The Big Screen: where stars are born and epic sagas are told—and that's before you've even stepped out of wardrobe. Whether a watch is a part of the action, or simply a smart sartorial choic...

The calibre 1887 has taken a bit of a bashing since its launch. It's a shame, because it's a fine example of a chronograph movement - it has a column wheel, a double pawl winding system and ...

Like many younger siblings, Tudor has always fought to step out of the shadow of its big brother—and as the brother in question happens to be Rolex, that’s no mean feat. The brand was create...

There’s no question about it—Rolex is the best known, most recognisable and biggest name in watchmaking. It’s a surprise to find out that Rolex is one of the younger watchmakers out there, i...

I’m not someone who lives a life of extremes. As uncool as it might be to admit it, more often than not, I keep to the oft-scorned beaten track—but that doesn’t stop me from being able to ad...

With the discovery of bronze, metal objects that were made for years and years could be made better than ever before. From tools, to weapons, to majestic statues we see all across the world....

It's been put forward that the correlation between accelerating time and increasing age is tied to a phenomenon based on the theory of relativity. At ten years old, a single lap of the sun r...

If you’re a Richard Mille superfan like Tour de France cyclist Mark Cavendish, then getting a Richard Mille watch of your own can’t get any better than being given one straight from the wris...

Most people know the story of the Portuguese. Created by IWC for the Portuguese market in the 1930s, it was designed to be a wristwatch with the precision of a marine chronometer, and has si...

A few years ago, at a WWII airshow event, I had the opportunity to sit inside a vintage fighter plane. I was struck by two thoughts: firstly, and probably most obviously, how cool the cockpi...

Imagine if evolution could be sped up—what would we see? Prime genes carried through generations before our eyes, the enhancement of species flashing by at a colossal rate. To understand evo...

There’s always a lot of pressure when you’re the younger sibling. You’re constantly fighting to keep up with your elders, and step out of their shadow to establish your own identity. This ha...