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 ...

When it comes to market-leading innovation, groundbreaking invention and out-and-out 'Oh my God I want one', Jaeger-LeCoultre and Breguet are among the best of the very best watchmakers in t...

Racing through the winding back alleys of Lima, Peru, camera in hand, there's no time to be working out if it's the middle of the night in London or not; that story needs to be out the door ...

Sat here in the present, it's hard to tell just how quickly the future has come upon us, yet a cursory glimpse into the past tells an interesting story. Imagine a world just a hundred years ...

Ten years ago, most people would have associated the word 'ceramic' with potted plants and tea parties. After all, the Greek word that ceramic is derived from—kerameikos—means 'for pottery'....

Chances are if something isn't working quite right in today's world, all it needs is a bit of software tinkering. The speed of technological development has rocketed since the birth of the p...

There is something of the steampunk about Vincent Perriard's HYT H1. The ambiguity of the company’s name, (which can either be pronounced ‘H-Y-T’ or as ‘hit’), alludes to a duality that is e...

The first clock, a simplistic, water-powered device, is believed to have been invented around the 16th century BC. The first mechanical escapement came around the 11th century. Spring-driven...

Ask a panel of watch enthusiasts what the most useful complication on a watch is, and chances are they'll tell you it’s the date function. The self-changing date was invented by Rolex in 194...

Most people know the story of the Portuguese. Created by IWC for the Portuguese market in the 1930s, it was designed to be a wristwatch with the precision of a marine chronometer, and has si...

The next time you’re out for a stroll this summer, take a closer look at the leaves of the plants you pass along the way and you might catch a glimpse of an insect by the name of Issus co...