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Twelve years after the original Palatial introduced @jacobandco Jacob & Co. to the world of minute repeaters, the watch returns in a new Flying Tourbillon Minute Repeater.
@wei_koh_revolution takes a closer look at the 43mm rose-gold piece, with its translucent red dial revealing the mechanism beneath and a 60-second flying tourbillon positioned at 6 o’clock. Inside is the new manually wound JCCM04 calibre, developed with updated manufacturing and finishing throughout.
And then, of course, there is the repeater itself.
Two hammers strike twin gongs that wrap around the movement, while a quieter centrifugal governor controls the cadence of the chimes with less mechanical interference.
The rest is best judged with the volume on.
#JacobAndCo #Palatial #MinuteRepeater #FlyingTourbillon #HauteHorlogerie #RevolutionWatch
Before the Opera Godfather’s music box and the Twin Turbo Furious’s decimal repeater, there was the Palatial. Introduced in 2014, it was @jacobandco’s first minute repeater. Twelve years later, the brand revisits that watch with a new Palatial Flying Tourbillon Minute Repeater.
The manually wound JCCM04 calibre pairs a minute repeater with a 60-second flying tourbillon and delivers a 90-hour power reserve. The tourbillon’s redesigned cage has hand-polished angles, while a translucent red mineral dial reveals the mechanism beneath. Rose gold details and hands shaped like a metronome add to the musical theme.
A slide at nine o’clock activates two hammers striking twin gongs that wrap around the movement. Each gong is shaped, hardened, tuned and fitted by hand, with final adjustments made by ear. The new calibre also features a quieter centrifugal governor, reducing mechanical interference as it controls the rhythm of the chimes. The 43mm 18k rose gold case measures 12.3mm thick and comes on a red alligator strap. The watch is limited to 12 pieces — one for each year since the original Palatial’s debut.
Read the full story at RevolutionWatch.com (link in bio).
@seikowatchofficial Seiko has taken the “panda dial” rather literally.
Born from the brand’s Power Design Project, the new HHK001 and HHK002 started with a simple question: if watch collectors insist on calling black-and-white chronographs “pandas”, why not make one that actually looks like a panda?
The result goes considerably further than a pair of black subdials. They droop to form the eyes, the chronograph pushers become ears, the hands take their shape from bamboo leaves and even the tachymeter has been rechristened the “SASAMETER”, calibrated to a panda’s theoretical 30km/h top speed. Turn the watch over and, naturally, there is a panda tail.
There are two versions: the classic black-and-white HHK001, limited to 3,000 pieces, and the pink HHK002, inspired by the colouring of a newborn panda and limited to 2,000. Both measure 43mm and are powered by Seiko’s quartz calibre 8T61.
#Seiko #PowerDesignProject #HHK001 #HHK002 #PandaDial #RevolutionWatch
The @baumeetmercier Baume & Mercier Clifton gets a fresh ice-blue execution, while keeping the restrained proportions and details that define the collection.
@constant.kw takes a closer look at the 39mm model, from its stamped ice-blue dial and signature crosshair motif to the polished markers and alpha-dauphine hands.
Inside is Baume & Mercier’s Baumatic movement, offering an impressive 120-hour power reserve. On Constant’s 6.5-inch wrist, the 39mm case also strikes a versatile balance, neither too small nor overly large.
Elegant enough to dress up, relaxed enough to wear casually, this is the kind of watch that makes its case once you actually put it on the wrist.
#BaumeEtMercier #Clifton #Baumatic #IceBlueDial #RevolutionWatch
INDIES.NYC returns on October 15 with its largest salon yet. Its fourth edition brings 25 independent artisan-watchmakers to Flatiron, Manhattan, up from 10 a year ago.
The lineup includes @garrickwatchco, @sarpanevawatches, @holthinrichs, @felipepikullik, @legarehautehorlogerie, @staterawatchco and more. Collectors will have the chance to see their watches up close and speak with the people who make them.
This edition also marks the start of “1% for the Next Generation”. One per cent of net proceeds from every watch sold through INDIES.NYC will go to a watchmaking school chosen by the artisan behind it. Schools in France, Finland and Ireland are already involved. See @indies_nyc for attendance details.
