B high-speed automatic chronograph caliber. Let’s take a look. The case offers front and back sapphire crystals and 200-meter water resistance. The transparent caseback provides a view of the El […]

First Look At The Tudor North Flag

Last night, Tudor gave a first look at its latest and greatest achievement to a group of journalists and bloggers in a pretty unique setting –enormous tents set up in the forests outside Basel, which we reached in a fleet of vintage Land Rover Defenders, heading up a path lit by enormous flaming torches (just […]

Linde Werdelin and Chronopassion: Pushing The Envelope

Special watches crafted for long term dealers are nothing new in the watch world. There are many examples of this kind of watch available, and while they are often rare, they usually do offer not much more than a different colour dial and a commemorative engraving. Boutique editions differ usually more, offering everything from DLC-coatings […]

Baselworld 2015: Breitling B55 Connected

Little by little, top luxury brands are embracing new technologies. Breitling’s new B55 Connected pairs an impressive pilots chronograph with a smartphone, leveraging the best features of each, while leaving the watch firmly in charge. Given the B55’s origins, it’s no surprise that the emphasis is on the watch. Fans will be happy to know […]

High-Tech Gold: Hublot Big Bang v. Apple Watch Edition

The new Apple Watch will be a major topic of discussion at Baselworld next week, and due to a coincidence in the publicity schedule, it’s already bumping up against a Swiss heavyweight. Today we talk about scratch-resistant gold. On Monday, Apple provided final details about its Watch, and we learned that the top-of-the-line Apple Watch […]

Pre-Basel 2015: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Deadbeat

Deadbeat seconds are popular this year, and the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Deadbeat is an especially compelling example. Behind that beautiful dial, there’ s a new, patented caliber. The new Grande Seconde Deadbeat incorporates several subtle design elements. The Grande Seconde timepieces already featured, well, Grande Secondes. To place even greater emphasis on the seconds […]

Ressence’s New Type 3; Forward Thinking

Ask a watchmaker, any watchmaker, and they will tell you that oiling a watch is a precise business. Too little and you create extra wear and tear, too much and it will overflow and be drawn away from the bearings. Yet there is a watch that uses a lot of oil, and with a lot […]

Kari Voutilainen’s New Green GMT

Pre-Basel 2015: New Pano Models from Glashütte Original

Next week at Baselworld, Glashütte Original’s PanoReserve and PanoMaticLunar families will each welcome two new members – one in red gold with a matte black dial, and one in stainless steel with an intense blue dial. Glashütte Original produces its own dials in a manufactory in Pforzheim, Germany’s the city of gold and jewelry. Each […]

H. Moser & Cie’s Smart Watch Proves That We Still Love Mechanicals More

When I wrote the story last week of H. Moser & Cie’s upcoming new Smart Watch, I did not know what to expect. Today, pictures have been released, and even a tongue in cheek video to explain that the Smart Watch in question, is no Smart Watch of the electronic variety. Instead we have an […]

Angelus is Back!

If you know vintage watches, you know Angelus. Manufacture La Joux-Perret is reviving the brand, and the first new watch is sure to be a surprise. To many collectors, Angelus is best known as a creator of great-looking chronographs and multi-complication watches, especially chronographs with date, day and moon phase displays. The brand’s notable firsts […]

Oris Sponsors The 2015 Avalon International Airshow

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, […]

Glashütte Original ‘Perspective’ Short Films

Glashütte Original recently invited Revolution Switzerland to join in on the festivities of the Berlin Film Festival, which takes place every year in the German capital to celebrate both old and new films from all around the world. A partner of the festival since 2011, the German watchmaker chose to honor its partnership this year by merging the arts of […]

Pre-Basel 2015: MCT Frequential One F110

The Frequential One F110 from Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps (MCT) incorporates a new movement that embodies both masterful creativity and, some might say, the key to happiness. MCT has established itself as the author of singular mechanical movements that represent time with depth and perception beyond the realm of traditional watchmaking. Some watch manufacturers appear […]

Pre-Basel 2015: Corum Admiral’s Cup Legend 42 Flying Tourbillon

Corum celebrates its 60th anniversary this year with a distinctive flying tourbillion timepiece with a special construction that looks like it came from the archives of Harry Houdini. The Admiral’s Cup Legend 42 Flying Tourbillon features Corum’s trademark nautical-themed case design – more about that in a minute. But the thing that grabs your eye […]

Pre-Basel 2015: Arnold & Son Constant Force Tourbillon

Ever since the invention of the earliest water clocks, physics and gravity have affected our efforts to measure time precisely. Liquid-filled clocks ran faster when full, because higher pressure at the bottom of the vessel caused the water to drain more quickly. Springs provided a technological step forward, but not a complete solution, because they […]

H.Moser To Reveal The World’s First Haute Horlogerie Smart Watch

It was only last week that I was in Tokyo to see the Horological Smartwatch by Frederique Constant, and having just recovered from this surprising new product, I am hit with news of yet another Swiss watch brand coming up with another Smart Watch. This time, its H. Moser & Cie, who today has announced the […]

Pre-Basel 2015: Porsche Design Chronotimer Series 1

For 2015, Porsche Design goes back to some impressive roots few people may know about. In 1972, the brand presented the first watch designed for it by F.A. Porsche – the matte black Chronograph 1. It’s said to have been the world’s first matte black watch, and as such, it certainly has to stand as […]

TAG Heuer revs up for the Geneva motor show

As Geneva gets ready for the International Motor Show, TAG Heuer organized a special event to celebrate their recent partnership with the new FIA Formula E Championship, the world’s first fully electric motor-racing series. One of the series’ spectacular electric racing cars was on show to the public in front of the TAG Heuer boutique […]