Since the 17th century Switzerland has been a horological power-house, with almost every leading contemporary luxury watch brand establishing itself in the country between then and the early...

Hype watches aren’t the only watches worth buying. Maybe you’re looking for some ideas for a great watch that’s slipped just below the radar, something underrated that you can enjoy. I’ve pu...

Is a Rolex beyond your budget, yet you can’t get that Tiffany-blue Oyster Perpetual out of your head? Or maybe it’s a GMT-Master that tops your wish-list—if only they were half the price. If...

This year marks twenty years since the Japanese brand Grand Seiko launched its first ever GMT model. Considering Grand Seiko has been around since 1960, we’re not sure what took it so long.....

The Oyster Perpetual is the watch that really put Rolex on the map with its ground-breaking combination of a hermetically sealed screwdown waterproof case—the world’s first—and a self-windin...

This little Longines Heritage Military may be inconspicuous, may seem like just a watch—but it’s not. It’s part of the biggest controversy to ever face watchmaking. Face … or should I say di...

What do the ice cream companies Wall’s, Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s have in common? Don’t worry, I’m not about to make some lame joke; the answer is that they are owned by the same company: Uni...

The watch industry is full of Sliding Doors moments. Seemingly small decisions that, had they been taken differently – or not at all – might have steered events in another direction. ...

The seventies was a decade of catastrophic disaster. The oxygen tanks on board Apollo 13 ruptured, almost stranding the crew in space; the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island nuclear pow...

It’s not often it can wholeheartedly be said that something costing £3,000 can be markedly better than an equivalent worth a whopping £60,000, but in the case of the Tudor Heritage Chronogra...

Tudor’s hot stuff right now. The release of the Black Bay Blue shot off shelves faster than the last roll of toilet paper, with every man and his dog trying to get hold of one. It’ll be, in ...

The search for the perfect watch is an endless one. It needs to be historically important, it needs to be aesthetically unique, it needs to demonstrate watchmaking excellence—and importantly...