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Having established his eponymous brand as the go-to source for customized Rolexes, George Bamford has become the official supplier for personalized models from TAG Heuer. With the blessing of Jean-Claude Biver, head honcho for LVMH Watches, Bamford W

When Dolce & Gabbana opened their Gwenael Nicolas-designed store at 6/8 Bond Street, London in November, it was with great fanfare that included a version of the design duo’s super high-end Alte Artigianalità couture runway show incorporating Alta Mo

Arguably the most prestigious awards programme in all of watchmaking, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) presented its 17th roster of winners on 8 November 2017 on the stage of Geneva’s Théâtre du Léman. The GPHG was created in 2001 and est

Watch porn — books filled with glorious, oversized photos of amazing timepieces — has been well-served by John Goldberger’s titles on Rolex, Omega and Longines, while Mondani’s gigantic single-model Rolex, Patek and Tudor tomes are almost forensic in

Late 1960s and 1970s cinema was dominated by three all-American blond-haired, blue-eyed actors: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and Robert Redford. To a man, they wore Rolex watches both on and off screen. However, when offered a yellow-gold Rolex Submari

What does a brand do when it needs to visit its second biggest-selling territory? Well, if you are Nick and Giles English of Bremont, you take it as an opportunity to tick off a long-standing entry on your bucket list. According to Nick who, along wi

Simultaneously at the Frankfurt Motor Show and in Geneva, Bulgari announced two new Octo Maserati models, the GranSport and the GranLusso, as well as new Lucea Mosaic models. Bulgari and Maserati have been partners since 2012, two quintessentially It

In 1997, Felix Baumgartner flew across the Atlantic to New York to join Martin Frei, who lived there, to decide what to do with their newborn brand, Urwerk. The brand’s first two watches, the UR-101 and UR-102, had received critical acclaim but no mo

There I was, on a new Indian Scout Bobber, accelerating out of the corner on the Pacific Coast Highway, the glittering Pacific Ocean on my right, the hills of the Central Coast of California on my left, a Baume & Mercier Burt Munro limited edition Cl

Of all of cycling’s greatest sprinters — of which there are many true legends including Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini — Mark “Cav” Cavendish is undeniably, irrefutably and unconditionally the greatest of all time. With palmares that include 30 Tour

Snorkeling in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a humbling experience, much like standing in the midst of the Alps, in awe of the magnitude of nature. I stare down through my mask into an abyss of turquoise blue water, floating on the border between

ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE SELF-WINDING CHRONOGRAPH (RE-EDITION) Self-winding caliber 3126/3840; hours, minutes, small seconds; date; chronograph; 50-hour power reserve 42mm; stainless steel; water-resistant to 100m Stainless-steel bracelet with folding clas

ROTONDE DE CARTIER MYSTERIOUS DAY & NIGHT Manual-winding caliber 9982 MC; retrograde minutes and hours; day/night indication; 48-hour power reserve 40mm; pink or white gold; water-resistant to 30m Gray alligator-leather with pink- or white-gold foldi

TRIBUTE TO PALLWEBER EDITION ‘150 YEARS’ REF. IW505002 Manual-winding caliber 94200; large digital displays for hours and minutes; small hacking seconds; 60-hour power reserve 45mm; red gold; water resistant to 30m Black alligator leather by Santoni

RM 70-01 TOURBILLON ALAIN PROST Manual-winding caliber RM 70-01; hours and minutes; mechanical odometer; tourbillon; 70-hour power reserve 54.88 × 49.48 × 17.65mm; Carbon TPT®; water-resistant to 50m Performance sports strap When four-time Formula 1

From the moment you first set eyes on an URWERK watch, you experience a seismic conceptual shift in the way time is interpreted. Says Felix Baumgartner, the brand’s founder: “The idea was to create a new time-telling language, something powerful, pri

