We all identify Patek Philippe as a brand of tradition, reserve and sturdy Swiss conservatism, known for ignoring the trend for—well, just about everything, really. Patek Philippe sticks to ...

So who are Stowa, anyway? Founded in 1927, Stowa are a German manufacturer of typically sober watches and one of the five (alongside A. Lange & Söhne, IWC, Laco and Wempe) to make pilot's wa...

It took me a while to work out what on Earth a Miramar was, but a little digging into the eighties excellence that is the Top Gun movie revealed that it is in fact the town the hallowed Stri...

I've got a bit of a thing for vintage-styled watches with two crowns; Longines' Legend Diver, IWC's Vintage Aquatimer, Jaeger-LeCoultre's Memovox and the oh-so-elegant Tudor Advisor are, to ...

Racing through the winding back alleys of Lima, Peru, camera in hand, there's no time to be working out if it's the middle of the night in London or not; that story needs to be out the door ...

Ten years ago, most people would have associated the word 'ceramic' with potted plants and tea parties. After all, the Greek word that ceramic is derived from—kerameikos—means 'for pottery'....

Since the introduction of quartz movements, programmable computers and micro-sensor technology, the mechanical dive watch has become to diving what the horseshoe is to motoring. The day of t...

Ask a panel of watch enthusiasts what the most useful complication on a watch is, and chances are they'll tell you it’s the date function. The self-changing date was invented by Rolex in 194...

Most people know the story of the Portuguese. Created by IWC for the Portuguese market in the 1930s, it was designed to be a wristwatch with the precision of a marine chronometer, and has si...

The movements of the celestial bodies above us have been a source of intense interest to the human race ever since we first turned our gaze skyward. As we studied the Sun, stars and Moon, we...

From keeping pilots on time as they crossed from one longitude to another, to accompanying astronauts into space, watchmaking has played an integral part in much of mankind's advancement dur...

I've been a fan of Longines ever since I became aware of the company's existence. Vintage Longines makes for fairly priced, reliable ownership, giving much better value than its better-known...