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Another Word For Entry-Level? Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classique

It doesn’t feel right, calling a watch like the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classique entry-level. It brings to mind images of small white cars with black bumpers, no rims and not even a radio or electric windows. Of course this is not the case with this Reverso, since no corners were cut to create this watch, yet […]

Officine Panerai: Restoration of the Duomo Clock in Florence

Officine Panerai has recently announced itself the proud sponsor of the restoration of the monumental clock in the Santa Maria del Flore Cathedral, just in front of their historic boutique in the Archbishop’s Palace. Considering that any mention of Florence is scarcely incomplete without a tribute to the iconic cathedral, this is some exciting news […]

TAG Heuer Announces “Postponement” Of CH 80 Carrera Movement Production

Above, TAG Heuer Carrera CH 80 as introduced at BaselWorld TAG Heuer has announced today that it will “postpone” production of its latest chronograph movement, the caliber CH 80, in order to “focus on” production of its cal. 1887, which is now referred to as the CH1887. “La Chaux-de-Fonds, June 5, 2014 – In order […]

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 – […]

New York, Paris and the Tank Anglaise

During the years after the launch of the Tank Divan in 2002, Cartier concentrated on other models like the Santos 100 and Calibre de Cartier, two watches that were clearly developed for the mens market. It took 10 years, since the Tank Divan, before La Maison presented another Tank model. – Tank Anglaise XL – […]

Devon Works Introduces The Tread 2 Godiva

We have said it before and now we say it again: a new color can transform a watch. While another dial can be considered a subtle change, dressing the case of a watch in another color is definitely more than just subtle! But then again, the Tread 2 by Devon Works is not really about […]

Cartier Announced Diamond Hours for the Ballon bleu de Cartier and Tank Française watches!

With the release of two very popular models in steel with diamonds and in steel gold with diamonds, the Tank Francaise and the Ballon Bleu, Cartier is spoiling the ladies again! Up till now, Cartier have not really featured both diamonds and steel in a single watch before, and in the Ballon bleu collection we now see […]

Baselworld 2014: Hublot CEO On Being Relevant To Your Customer (Video)

The importance of responding to the needs of the customer cannot be underestimated, and it is the brands that do this the best that succeed. (By the way: see our previous article on that way that some brands have used advertising to communicate to the public.) Ricardo Guadalupe, Hublot CEO, tells us about the brand’s […]

Linde Werdelin: Innovating Like A Big Brand

Smaller, independent brands often live a challenging life. Limited resources have to be stretched to cover everything from customer service to social media presence and yet, in order to stay in business, the collection also has to be developed further. This is perhaps the biggest challenge because if you want to achieve some sort of […]

Chronoswiss Sirius Artist: Seriously Artistic

Chronoswiss has always been a brand that was able to give a distinct cachet to its watches. Its elaborate styling takes you into a world where it isn’t quite difficult to imagine yourself as a master wondering through your romantic, stylish castle, or see yourself behind the wheel of an Jaguar E-type, taking on the […]

Vacheron Constantin Dances With Degas In Grand Feu Grisaille Enamel

There are some combinations that can only result in greatness, and one example will be that of Vacheron Constantin with Edgar Degas and Grand Feu Grisaille enamel. It definitely resulted in something magical. Most people are familiar with Degas’ paintings about Ballerinas, where his soft but deliberate brushstrokes captured the essence of ballet in a mystical […]

10 Historic Quartz Watches You’ve Got To Love

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 […]

Dubey & Schaldenbrand Coeur Blanc - Setting The Bar

As we move further into the Renaissance of mechanical watchmaking we see certain watch brands taking very strong positions within the watch world. A good example of this is Linde Werdelin, but on a different level the same also goes for Dubey & Schaldenbrand. Unlike Linde Werdelin, Dubey & Schaldenbrand has a much longer history, […]

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 […]

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 […]

