Ten years ago, if you wanted a chronograph with an in-house, automatic movement for mid-level money—well, it was the Rolex Daytona and not a whole lot else. The Valjoux 7750 chronograph movement...

It seems like it should be against the Geneva convention to say, but this near-on £20,000 Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 is actually—dare I say it—a bit of a bargain. I know, I know, there are places...

You don’t have to be a total watch nerd to know that Rolex is a popular brand. You don’t even have to have a passing interest in watches to know that Rolex is a popular brand. There are some...

There’s big talk about Tudor right now. Ten years ago, people would have assumed you were talking about the 16th century royal family after which this watch brand is named, but since something...

It’s not a secret anymore that fake watches are getting harder and harder to spot. But let’s face it, the vast majority of fake watches aren’t being bought by people about to receive a nasty...

François-Paul Journe, founder of award-winning watchmaker F.P. Journe, is a man who likes to fix problems. Through decades of making watches, Journe has tackled resonant synchronisation, constant...

What do you get when you cross Italian flamboyance with the world’s most vivacious watch designer? The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Skeleton Power Reserve, of course, and it is quite possibly the most...

Born into a family of grape farmers, Ferruccio Lamborghini found his fortune in building tractors rather than riding them. When he offered his engineering expertise to the manufacturer of his...

It’s been 70 years since the Panerai Luminor first came to be, and as this new Luminor Luna Rossa Regatta, with its split-second regatta timer, in-house calibre P.9100/R, dial made from the sail...

There’s a lot that doesn’t make sense in this world, and the community of people who enjoy watches and watchmaking is not immune to it. Here’s an example: these days a Rolex Submariner with a...

There are many Omegas, and many of them are Speedmasters. Of those Speedmasters, many are Moonwatches and of all the Moonwatches, a significant amount are special editions for the Apollo program...

In the heady years of 2019, when things seemed hopeful and optimistic, Tudor made the halls at Baselworld collectively rub their eyes in disbelief at a watch that had more in common with a ship’s...