Carbon is the sixth most abundant element in the universe. It makes up the thinnest material in the world, graphene (measured in a single sheet at 0.15 nanometres, 650,000 times thinner than...

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...

What you're looking at here is the result of one man's life's work—John Harrison. Lured by a prize of £20,000 (the equivalent of just under £3million today), he set aside his entire existenc...

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...

We all know the scene—you pass a dodgy market stall down a back alley, when suddenly the guy manning it pulls out a drawer to reveal a surplus of what appear to be luxury Swiss timepieces. W...

It's every boy's dream to own a Lamborghini, but of the few that go on to achieve the kind of success that puts one in reach, very few realise that dream and take ownership of their boyhood ...

'Hello sir, how can I help you today?' 'Hi—I'm looking for something dressy, perhaps with a date, day and month indicator —oh, and a moonphase.' 'Certainly sir. Do you have a budget in mind?...

In 1999, carmaker Pagani threw down the gauntlet for luxury goods. The Italian manufacturer forgot about restraints on creativity, ignored budget limits and time restrictions, and created a ...

Forget Area 51, forget the recipe for Coca Cola; the Swiss watch industry holds some of the best-kept secrets in the entire world. In a business worth over £14 billion, image and reputation ...

If there's one thing Rolex knows how to do really well, it's generating publicity. With a tightly cropped and thoroughly confusing promotional shot, the Swiss giant first announced th...

So, the alien mothership is locked and loaded, the computers have all become self-aware, and the zombies are literally at your door. You’ve got your end of the world survival kit on your bac...

Fifty Fathoms, Submariner and Seamaster are names that need little introduction. The first, the famous and the fruitful, this trio has ruled the roost since they appeared on (and started) th...