Louis Erard has developed a close working relationship with contemporary artists, watchmakers, artisans, and designers to position itself as one of th ...
While Grand Seiko is often regarded as the top-tier brand within the Seiko Group, there’s yet another hidden gem that’s not as easily av ...
Recently, we’ve discovered the new haute horlogerie creations of Louis Vuitton, which included a trio of artistic models inspired by the univer ...
Since cogheads and petrolheads tend to share similar passions, it won?t surprise our readers that one of Max Büsser?s childhood dreams was to become ...
During Watches & Wonders 2024, Oris unveiled a new generation of its Aquis Date, the brand?s best-selling dive watch. While radically altering the des ...
In watchmaking, creativity is a constant topic of conversation. Few can match the innovation of Hermès, and many can learn from the brand’s ap ...
Some of the best ideas (and also the worst ones…) often start with a simple “what if†question… What if I could create a dial ...
MeisterSinger is a German watchmaking company from Münster. It was launched by Manfred Brassler in 2001, yet the brand’s timepieces exude a ti ...
Today, we are ending our series of recap articles focused on the best new watches presented during Watches and Wonders 2024 and Geneva Watch Week (we� ...
The 1970s were a period of radical change, marked by significant events but also strong evolutions of the design language. Many different styles emerg ...
The Speedmaster 38mm made its debut in 2017. Among the most popular iterations of this smaller Speedmaster is the Cappuccino in 18K Sedna? Gold, with ...
An absolute must for any respectable watchmaker, the chronograph complication was once again well-represented at the 2024 edition of Watches and Wonde ...
Since joining Manufacture La Joux-Perret in 2010, Arnold & Son has been known for crafting impressive timepieces that exude elegance and sophisticatio ...
Part of the Swatch Group and close to sister brand Glashütte Original, Union Glashütte is a slightly more accessible take on German watchmaking, wit ...
While colours have always been part of brands’ collections, they have long been used mostly for the dials – and sometimes, but not alway ...
We return to the intriguing world of car collecting and the subsequent auctions that often go hand-in-hand. A couple of months ago it was announced th ...
In the past decade, we have witnessed several trends in the watch industry; blue and then green dials, slightly smaller cases making a comeback, integ ...
Unless you were on the board of H. Moser & Cie. or an insider on the F1 circuit, not many of our readers would have guessed that Moser would become th ...
Despite not being the most spotted watch genre during the Geneva Watch Week – there was a clear focus on smaller, more elegant and colourful ti ...
Since its independence from mother brand Seiko in 2017, Grand Seiko has left its imprint outside Japan with its continuous stream of excellent watches ...
A high-tech, rugged, all-terrain sports watch made of an innovative carbon fibre composite material, the Norqain Wild One (launched in 2022) was an im ...
Long passionate about cars and watches, the team behind Baltic (Frenchmen Etienne, Paul and Clément) has, last year, finally materialized these share ...
In their seventh collaboration, renowned race car driver and six times Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx and Chopard‘s Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheu ...
Brought back from the ashes a few years ago, OW Watches or Ollech & Wajs has slowly but steadily been expanding its collection of sports instruments, ...
Manuel Emch, the head of Louis Erard, is on a mission to democratise watchmaking. By inviting watchmakers, designers and artists to collaborate on dif ...
Long praised for being some of the most practical and relevant timepieces around, Travel and GMT watches are classics that most brands need to have so ...
Some of the standout highlights of the 2024 Watch Week in Geneva undoubtedly revolved around ultra-thin watches. Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo Ultra ...
With the new year well on its way, there have already been a ton of immensely cool watches being presented. Whether it’s new materials and colo ...
What would your initial thought be if you uncovered a run-down Oldsmobile, or a Hudson, in a dusty old barn" Would you think “piece of junk†...
Louis Erard received great attention last year with the debut of its first-ever tourbillon-regulated watch. Limited to just 78 pieces, it was exclusiv ...
