TAG Heuer—formerly Heuer—is renowned for its racing chronographs, especially long-standing classics like the Carrera and Monaco. Naturally, several variations of these models make our TAG He...

Most of us would struggle to name any watch designer besides the legendary Gerald Genta. He was the man behind Patek Philippe’s Nautilus, AP’s Royal Oak and IWC’s Ingenieur, among countless ...

We’ve all seen the meteoric rise of a trio of watches that share one thing in common: fifty-odd years ago, when they first came out, they were critically lambasted. So why on Earth are they ...

We all know the story of how the big three got their sports watches, don’t we? All designed by the same guy, Gérald Genta, in the 1970s? Well that’s not exactly true—at least not for the Vac...

When Audemars Piguet released the Royal Oak in 1972, everyone thought the watchmaker had gone mad. The watch was big, it was basic and it was expensive—and it sold by the bucket load. Patek ...

High end watches come with high end prices—that's no secret. But what if there were some loophole, some trick to getting watches made by top names like IWC, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Cons...

It’s a funny old game, watchmaking. Never mind hankering after the outdated technology that is the mechanical movement, the most desirable feature of this collection of wheels and springs is...