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Forgotten Heroes - The Tudor North Flag

The Tudor North Flag was released in 2015 to great fanfare, thanks to its novel design and in-house movement. Fast forward to today, and the model has been discontinued from the catalog. We find out why the North Flag never enjoyed the success of its cousin, the Black Bay.

Introducing the Sarpaneva X Moomin

Sarpaneva X Moomin results in a delightfully unique Moomin-themed timepiece that marries Sarpaneva’s broody humour with cartoon levity.

Introducing the Baltic Bicompax Pulso for Revolution & The Rake

More than just selling watches, Etienne Malec wants to create well-designed, high-quality mechanical watches with price points that appeal to a new generation. Here, we cast the spotlight on his brand, Baltic Watches, and present our collaboration with them - a pulsometer chronograph that is a fantastic value proposition.

The Centenarian

Introducing the Big Pilot’s Watch 43 Spitfire

IWC releases two Spitfire editions of its Big Pilot’s Watch 43, in titanium and bronze respectively with titanium casebacks, wearing a Type B dial.

Introducing The Seiko Prospex SRPH43K1 and Seiko Presage SPB273J1

Seiko launches the all new Prospex SRPH43K1 and Seiko Presage SPB273J1 just ahead of the year-end holiday season.

Celebrating Success: Ulysse Nardin Marine Collection

Ulysse Nardin has been manufacturing pocket and marine chronometers since the 1800s. The company supplied more than 50 navies, institutes and astronomical observatories through the decades. In 2021, Ulysse Nardin celebrates 175 years of watchmaking with Marine Torpilleur timepieces featuring COSC-certified automatic movements, complications and enameled dials.

Available in the shop: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas, an integrated contender

The Vacheron Constantin Overseas is fast becoming one of the favorites for the ideal integrated steel sports watch, and it’s easy to see why. We explore the history of this iconic design, from the historic reference 222 all the way to this incredible Overseas 4500V with a beautiful blue dial.

Introducing Hublot x Arturo Fuente Ceramic Big Bang Unico

The latest collaboration between Hublot and Arturo Fuente cigar company pays tribute to Carlos A. Fuente with a Big Bang Ceramic limited edition fitted with Unico manufacture caliber.

NORQAIN: The Heart of An Adventurer

NORQAIN introduces three new GMT models to the Adventure family in a sub-collection named NEVEREST that benefits the Butterfly Help Project aimed at helping the children of Sherpas lost in the Himalayan mountains receive access to education

Introducing the Mancheront Pacer, a Pulsometer done different

Launching on Kickstarter, the Pacer is the first watch from Mancheront, a Sydney-based brand that blends familiar dive watch form with a novel take on the pulsometer.

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso: The Story of an Icon

The story of the Reverso is the story of watchmaking’s most famous swiveling case. Built for functionality during a polo game, it has since evolved to become a blank canvas for Jaeger-LeCoultre’s artistic creativity and a showcase for the brand’s technical innovations.

Introducing the Ressence Type 1 Slim DX2

A limited edition watch showcasing Ressence’s technical ingenuity blended with a multi-faceted dial design playing on light and Arabian geometric patterns

Introducing the De Bethune DB25 Perpetual Calendar in Green

Joining the harvest of green-dialled watches released this year, De Bethune’s green iteration of its DB25 Perpetual Calendar is anything but conventional.

URWERK Introduces the UR-100V Full Titanium Jacket

URWERK introduces the UR-100V Full Titanium Jacket at Dubai Watch Week 2021, in sandblasted titanium with a 32-link sandblasted titanium bracelet

Introducing the NORQAIN Adventure Neverest Night Sight

Built tough with a chronometer-grade movement from Kenissi, NORQAIN’s Adventure Neverest Night Sight has the looks and grit for life outdoors.

Available in the Shop: How the Moonwatch made it to space, and why you need it on your wrist

The Omega Speedmaster is a certified icon, forever known as the Moonwatch. We highlight some of this legendary chronographs key moments, as well as some key models available in partnership with Watchfinder & Co.

Introducing the Girard-Perregaux Eternity Editions at Dubai Watch Week 2021

Girard-Perregaux continues to add to its special creations in the year of its 230th anniversary with a trio of novelties that highlight some of the maison’s most iconic, decorated in time honoured techniques from the universe of watchmaking.

Introducing Zenith DEFY Zero-G Sapphire and DEFY 21 Double Tourbillon Sapphire

Zenith DEFY consumer perception with two exceptionally high-end new watches from their DEFY range, each mesmerizingly on full view through crystal sapphire.

Introducing the MB&F; x Bvlgari Legacy Machine Flying T Allegra

MB&F; and Bvlgari join forces for the first time ever to introduce the Legacy Machine Flying T Allegra, a limited edition of just 20 pieces

Introducing Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda GT and Tondagraph GT in celebration of Oliver Smith Jeweler’s 40th Anniversary

Oliver Smith Jeweler’s chooses Parmigiani Fleurier to execute the perfect tribute to 40 years of business with PF Tonda GT and PF Tondagraph GT editions

Revolution Awards 2021: Celebrating the Best of The Year

As we look to the end of the year, it has become tradition for us to celebrate by sorting through the wide array of watches launched over the course of the past months and bestowing awards among the best of the best. It’s not an easy task to begin with, and in a year such as this one, almost an impossible one. Despite the many challenges we’ve faced, on a whole, so many maisons have turned out gorgeous timepieces and made significant breakthroughs; it was tough having to vote any of them out. But we’ve done it again, contended with ourselves over the virtues of each nominee, argued vehemently for our favourites, and here it is. Here are the watches and people are celebrating for the 2021 Revolution Awards.

Introducing the Greubel Forsey Balancier S² Limited Edition in Titanium

Greubel Forsey introduces their latest vision of what modern haute horology should be about with the new Balancier S² high-end everyday beater

The Imaginarium of Dr. Woo: Roger Dubuis x Dr. Woo Excalibur Monotourbillon

An instinctive rulebreaker, tattoo master Dr. Woo takes an iconic haute horology timepiece and guides it to the stars

Introducing the Hanhart Bronze 417 Chronograph Edition No. 2 “Copperhead” For Revolution & The Rake

The much sought after Hanhart 417 Chronograph for Revolution & The Rake returns in 39mm, the size of the original 1950s 417 model, with a new bronze alloy and a stunning brown sunray dial.

Introducing the UNIMATIC x Massena LAB U1-MLB

Massena LAB and Italian watch manufacturer UNIMATIC presents the U1-MLB, inspired by the West German Navy’s dive watches of the 1970s.

Design Style: The Chronobay Watch Stand

Ross Povey catches up with Chronobay founder Timen van der Horn to talk about watches, lockdown and pesky clasp scratches…

Introducing Le Régulateur Louis Erard x seconde/seconde/

Wagering its Régulateur, Louis Erard’s collaboration with seconde/seconde/ delivers a tongue-in-cheek send-up of the frustrations of the digital age.

Introducing the Breitling Super AVI Collection

Breitling’s 2021 Super AVI Collection is a collection of five new watches, inspired by four legendary planes from the 1940s and one watch from their own archives, the superb 1953 “Co-Pilot” Ref. 765 AVI aviator’s watch.

Parmigiani Fleurier celebrates 25 years of watchmaking with new collection

To celebrate a quarter of a century of making watches, Parmigiani Fleurier releases a collection of contemporary sport watches with their new branding and identity.