First released in 2019, the Heritage BiCompax Annual quickly became a best-selling watch for Carl F. Bucherer. Merging retro design elements with mode ...
If you?re on this website, reading the latest article in my diving test series, there?s a pretty good chance that you have at least a passing familiar ...
When two masters of their respective crafts meet, it’s very likely greatness will ensue. However, while masters may strengthen each other, itâ ...
While we’re not here to re-do the story of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, we must remember that we’re talking about one of the most import ...
Like many other brands born during the golden era of watchmaking, and in particular the early days of the professional dive watch, Squale might not so ...
Next to the vintage-inspired Legend Diver collection, the Longines HydroConquest is a more utilitarian, robust, classic diver, with water-resistance u ...
While Scandinavia is not necessarily the birthplace of mechanical watchmaking, there’s quite a list of names that have emerged from the norther ...
Since the 1970s, Yema has been partnering with various branches of the French defence force as an official supplier of timing instruments. This longst ...
When Bernhard Lederer debuts his Central Impulse Chronometer in 2020, it didn’t go unnoticed. Here we had an esteemed independent watchmaker la ...
On one side is Maurice Lacroix, a serious brand with a strong position in the accessible luxury watch segment, but also some serious watchmaking skill ...
While we all very well know who created the luxury sports watch segment, and what was the first sporty-chic watch with integrated bracelet, it must be ...
MB&F undertook its maiden voyage into the galaxy of women’s watches with the launch of its Legacy Machine Flying T in 2019. After 14 years of m ...
It isn’t the first time we’re talking about the Mido Ocean Star GMT. It’s not even the first time we’re talking about a sp ...
A veteran of the Swiss industry, Dominique Renaud joins forces with a young independent watchmaker, Julien Tixier. They aim to revisit fundamental pri ...
Watches come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from very affordable to very expensive and everything in between. Throughout our weekly Buying Guide sea ...
For most watch enthusiasts, Citizen is probably best known for its wide range of affordable quartz, solar-powered and mechanical watches. Watches like ...
There was a time in Formula 1 racing where not one, not two, not three but pretty much half the field had the talent and material to compete for race ...
Union Glashütte might be one of the lesser-known brands of the Swatch Group, but it is nevertheless one that has recently caught our attention, and f ...
At MONOCHROME, we are always delighted to discover and present new watchmaking projects. Founded by renowned Geneva-based dial maker, Atelier Olivier ...
A venerable brand that was slightly dormant for about a decade, Vulcain is sort of a hidden gem that has long been recognized as the specialist of the ...
Founded in 2008, March LAB is run by three close friends – Alain Marhic, Jérôme Mage and Joseph Châtel. With CEO Marhic rooted in Biarritz a ...
Five months in as CEO of one of the most luxurious watch brands, Audemars Piguet, Mrs Ilaria Resta offers her view on the current market and how she s ...
Mido has done a commendable job updating its Multifort collection to 21st-century technical standards and contemporary tastes. As the brand?s best-sel ...
Introduced over 10 years ago (time flies…), Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo collection has become one of the most successful sagas in recent wat ...
Since the launch of the Diastar, the world’s first scratchproof watch made from ultra-resilient tungsten carbide in 1962, Rado has become a byw ...
The roots of Chopard trace back to 1860 when Louis Ulysse Chopard founded his company in Sonvilier, Switzerland. The Scheufele family took over the co ...
Baltic is a brand that needs no introduction to our loyal audience. Despite its youthfulness in the industry (first models in 2017), it stands out rem ...
Genus, an independent brand hailing from Geneva, is the brainchild of Catherine Henry and Sébastien Billières. In 2007, Sébastien Billières co-cre ...
The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF collection features three remarkable timepieces that aim to unravel the complexities of various calendar complication ...
Last week, we covered most of the new models introduced by Audemars Piguet, as part of the 2024 collection – which included a new ROO time-and- ...
