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. ...

Rolex is the official time-keeper of all four grand slam tennis tournaments and counts Roger Federer as a brand ambassador. But other luxury watch brands are muscling in on the sport....

Trends are a funny thing. In the moment they are all the rage, but when we look back on them, we tend to think god, what was I thinking?—wet-look gel being a great example of a trend ...

There’s an expression that’s pretty much universal in this world: bang for your buck. You don’t have to be familiar with the colloquial terms for either efficiency or the American dollar to ...

I don’t like to gush. It’s unbecoming for a man of my age, but when it comes to what Tudor’s been up to recently, it’s painfully hard not to. The Black Bay 58, it’s just perfect, it really i...

As sibling relationships go, that of Rolex and Tudor has been a relatively harmonious one. Less the Gallagher brothers of Oasis fame, more Venus and Serena. But only recently has Tudor stepp...

It’s not often that an opportunity to peep inside watchmaking’s most revered complication, the minute repeater, comes along. Thanks to IWC and the calibre 98950, we’ve got an opportunity to ...

Thirty years ago, someone somewhere at Jaeger-LeCoultre started a tradition that spanned almost a decade. The Reverso, a watch that had saved Jaeger-LeCoultre’s bacon not once but twice, had...

Black watches are boring. Period. Brands know this. You know this. I know this. So why are we still buying them? Simply put: it’s safe. It goes with everything. But what if you did wa...

Look on the wrist of an elite footballer when they’re in their civvies and there’s a good chance they’re wearing a Hublot. It’s become as much of a footballing cliché as living in a mock Tud...

Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Three simple ingredients combined into one to create a product that is just … right. Here are those three ingredients and why, for Panerai,...

If watches are anything, they’re subjective. Without a doubt. One man’s meat is another man’s hideous, oversized, jewel-encrusted poison—and vice versa. If you like one or the other, that’s ...