VILLERET DATE MOON PHASE Automatic Caliber 913QL movement; hours, minutes, date indicator and moon phase; power reserve of 42 hours; glucydur balance wheel featuring gold micrometric regulating screws; silicon balance spring 29.20mm 18K red gold Taup

A man’s crown jewels connecting sharply with the pointy apex of an inflated rubber bladder is never a moment of unadulterated joy. When the triceps and biceps that spin-passed the ball into his nether regions with such ruthless precision were those o

OCTO MASERATI Caliber BVL 262; hours, minutes, retrograde indicator and jumping hour; power reserve of 42 hours GranSport, 41mm black DLC-treated carbon GranLusso, 41mm 18K pink gold GranSport, black dial, silvered hands and indexes GranLusso,18kt pi

Now passed her half-century, and still the envy of most women half her age, model, businesswoman and Omega ambassador Cindy Crawford says the build-up to 50 was the only hard part of hitting the milestone. “I think that the older you get, the more co

It’s early October and I’m in the middle of the Agafay Desert, Morocco. The blistering sun beats down on my face, with its sole purpose to scald me, and the 40°C heat makes the air alarmingly heavy as it travels into my lungs. Sweat rolls from under

Increasingly throughout the past decade, the top watch brands have been looking to the women’s market to expand their sales opportunities. While the attention has been very welcome and has resulted in some magnificent models and designs, it is notice

Last year, Revolution’s editors chose watches they’d like to see under the Christmas tree. This year, in the spirit of altruism and charity, Revolution Switzerland’s editor-in-chief Sophie Furley decided a game of “Secret Santa” was in order, and eac

What does an F-15 supersonic flight, a visit to a nuclear missile bunker and a B-52 sortie have in common? For each of the three, I wore a trusty Bell & Ross watch. Last summer, during a U.S. Air Force event at the Pentagon called Magazine Day, I was

Favre-Leuba is a Swiss watchmaking legend with a rich heritage in producing rugged and reliable timepieces for explorers and adventurers. Since its humble beginnings in the 1700s, the brand has created timepieces that are designed to withstand all ki

The Kon-Tiki expedition began with the need to make a point: Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer, was convinced that people from South America could have settled in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times, and he was going to prove it in

The Grand Tetons rise sharply out of the plain and tower over the valley as I climb up the slope of one of the smaller mountains, the setting sun shining on the Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph on my wrist. I’m here in Jackson Hole, WY, t

There are several brands involved with football and players, including TAG Heuer with Tom Brady, Hublot with the Dallas Cowboys and Mido with college football. Some other NFL players get involved with watches organically, as they begin to make life-c

Now that the NFL season is coming down to the wire, with teams poised to make their final push to the playoffs and the Super Bowl, former NFL All-Pro Quarterback Boomer Esiason, is more sought-after than ever before. Why? Because he is a reasoned voi

I kid you not. At 100mph (or 160km/h in the metric system) the GTR version of the McLaren F1 — the 25-year-old game-changing sports car designed by iconoclast Gordon Murray — generates so much downforce that it could drive upside down across your cei

Marcus B. Williams has been drawing watches and movements for over six years now, but it was never his professional plan. He was working as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch and drawing in his spare time when he came across a photograph of the cas

Recently I was asked by my friend Ben Clymer, founder of Hodinkee, the seminal watch website, to appear in an episode of his interview format video, “Talking Watches”. The only issue was that it was to be filmed in Manhattan and as such I wanted to l

There’s no denying that the Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, introduced this year at Baselworld, was one of the home runs of the show. Inspired by a military specification 50 Fathoms from 1957, issued to the French Navy (aka the MIL-SPEC

We all have our ultimate watches in mind — the pieces we’d happily consider sacrificing an arm, maybe a leg, to get. And while a lot of attention is often given to big price tags, limited editions, or one-of-a-kind pieces, just as much praise should