Made to be used and abused… This could be the definition of an outdoor, adventure-ready car (a Defender, for instance, the old one), or for that ...
The pandemic has opened the door to countless opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs. Thomas Fleming, an avid American watch collector, saw his drea ...
Founded in 2014 by two friends from university, Gustave & Cie. is a relatively new French watch brand offering a ?more zen vision of time? with its mo ...
Whenever we compile lists for our weekly Buying Guide, we tend to look at common denominators between watches. One such element can be colour, materia ...
William Wood was not a watchmaker by trade, he was a distinguished firefighter in the British Fire Service with a 25-year tenure. To his grandson, Jon ...
For close to two decades now, the R8 has been Audi’s poster child sports car, with a sleek design and performance to back it all up. It’ ...
As the leading watchmaker of his day, Abraham-Louis Breguet enjoyed the patronage of France?s royalty and aristocracy. Among the names on his A-list w ...
Many watch enthusiasts and collectors will undoubtedly dream of creating their own watch at some point, but few actually set out to do it. And from th ...
The Lady Serenade and PanoMatic Luna are Glashütte Original?s two mechanical watch collections for women. While the PanoMatic Luna is essentially ...
When Audemars Piguet‘s iconic Royal Oak turned fifty in 2022, the brand announced that the permanent range of Royal Oak models would be updated ...
Audemars Piguet reveals new models that showcase the evolutionary design introduced on the first stainless steel Code 11.59 references in 2023. To upd ...
Considered the precursor of the luxury sports watch category, the Royal Oak turned fifty in 2022. As expected, Audemars Piguet went to town to fete it ...
While the Royal Oak was initially born in stainless steel – which, in our opinion, remains the material of choice for the classic Jumbo � ...
It’s no secret that Audemars Piguet has long been involved with celebrities and influential people from the world of music. It usually goes wel ...
The Tissot T-Race series holds a prominent position in Tissot’s catalogue, a testament to the brand’s history in sports timing, includin ...
While there have been time-and-date and triple calendar versions since the mid-1990s, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore or ROO, has always been p ...
Seiko’s current lineup is one of the strongest in its price range. From the accessible 5 Sports series to the popular Prospex diver designs and ...
Although Seiko’s expertise in waterproof watchmaking goes back a very long way, it wasn’t until 1965 that the Japanese manufacturer ente ...
In the past decade, the watch division of Louis Vuitton has been steadily expanding its foothold in haute horlogerie, a journey that commenced with ac ...
Watches have always been intertwined with big historical events all over the world. Many are connected to pivotal events or influential people, such a ...
Appointed director of Louis Vuitton Watches in 2021, Jean Arnault’s strategy to reposition the brand as an elite player involves a combination ...
The P.C. Hooftstraat in Amsterdam is considered “the Golden Mile†for luxury brands in the Netherlands. Not only will you find plenty of h ...
You?ve probably already seen that watch? But up until today, it was not officially there. For decades, besides special and limited editions, the Speed ...
As someone working in the industry seeing hundreds if not thousands of watches each year, I often label a watch as a potential “yes†or â ...
Founded in 1861 in Schramberg, Germany, Junghans was once the largest clock manufacturer in the world, renowned by many for Max Bill’s famous B ...
In a relatively short span of time, Norqain has consolidated an attractive portfolio of watches designed for rugged outdoor activities. Grouped into t ...
Those acquainted with Lang & Heyne’s collections know the watchmaker to consistently impart a historical narrative, with each series bearing th ...
Consistently ranked as one of the world?s most valuable luxury brands, Hermès is still a family-run business with a flair for producing exquisite pro ...
During our very busy lives it’s very easy to be late for a meeting, to forget to top up a parking meter or even be tight on time for a departin ...
The first test flight of the Concorde, the moon landing, the Woodstock festival, and Monty Python’s Flying Circus first aired on BBC One… ...