Last week in watches belonged to @patekphilippe, which marked the opening of its Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Milan with seven limited editions reserved for the Italian market. Leading the collection was the 120-piece platinum Ref. 5978P-010, powered by a new 500-part instantaneous perpetual calendar chronograph caliber. The manufacture also introduced Gondolo Ladies First, a six-model collection of cushion-shaped quartz watches inspired by the 2009 Ladies First Chronograph.
Elsewhere, @louisvuitton brought back Gae Aulenti’s 1988 LV II as two 37mm ceramic Monterey watches, while Raymond Weil continued its 50th-anniversary celebrations with the 500-piece Millesime Jubilee. @norqain added Grade 5 titanium top plates to three Wild ONE models, including two Skeletons and a Meteorite Special Edition.
@hanhart made Steve McQueen’s association with the 417 ES official through a 300-piece flyback chronograph bearing his signature. @parmigianifleurier gave the TORIC Petite Seconde a platinum case and hand-grained Morning Blue dial, backed by the rose-gold-bridged PF780.
@gshock_casio_official then took the original G-Shock square into new territory with the 20-piece, USD 80,000 MRG-D5000 Blue Sapphire. Rounding out the week, @k_chaykin transformed Atomic Heart’s robot ballerinas into the Left Twin and Right Twin, each limited to 69 pieces.
Read the full roundup now on RevolutionWatch.com (link in bio).
@bangkokwatchweek wrapped up its second edition at Siam Paragon with more than 41 participating brands, rare archival watches and a lively programme of symposiums exploring watchmaking, culture and community.
@blancpain1735 showcased 15 Neo-Vintage Villeret watches tracing the collection’s history, including its 1989 split-seconds chronograph. @vacheronconstantin’s boutique offered further discoveries, from the Royal Chronometer pocket watch of 1910 to a world-time pocket watch from 1959.
On stage, Revolution founder and GPHG President of the Jury Wei Koh joined FHH’s Aurélie Streit and Siam Paragon’s Thanaporn Tantiyanon for the opening discussion on watch culture in Bangkok and Southeast Asia. Other sessions explored heritage with Vacheron Constantin and @franckmuller_geneve, community-building with @georgeskern, the engineering behind @jacobandco’s latest creations, and @grandseikoofficial’s pursuit of the ideal everyday watch.
@tudorwatch’s centenary session was a particular highlight. @cole_pennington shared stories spanning the British North Greenland Expedition and Navy frogmen involved in Apollo recovery missions, alongside archival discoveries tracing Tudor’s ties to Thailand and Asian motorsport. His fluent Thai delighted the local audience, and the celebrations continued into the night at Tudor’s party.
Swipe through for highlights from the week, and read our full recap on RevolutionWatch.com (link in bio).
Another chapter from Masters of Chronometry Ep. 3, this time on the man who deserves the credit at the beginning of the inclined tourbillon story: Andrew Holden Potter.
For years, his achievement was repeatedly confused with that of another American watchmaker, Albert Henry Potter, largely because both appeared in the historical record as “A. H. Potter.”
But it was Andrew Holden Potter, working in Boston around 1860, who created the earliest known inclined-balance tourbillon, with the oscillator tilted by approximately 25 degrees while the tourbillon carriage itself remained flat.
In this excerpt, @wei_koh_revolution and @constant.kw unpack the story of the two Potters, how the attribution became muddled, and why Andrew Holden Potter belongs at the very start of the inclined tourbillon’s history.
Watch the full episode of Masters of Chronometry Ep. 3 on YouTube. Link in bio.
#MastersOfChronometry #InclinedTourbillon #AndrewHoldenPotter #AlbertHenryPotter #RevolutionWatch
@omega’s latest Seamasters let you choose your allegiance: James Bond or Spectre.
The new Seamaster Diver 300M Bond watches add two steel editions on mesh bracelets, and limited editions sets pairing steel with a precious metal version.
Bond’s version pairs a blue aluminium dial with laser-engraved waves and a Grade 5 titanium bezel ring, while Spectre combines a grained black dial with a black ceramic bezel. Their respective gun-barrel and octopus emblems decorate the rotors.
