Usually when you receive a gift, it’s one of two kinds. The first often comes in the form of a set of day-of-the-week underpants or an autobiography by the world’s most tedious celebrity. Th...

A mechanical watch is a complex machine, made up of hundreds of tiny parts, intricately engineered to tell the time and remain accurate despite everything thrown its way during usual, daily ...

A date display on a mechanical watch is nowadays fairly commonplace; you use a watch to tell the time, so it stands to reason that you might expect it to tell the date as well. However, when...

At 22, most people are still sitting on their parents' sofa and dreaming about how they're going to make their fortune. But it was at this tender age that enterprising young watchmaker Georg...

Peaches and cream. Fish and chips. Cars and watches. These are all things that have gone together beautifully since time immemorial, such perfect combinations that they could be used as a le...

From the great ancient Chinese and Arabic thinkers, to a cottage industry that transformed the fortunes of a post-reform Switzerland, watchmaking has transcended the development of technolog...

For the cynical among us, it's becoming difficult to remain enthusiastic when Omega announces the results of yet another archival plundering. We all enjoy a good look back into the past, but...

In light of news that former Zenith CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour - the man who turned Zenith around following some less prosperous times (and pieces) - has moved to the captain's chair at Rolex ...

Mechanical watches of the twentieth century are highly collectable and stylish items. Often, they will be limited in number, while boasting beautifully engineered movements—they are sophisti...

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...

Watchmaking is as much about style as it is about substance, there's no doubt about it. Whether that style evolves from functionality, as with the Rolex Submariner, or leads the way from the...

The GMT-Master 1675 is one of the most prolific vintage sports watches out there, its production spanning twenty-one years from 1959 to 1980. This makes it an ideal candidate for the aspirin...