Zenith’s incredible rebirth over the past one year under the aegis of the adventurous Jean-Claude Biver has resulted in a timepiece that reminds those who have forgotten. This maison is a true manufacture which has never been anything but manufacture

2017 is the year when the legendary 1969 chronograph icon, the Zenith El Primero, is revolutionized. The latest and the most significant evolution of the original, the Zenith Defy El Primero 21 houses a completely new movement concept built around a

I’ll tell you one thing for sure — it’s a good thing this is the award for Best Complication and not Best Name. In purely technical terms, the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication is the undisputed heavyweight

There are few things in this world that will never go out of style. Just to name three: the tracklist of Deep Purple’s Machine Head, a trusty mechanical watch, and the color black. And when you put them altogether, you get something cool, tough and u

Bulgari is no stranger to the Revolution Awards. In 2014, it picked up the Best Complication award for the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon and in 2016, it won the Revolutionary Watch award for the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater. These watch

Seldom does it happen. We saw it with the Hermès Le Temps Suspendu (and whatever the claims for “unisex,” this was definitely a woman’s watch) and again with the Patek Philippe Ladies First Chronograph but, on the whole, the occasion of a man covetin

The very first watch in more than a decade and a half that I’ve paid over retail for is a smallish sized, blue-and-white-dialed chronograph with an old warhorse of a chronograph movement called the Omega CK2998. And more than any other watch in recen

Richard Mille has created far more than a watch brand. What in effect he’s created is a cult, a religion, a sanctum inside the inner circle for the world’s global elite, where his watches are the membership card. Think about it this way. Just to own

There is a certain irony that 2017’s Revolution Watchmaker of the Year is, in fact, technically not a watchmaker. His résumé includes stints such as a military pilot, research engineer and university professor. However, few can deny that the direct i

George Bamford was having one of those moments that puts life in complete perspective. Afterwards, thankfully with everything back in alignment, he had a very clear understanding of the way forward. For many years, he had achieved amazing success by

As the most turbulent time in watch history was the era of the great Quartz Crisis, those stalwarts who ensured the survival of the mechanical watch beyond the 1970s certainly qualify as heroes among watch aficionados. Among those who kept the faith

Cars and watches have always been linked, just because speed is only a function of distance over time. Since the automobile became commonplace, there have been watches linked to cars — mostly chronographs — and some of them were produced by Heuer, th

In the world of vintage Rolex, there is one man who runs ahead of the pack. Known for his absolute integrity and unrivaled knowledge, Eric Ku is one of the most important Rolex dealers on the planet. He took over the reins at the Vintage Rolex Forum

As a watchmaker and a classic car enthusiast, there are few opportunities that unite my passions so perfectly as a good old-fashioned day at the races. The smoke, the roar of four-stroke engines and the smell of oil against a backdrop of pre-war cars

One of the most gratifying aspects of our job at Christie’s is helping people auction these exceptional watches. Each day, we are corresponding or speaking with someone who may know little to nothing about the world of rare watches, but who owns some

In the UK, you are perhaps best known for playing the mind-reader Patrick Jane in seven seasons of The Mentalist. Did you expect the show to last that long? When you start something like that, you never really know but you are always hopeful that it

You have been CEO at Glashütte Original for a year now. What is your take on the company? Being a watchmaker and engineer myself, I take great pride in being CEO of a true manufacture, where the design and production process — from the first idea to

You have achieved so much, but how did you first get involved with golf? My mom gave me a plastic golf club when I was very young, and I would swing it all around the house and the backyard. I was always a big fan of sports from when I was tiny and p

Friends with shared interests love to argue. Best quarterback, best red wine, best TV series — all are dinner/bar/coffee shop debates that enrich our free time with our friends. Leaving aside the more treacherous themes of politics, religion and sex,

You have had quite a career. What is your secret of success? I’ve been lucky in a lot of ways. If I internalize it, I am a firm believer that hard work always beats talent. I dedicated myself every single day to grind and put in the work. I never let