In Plain Sight: Revealing The Secrets Of F. P. Journe’s Resonance Chronometer

This story is something of a mea culpa. Many years ago, when I was yet green with youth and correspondingly filled with overweening self-confidence, an independent watchmaker –a respected one; a student of the work of such luminaries as Janvier and Breguet –named Francois Paul Journe, came out with a most intriguing watch. That watch was […]

Chopard Turns Historic Race Cars Into Wrist Candy

Many watch brands have close ties to a single car brand, but it is Chopard that generously proclaims its love for all cars….but only if they are vintage! This could have something to do with the fact that Chopard’s co-President, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, has a true passion for vintage sports cars and is known for occasionally […]

The Best Watches Of Baselworld 2014 (Part 1)

Sure, I get it. There is an immediate emotional response to “top ten” lists. For the masochists, there is the list of the top ten hottest women on the planet who could put a serious beating on you. Topping this is former Olympian and UFC champ Ronda Rousey affectionately known as the “Arm Collector” for her penchant for snapping her opponents appendages.

A Decade Of Design: Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye’s Collection Turns Ten

While most men have a preference for round watches, women dare to be different. So it is no wonder that a watch like the Girard Perregaux Cat’s Eye is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary already.  With its exceptional oval shape, the Cat’s Eye collection certainly has a unique presence that appeals to women, otherwise the collection […]

Arthur Oskar Stampfli And The Wheels Of Time

Do you know that feeling? You walk around in a car show and are all of a sudden, you are eye to eye with the perfect expression of automobile art! In this instance, the most likely situation is that the car in question is a prototype. What happens next? More likely than not, months later, […]

Grönefeld Presents the new One Hertz (Live pictures)

Earlier this year Grönefeld launched their amazing new Parallax Tourbillon. You can still find our report HERE, but the gentlemen had something else coming up, where they were pretty suspicious about earlier this year. This week Tim & Bart Grönefeld presented their new One Hertz! The new One Hertz is part of series of timepieces […]

The New MB&F; LM101 (LIVE PHOTOS)

If there’s one thing that MB&F; positively excel at doing, it’s forcing people to re-examine their ideas of timekeeping and timekeepers. Looking at the new MB&F; Legacy Machine 101 (LM101) is like looking backwards and forwards in time simultaneously. When I first met the LM1, I said that it would be the only watch that […]

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 […]

Grieb & Benzinger Skeletonizes The A. Lange & Söhne “Tourbillon Pour le Mérite”

This is something that came to our attention today and it’s appearance certainly begs the question: What heights can watchmaking reach after perfection is attained? And Is it possible to strive for even more? This one of a kind piece vividly supplies the answers, for what we have here is the rare and highly sought […]

Crafted With An Eye For History: Angular Momentum Negoro

Lacquer must hold mystical powers, as those who have ever admired a fine Russian lacquer box or an Urushi fountain pen will know. Captivating in it’s presence by textures or drawings, yet always finished to perfection with that glossy surface that shows off a soft glow. The stories surrounding the art of lacquer are often […]

Baselworld 2014 - Ulysse Nardin And A Stranger In The Night

Even when on a personal level you perhaps don’t like their style, you must love a brand like Ulysse Nardin. The brand continues to innovate and is one of the brands that continue to fuel the Renaissance of contemporary mechanical watchmaking. They do this by keeping their current collection fresh with watches like the Hourstriker […]

Graff Hallucination And The Reasonable 55 Millon Dollar Price Tag

55 million dollars is by any measure quite a bit of money. It can buy you the car collection of either Jay Leno or Ralph Lauren (your pick), one epic night in Vegas (making Steve Wynn a very happy man in the process) or eleven of the 2012 Hublot $5 Million Dollar Bangs. It can […]

Behind The Emerald: Graff's Secret Carved Emerald Watch

Emeralds have charmed their way into the history of civilizations for thousands of years. From Queen Cleopatra, who was infatuated with the gemstone, all the way to the Incas, who venerated their goddess Umina through a gigantic emerald, many cultures have seen some sort of power in the vivid green jewel. For over 6,000 years, […]