From keeping pilots on time as they crossed from one longitude to another, to accompanying astronauts into space, watchmaking has played an integral part in much of mankind's advancement dur...

We've talked previously about the chronograph in its various forms within these pages; now we're going to expand on one of the most desirable - yet least understood - components of a high-en...

If you follow the announcements from the big watch fairs, chances are you'll have come across the term 'novelty'. A novelty is a manufacturer's chance to show off its skills, usually with so...

Peaches and cream. Fish and chips. Cars and watches. These are all things that have gone together beautifully since time immemorial, such perfect combinations that they could be used as a le...

From the great ancient Chinese and Arabic thinkers, to a cottage industry that transformed the fortunes of a post-reform Switzerland, watchmaking has transcended the development of technolog...

Nestling in the Glashutte valley under the shadow of the mighty A. Lange & Sohne, Glashutte Original is something of an underdog when compared to its better-known German brother. As rivalrie...

France in the 1800s was a difficult period to start a jewellery brand. Fresh out of a revolution and in the midst of another, with the economy in disrepair and Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's cou...

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...

When it comes to telling the time, we're taught the basics from a young age: the little hand points to the hour and the big hand shows the minutes. Not so for forward thinking watchmakers Ur...

For the cynical among us, it's becoming difficult to remain enthusiastic when Omega announces the results of yet another archival plundering. We all enjoy a good look back into the past, but...

In light of news that former Zenith CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour - the man who turned Zenith around following some less prosperous times (and pieces) - has moved to the captain's chair at Rolex ...

Mechanical watches of the twentieth century are highly collectable and stylish items. Often, they will be limited in number, while boasting beautifully engineered movements—they are sophisti...