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...

What is it that makes something a classic? Is it quality, design, being feature-rich - or is it something else entirely, something intangible, indescribable perhaps? We try to solve this see...

Scientists and philosophers have long known that time is relative. You might think that a day has twenty-four hours, but that's only because we define a day as the average time it takes the ...

Four straight sides, four right angles - it's a recipe for uncool if the colloquialisms of the 1960s are anything to go by, the shape of the box we all strive to break free from. But that's ...

Over half a century ago, IWC introduced an antimagnetic watch to fulfil the needs of engineers during advances in the understanding of electricity. Balance springs, being the delicate things...

Many examples of the intersection between engineering and beauty exist in this world. Concorde is one, the Shard another and IWC's original Portuguese is a third. What these three things hav...

Thanks to the Romans, Pope Gregory XIII, Jesus and of course the orbit of our home, Earth, we have a calendar system that is as concise and efficient as the English language itself. I can im...

As a sucker for vintage watches but with a wrist wide enough to make them look silly, I'm always open to heritage-inspired designs upscaled to modern proportions. When I saw the press releas...