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London Watch Week – The City Edition mega preview, featuring Christopher Ward, Nomos and more Life&Style London Watch Week – The City Edition is an exclusive event aimed at City AM’s discerning horology fans. Taking place at the Royal Exchange on 18 November, the event brings together a curated selection of watch and luxury brands within one of the City of London’s most iconic settings. Buy tickets to London Watch Week [...]
The problem with Harry Kane’s £1 million Rolex Daytona from the Ballon d’Or Life&Style Why Harry Kane’s £1m sapphire Daytona dazzles yet strays from Rolex’s racing heritage. Does the bling belong?
LWW – The City Edition: A New watchmaking tradition begins at the Royal Exchange watches London Watch Week and City AM have joined forces to bring an inaugural City destination event: LWW – The City Edition. Since almost the beginning of time, or at least since it’s been so beautifully and elegantly measured, watches and the City have gone hand in hand. You only have to look to the Worshipful [...]
Watch collecting and the search for the white whale October 7, 2026 In the world of watch collecting, time does not stand still. That’s the joy of it: you never know what might be the prize of tomorrow, says Andy Blackmore In the 1996 Christmas special of Only Fools and Horses, lovable Cockney Derek Trotter was still dreaming of getting rich. “This time next year, Rodney, we’ll [...]
Gallet takes flight: The inside story of Breitling’s sibling October 6, 2026 O n 17 December 1903, one of the most significant stretches of time in human history was measured near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That time was 12 seconds – the length for the first flight of a powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer. By the end of the day that number had risen to 59 seconds. Most [...]
The search for Nigel Farage’s elusive wristwatch October 5, 2026 We investigate the mystery of Nigel Farage’s wristwatch. Could the so-called man of the people really wear a £40,000 Patek Philippe Calatrava? Andy Blackmore starts digging and finds a surprising answer… Sometimes the watch we wear tells more about us than we would care to admit, far more than any session with a psychologist. With that [...]
Rolex made a surprise appearance at the World Cup July 21, 2026 Argentine midfielder Landro Paredes’ brawl with Spanish defender Eric Garcia in Sunday’s World Cup final showed exactly why fine timepieces are kept off the pitch. In horological terms, all eyes were on the stands, with Spanish tennis world number one Carlos Alcaraz sporting his 2012 Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Rainbow. He blagged his way onto the [...]
A brief history of time: Bremont’s new Stephen Hawking watch July 21, 2026 A new watch celebrating the legacy of Stephen Hawking could be a black hole for your bank account but a great leap for your wrist Four years have elapsed since the original MoonSwatch was released, kickstarting a global phenomena that has seen collectors queuing for days outside retailers in a bid to get their hands on [...]
How Swatch and Audemars Piguet pulled off the ultimate high-low watch collab July 7, 2026 Audemars Piguet and Swatch have teamed up to create a plastic pocket watch that riffs on the Royal Oak, turning an untouchable status symbol into something playful, divisive and irresistibly collectible. Sam Kessler asks: ‘What’s going on?’ On 16 May every Swatch Store in London closed for the day as hundreds of people queued outside, [...]
The watch podcast disrupting the ‘pale, male and stale’ image April 17, 2026 Rashawn Smith and Perri Dash are hoping to change your mind about the watch industry, one podcast at a time, says Laura McCreddie-DoakUnless you’re investigating a cold case, finding a following in the world of podcasting can be difficult. But the Wrist Check Pod seemed to enter the world fully formed when it launched in [...]