Tokyo’s residents were elated when it was announced back in 2013 that they were to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. In contrast, the Japanese owners of Seiko must have been devastated when the...

If you would describe your ideal watch as a chronograph, twin sub-dials, with vintage styling and a contrasting panda dial for less than £2,000—then boy do I have a treat for you. Welcome to...

The movies tell you to dream big. Reality, on the other hand, has other ideas. The cushiony clouds of the dream are nothing compared to reality’s hobnail boot up the backside, a swift kick b...

By the time Thunderball, the fourth James Bond film, was released in 1965, cinema’s most famous spy had already established himself as a staunch Rolex man. Bond, then played by Sean C...

Back in the early 1900s, racing timer manufacturer Heuer decided to do something pretty revolutionary. Where watches had previously been able to record up to an 1/8 of a second and in rare c...

This watch is to the question, “Would you like your Lange 1 with a tourbillon or a perpetual calendar?” the answer, “Yes.” The Lange 1 has, since its 1994 launch, been a flagship platform fo...

Panerai watches and luminescent paint go together like Tokyo and neon strip lights. It’s almost impossible to imagine these iconic timepieces without it. Indeed, the two models on which the ...

There are a lot of watches out there. A lot. And that makes standing out from the crowd a real challenge. When one of the most popular watches in the world—the inevitably mentioned Rolex Sub...

It’s not often that a watch is stumbled upon that makes you do a bulgy-eyed double take and say, “How much?!”—at least, certainly not at the bargainous end of the scale. This, the Bulgari Oc...

Over the last forty years, Ferrari has been like catnip to luxury watch brands who have clamoured to be associated with the fabled Italian sports car manufacturer. You can see the appeal. ...

For the true watch connoisseur—I’m talking the big bucks collector here, the kind of guy who has a separate room for his watches—there are three pillars of interest that make up a true high ...

It may be a centuries-old technology, but a mechanical watch isn’t indestructible. An object capable of surviving the briny depths or the vacuum of space still has a few weak points that, at...