If you decided to build a watch, a really good one with some kind of complication, where every last piece—up to and including the smallest screw—was custom-made just for it, how much would i...

Ever caught yourself looking at a watch that’s well out of budget, thinking, ‘What if?’, only to mentally slap yourself back to harsh reality? Those most exquisite and expensive timepieces m...

What do Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin all have in common? Yes, they do make up the top three best watchmakers in the world, but there's something else they share: t...

Forget Area 51, forget the recipe for Coca Cola; the Swiss watch industry holds some of the best-kept secrets in the entire world. In a business worth over £14 billion, image and reputation ...

So, the alien mothership is locked and loaded, the computers have all become self-aware, and the zombies are literally at your door. You’ve got your end of the world survival kit on your bac...

Someone's going to realise soon, and then it will be too late. What am I talking about? Glashutte Original's prices. Now here's a brand that, for all intents and purposes, is on a level with...

There are a plethora of watch companies out there that do the 'affordable luxury' thing, and some even do it pretty well. Not everybody can afford the likes of Patek Philippe or Vacheron Con...

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...

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 ...

In July 1955, at the height of the Cold War, a meeting was held to discuss peace. The Geneva Summit, as it became known, was led by the 'Big Four' - USA’s President Dwight Eisenhower, Britai...

Say 'Audemars Piguet' and the first thing that comes to mind is the Royal Oak - or if you own a pair of faded jeans, the Royal Oak Offshore. As is well-documented, the Royal Oak was Audemars...

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...