Trends are a funny thing. In the moment they are all the rage, but when we look back on them, we tend to think god, what was I thinking?—wet-look gel being a great example of a trend ...

Look on the wrist of an elite footballer when they’re in their civvies and there’s a good chance they’re wearing a Hublot. It’s become as much of a footballing cliché as living in a mock Tud...

Being a watch owner is simple, right? You put it on, it tells you the time? No, no it is not. Owning a watch may be simple, but being a watch owner, a watch person, is a very differen...

In 1969, Zenith released the El Primero—the first integrated automatic chronograph movement. Over the last 52 years, the El Primero has taken many forms—it even made an appearance within the...

If you’re wondering, “Why does this guy talk about Rolex so much?”, I’ll tell you. The presence of Rolex outweighs that of Omega, TAG Heuer and Breitling combined. It is the one brand you ca...

If you’ve got over ten grand to spend on a watch, you’d most likely be looking in the direction of Rolex, Breguet, or maybe even an older Patek Philippe—but there’s certainly one place you w...

Contrary to the last several centuries, watchmaking today is a fast-moving business. Some brands are blowing up, others are falling behind; it’s a game of cat and mouse as to who wears the c...

So we’re all getting a little sick of hearing about Rolex and Patek Philippe all the time. Sure, they’re popular, but there’s a wealth of watches beyond those two best-sellers that we’d be m...

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 plac...

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 somethi...

Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet—these three eminent companies are known to be some of the best watchmakers in the world. And deservedly so, contributing for centuries to...