As if there aren’t enough important things for a world leader to deal with—climate change, wars, members of their cabinet having illicit affairs—they also have to decide what type of watch t...

Black watches are boring. Period. Brands know this. You know this. I know this. So why are we still buying them? Simply put: it’s safe. It goes with everything. But what if you did wa...

The seventies was a decade of catastrophic disaster. The oxygen tanks on board Apollo 13 ruptured, almost stranding the crew in space; the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island nuclear pow...

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...

Oh, how I want an A. Lange & Söhne, and oh, how an A. Lange & Söhne continues to evade me. Flying this close to perfection has its price to pay, and that’s quite literally the price you have...

Everyone loves a good sports watch, but there’s nothing quite like a smart timepiece to spruce up a suit and tie. Smart watches can be a little, how do I say this, boring at times however—bu...

You know what they say about form following function, that designing a tool should be considered first with operation and usability, and secondly with aesthetics—well, seems like the folks a...

The German brand A. Lange & Söhne is—while not Swiss—one of the very best watchmakers in the world. The styling is immediately recognisable, stark and crisp, and the movements have a certain...

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...

The history of Glashutte Original is a long and winding one, and in order to understand how the brand became what it is today, it’s imperative to take a look back at the history of a small t...

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...