There’s no denying that when something is difficult to get hold of you find yourself wanting it even more than before—and this certainly applies to watches too. With brands regularly discont...

There’s that one thing in every industry that if a company doesn’t make it they’re just leaving money on the table. For car companies it’s the SUV, for speaker companies it’s headphones—and ...

With so many iconic timepieces to its name, Rolex is a brand that doesn’t have many watches that lurk beneath the general watch enthusiast’s radar. But there are still a few, nonetheless, th...

It’s been twenty years since the last quartz-powered Rolex left the factory, closing the door on a seemingly indifferent relationship in which the brand never really became a fully fledged m...

Voted for by you as the most desirable watch brand out there, it is no surprise that the triumphant Rolex has a host of famous fans under its belt too. Stars from music, sport and even polit...

When actor Timothy Dalton walked away from the James Bond role in the early 90s after just two films, the franchise had become untethered from its horological moorings. Bond may have been ci...

When they’ve given up the groupies, drugs, boozing and throwing TVs out of hotel room windows, what does an ageing rock legend do with their time and money? Most of them would rather stay a...

Most elite footballers have a thing for luxury watches, so it stands to reason their bosses do too. But is their seniority and the accumulated wisdom of a few extra decades reflected in thei...

Handling a Rolex for the very first time, your eyes may be trained on the dial but you’re also subliminally taking in the reassuring feel of the bracelet. We’re loath to get all hot-under-th...

No doubt many of you by now will have heard of the mighty Japanese luxury watch brand Grand Seiko, and no doubt the first interaction you had with the brand was with the highly revered Snowf...

What a Rolex looks like on the outside is no secret. Being the best-selling luxury watchmaker in the world, chances are the Submariner’s visage is familiar to most of the people here—but wha...

Since its first appearance strapped to the loose end of an arm in 1868, we’ve all become pretty well accustomed to what has been very unimaginatively titled the wristwatch. Even in today’s a...