If you were to pitch what you thought was the ultimate watch, you’d need to have some pretty good justification for doing so. You’d need, say, at least three reasons why. So here they are, t...

Do you know how many versions of the Rolex Submariner have been made since the watch’s official introduction in 1953? Well, an educated guess would say a lot. So, with the news that in 2020 ...

There are special watches, like the A. Lange & Söhne 1815, for example, then there are exceptional watches like the 1815 Tourbillon—and then there are masterpieces, like this 1815 Tourbillon...

Change is in the air. I can feel it. Watchmaking, like many things in life, goes through cycles of evolution, every now and then purging the old and ushering in the new. Around twenty years ...

You see them come and go, watches made in honour of people whose names are unfamiliar and will most likely remain so. In the case of the Oris Carl Brashear Chronograph, that is not one of th...

Three quarter plate; hand-engraved balance cock with swan-neck regulator; classic Gothic dial design—I know the brand you think I’m talking about, but actually I’m not. This is D. Dornblüth ...

A quick skim through the Panerai catalogue demonstrates that a sum in excess of fifteen or even £20,000 can be spent on the pricier options, watches laden with complicated features and fancy...

A watch is a watch, wouldn’t you say, a trinket that tells the time and does so, hopefully, clearly and accurately. That’s certainly the expectation, but when it comes to watchmaking, there’...

Creating the world’s thinnest watch doesn’t happen overnight. It doesn’t happen in a month, or a year, or even a decade. It takes several lifetimes of expertise, development, successes, fail...

There are many reasons why Grand Seiko is an important addition to fine watchmaking, despite being from Japan, despite the affiliation with quartz and despite not being a Rolex. This particu...

It’s the wonder material of the twenty-first century, both lightweight and strong. Found at the pinnacle of industry, this composite of one of Earth’s most abundant elements lets mankind go ...

So, the industry has tried making watches that look cool and modern—with varying degrees of success—but really it makes more sense to go backwards. At the heart of the love of watches, it’s ...