Two collector’s sets, limited to 77 numbered sets per theme, each pair a numbered steel watch with a platinum-gold model on leather. The platinum-gold watches feature 18K white gold dials with PVD gradients and 18K Moonshine Gold rotor emblems. Neither watch from these sets is sold separately. All six share a 42mm case and the Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8806, with a 55-hour power reserve.
Read the full story on RevolutionWatch.com (link in bio).
Filmed at @jaegerlecoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre’s “Valley of Inventions” exhibition at ION Orchard in Singapore, @wei_koh_revolution sits down with CEO @je.lambert Jérôme Lambert to trace more than two decades of Gyrotourbillon development.
Held from 21 to 30 August 2026 to celebrate the opening of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s new flagship boutique at ION Orchard, the exhibition provided a fitting setting for a conversation about the manufacture’s long-standing pursuit of invention and precision.
The story begins with the original Gyrotourbillon of 2004, whose two rotating axes sought to expose the regulating organ to a far greater range of positions than a conventional tourbillon.
From there, Wei and Jérôme revisit the evolution of the concept through the Reverso Gyrotourbillon, cylindrical balance springs inspired by marine chronometry, complicated chronographs, chiming watches and Jaeger-LeCoultre’s remarkable performance at the Concours International de Chronométrie.
Jérôme also explains the origins of Duometre, an architecture built around two separate gear trains to isolate timekeeping from the energy demands of additional complications.
The latest chapter is the Master Hybris Inventiva Gyrotourbillon À Stratosphère, a three-axis evolution of the concept that required Jaeger-LeCoultre to confront an entirely new challenge: adding greater freedom of motion without allowing additional weight and friction to compromise precision.
Beyond the mechanics, the Stratosphère also brings together Jaeger-LeCoultre’s decorative métiers, with engraving, translucent enamel and three-dimensional finishing framing the Gyrotourbillon at the centre of the watch.
In our full-length video, Wei and Jérôme explore more than 20 years of Gyrotourbillon development and the ideas that continue to shape Jaeger-LeCoultre today.
Full video on YouTube. Link in bio.
#JaegerLeCoultre #Gyrotourbillon #GyrotourbillonStratosphere #JeromeLambert #WeiKoh #Tourbillon #HauteHorlogerie #RevolutionWatch
Why tilt a tourbillon? Around 1860, Boston watchmaker Andrew Holden Potter inclined the balance of a pocket watch tourbillon by about 25°. His achievement would later be confused with the work of another A. H. Potter.
Walter Prendel revisited the idea in 1928, angling the balance and escapement inside a flying tourbillon. Greubel Forsey later tilted the cage itself, while Éric Coudray drew directly on Prendel’s geometry for HYT’s Conical Tourbillon. Jaeger-LeCoultre and ArtyA have since taken the idea in new directions.
@wei_koh_revolution traces the watchmakers and mechanisms behind more than 160 years of experimentation. Read the full story at RevolutionWatch.com (link in bio).
Why would anyone tilt a tourbillon?
For Episode 3 of Masters of Chronometry, @wei_koh_revolution and @constant.kw trace inclined tourbillion, a horological idea that stretches back more than 165 years, from an almost forgotten American pocket watch to some of the most ambitious tourbillons being created today.
The story begins with Andrew Holden Potter, the Boston watchmaker who created the earliest known inclined-balance tourbillon, only for his achievement to be repeatedly confused with that of another American watchmaker, Albert Henry Potter.
Then came Walter Prendel. Working in Saxony in the late 1920s, he created an extraordinary six-minute tourbillon with progressively inclined escapement components and a balance set at 30 degrees.
From there, the story moves to @greubel.forsey Greubel Forsey, where inclination became a defining pursuit and, crucially, one that could be tested through chronometry. It continues through Éric Coudray, @hytwatches HYT, @jaegerlecoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre and @artyawatch ArtyA, each finding new ways to change the oscillator’s relationship with gravity.
The inclined tourbillon may look like mechanical theatre, but its roots lie in a very serious question about precision.
Masters of Chronometry Ep. 3, now on YouTube. Link in bio.
#MastersOfChronometry #Tourbillon #InclinedTourbillon #RevolutionWatch

