Revolution magazine
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Revolution is a luxury horology
quarterly, first published in 2005. It has grown to become one of the most successful and influential magazines in its sector.
Read by horology enthusiasts, collectors and the who's who of the luxury watchmaking industry, from designers and movement engineers to watchmaker
s and CEOs, the magazine combines insightful, in-depth articles with bold design and photography
. Revolution is an integrated lifestyle magazine portraying everything in ultra high-end luxury where the wristwatch happens to be the primary means of self-expression. It is the benchmark title for the luxury wristwatch industry.
/Malaysia, and the US. In 2010, Revolution China was re-launched to a growing market of Chinese watch enthusiasts. The magazine is also published under license in Russia/Kazakhstan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico, Spain and Italy.
In December 2011, Revolution will launch its most prestigious edition in the very heart of the Swiss watch industry. It will be published simultaneously in French and German, as well as a version in simplified Mandarin that will be made available to all Chinese-speaking tourists visiting Switzerland.
Underlying its intoxicating look is a magazine with true substance. Revolution’s goal is to educate the consumer about the world of mechanical watches in the same way Top Gear educates them
about automobiles. Revolution offers greater substance, depth and technical understanding of watches and the watch industry than any other publication that has come before.
The list of factory-authorized forums on the website currently includes A. Lange & Söhne
, Audemars Piguet
, Girard-Perregaux
, Greubel Forsey
, Hublot
, Jaeger-LeCoultre
, Patek Philippe, Richard Mille, and Urwerk
.
Horology
Horology is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, clepsydras, timers, time recorders and marine chronometers are all examples of instruments used to measure time.People interested in horology are called horologists...
quarterly, first published in 2005. It has grown to become one of the most successful and influential magazines in its sector.
Read by horology enthusiasts, collectors and the who's who of the luxury watchmaking industry, from designers and movement engineers to watchmaker
Watchmaker
A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since virtually all watches are now factory made, most modern watchmakers solely repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their parts, by hand...
s and CEOs, the magazine combines insightful, in-depth articles with bold design and photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
. Revolution is an integrated lifestyle magazine portraying everything in ultra high-end luxury where the wristwatch happens to be the primary means of self-expression. It is the benchmark title for the luxury wristwatch industry.
Circulation and Editions
Revolution has the world’s largest global footprint of 11 editions published in 12 countries. Helmed by the original founders of Revolution Press, Wei Koh and Bruce Lee, two editions of Revolution are circulated quarterly in SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
/Malaysia, and the US. In 2010, Revolution China was re-launched to a growing market of Chinese watch enthusiasts. The magazine is also published under license in Russia/Kazakhstan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico, Spain and Italy.
In December 2011, Revolution will launch its most prestigious edition in the very heart of the Swiss watch industry. It will be published simultaneously in French and German, as well as a version in simplified Mandarin that will be made available to all Chinese-speaking tourists visiting Switzerland.
Style and Unique Vision
Revolution explodes into the consumer collective consciousness by destroying the image of watches as niche and positioning them as the most exciting, high performance and aesthetically avant-garde high luxury item in the world. It’s sexy, provocative pictorials create a sense of escape and romance associated with luxury watches. Diving watches plunge readers into the high adventure underwater world while it’s stories on chronographs jettison the reader into the high performance world of auto racing. The magazine fuses the realms of sports, music, racing and cinema with the realm of the luxury mechanical watch.Underlying its intoxicating look is a magazine with true substance. Revolution’s goal is to educate the consumer about the world of mechanical watches in the same way Top Gear educates them
about automobiles. Revolution offers greater substance, depth and technical understanding of watches and the watch industry than any other publication that has come before.
On the Internet
Revolution's website on the Internet is www.revo-online.com, a resource site with the latest news on mechanical watches, feature articles, and discussion forums where watch enthusiasts share insights and knowledge about watch collecting. Revolution Online hosts a growing list of factory-authorized discussion forums that aims to bring watch brands and collectors/enthusiasts closer.The list of factory-authorized forums on the website currently includes A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Söhne is a trademark of German watchmaking company Lange Uhren GmbH , a subsidiary of Richemont SA. Lange pocket and wrist watches are among the finest in the world, competing with watches produced by Swiss firms such as Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin.- History :Lange was...
, Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet is a manufacturer of prestige Swiss watches which compete with Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vacheron Constantin.-Foundation:...
, Girard-Perregaux
Girard-Perregaux
Girard-Perregaux is a high-end Swiss watch manufacture with its origins dating back to 1791. It is situated in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and is a part of the Sowind group, a subsidiary of PPR.- History :...
, Greubel Forsey
Greubel Forsey
Greubel Forsey is a watchmaking company specializing in very high-end complicated timepieces. It was launched in 2004 by Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey and is based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland....
, Hublot
Hublot
Hublot is a Swiss enterprise creating luxury watches and founded in 1980 by Carlo Crocco. The company currently operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of France's LVMH.- History :...
, Jaeger-LeCoultre
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Jaeger-LeCoultre is a high-end luxury watch and clock manufacturer based in Le Sentier, Vaud, Switzerland. In addition, Jaeger-LeCoultre also has a long tradition of supplying movements and parts to other prestigious watch companies in Switzerland. Since 1996, Jaeger-LeCoultre has been a fully...
, Patek Philippe, Richard Mille, and Urwerk
Urwerk
Urwerk is a watchmaking company, created in 1995 at a meeting of the two brothers, Felix and Thomas Baumgartner, both watchmakers, and their friend Martin Frei, an artist and designer. Their goal is the development and new conception of expensive watches. The company is based in Geneva,...
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