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1 week ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Wei Koh
Words by Wei KohThe Alterum Worldtimer returns with two bold new colorways: an exuberant gold, aptly named the Los Angeles Edition, and a stealthy black and gold version dubbed the New York Edition. The former captures the iconic hues of the city’s sunsets, while the latter reflects the essence of a nighttime view of the city that never sleeps. Both editions are priced at CHF 2,850 (excl. taxes) and available in a limited edition of 100 pieces.
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3 weeks ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Wei Koh
You are told to never meet your heroes. Just in case they don’t live up to your lofty expectations. So I approached my first meeting with Angelo Bonati at the 2004 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève (SIHH) with some amount of trepidation. This was, after all, the man who resurrected Officine Panerai, and transformed its military tool watches, the Radiomir and Luminor Marina, into the hottest luxury timepieces on the planet.
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3 weeks ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Wei Koh
Originally published on April 3, 2018, this article has been updated and republished to reflect on the enduring legacy of Angelo Bonati. Panerai was THE brand that ignited my interest in horology in my late 20s. Without even understanding the brand’s roots in the Italian Navy, I somehow sensed a pragmatic heroism encoded into its genetic blueprint. My brain took in Panerai like this: 1) Its size — which at 44mm in diameter, in the context of the late ’90s, was positively totemic.
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3 weeks ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Wei Koh
Originally published on May 17, 2016, this article has been updated and republished to reflect on the enduring legacy of Angelo Bonati. Panerai was THE brand that ignited my interest in horology in my late 20s. Without even understanding the brand’s roots in the Italian Navy, I somehow sensed a pragmatic heroism encoded into its genetic blueprint. My brain took in Panerai like this:Its size — which at 44mm in diameter, in the context of the late ’90s, was positively totemic.
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1 month ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Wei Koh
It’s an overcast day in Tokyo, but the threat of rain does nothing to dissuade the assembled adherents of Goro’s. They sit on a rail along the sidewalk, forming a line that stretches as far as the eye can see. They do not laugh or draw attention to themselves. They speak only in hushed, monastic tones.
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1 month ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Wei Koh |Cheryl Chia |Lee Kher Sheng |Katherine Arteche
This May, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will present 258 carefully curated lots from May 23-25 at Phillips Asia headquarters. Selected highlights will embark on an international tour, making stops in Singapore (April 18-19), Taipei (May 3-4), and Geneva (May 7-11), before the full preview opens in Hong Kong on May 16.
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1 month ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Wei Koh
IntroducingWords by Wei Koh “Style is not an embellishment … it is — like color with certain painters — a quality of vision, the revelation of the private universe that each of us sees and that others do not,” espoused the French novelist Marcel Proust. In our time, two individuals who, to me, give great credence to this are fashion designer Ralph Lauren and Naoya Hida & Co., founder of independent watchmaker Naoya Hida & Co..
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1 month ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Cheryl Chia |Katherine Arteche |Tracey Llewellyn |Wei Koh
While numerous brands today produce varying forms of chiming watches, Patek Phillippe chiming watches, in both minute repeater and grande sonnerie incarnations, express what is irrefutably the highest level of musicality in watchmaking because of their uniquely exquisite voice, otherwise known amongst collectors as the legendary “Patek sound.” More than that, because of their unique ability to engage us in sight, feel and sound, to dazzle and arouse us through this multiplicity of the senses,...
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2 months ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Cheryl Chia |Celine Yap |Tracey Llewellyn |Wei Koh
At Watches & Wonders 2025, Rolex unveils a bold take on the Cosmograph Daytona, pairing a turquoise blue dial with yellow gold and black ceramic. The result? One of the most eye-catching Daytonas in the modern collection. The return of a Rolex turquoise dialTurquoise has been one of the hottest colors in watchmaking over the past few years, and that’s largely thanks to Rolex. In 2020, the brand introduced a lineup of colorful Oyster Perpetuals, including the now-famous turquoise blue.
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2 months ago | 
revolutionwatch.com | Felix Scholz |Wei Koh |Celine Yap
Cartier’s Privé collection, now in its ninth instalment, has more than earned its place as one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the year, and the 2025 release did not disappoint. Watches & Wonders saw the return of the Tank à Guichets, a legendary design that feels right at home in the here and now. The historic Tank à Guichets dates back to 1928 and is perhaps most famous for being seen on the wrist of jazz icon Duke Ellington.
