The Simpsons donut Swatch watch is a sugar-rush of joy December 13, 2023 Homer Simpson’s favourite pink-frosted snack adorns a joyously tongue-in-cheek new Swatch watch, which may qualify as the stocking filler of Christmas 2023.
James Bond would wear this Girard-Perregaux x Aston Martin watch December 13, 2023 Roaring from the pits this month is Girard-Perregaux’s latest mechanical marvel, forged wheel-to-wheel with legendary British carmaker Aston Martin.
Christopher Ward claims top gong for Brits in Swiss home of watches December 13, 2023 No wonder Christopher Ward's first 300 pieces sold out instantly when the Bel Canto surprise-dropped in November 2022.
Watch of the year: Parmigiani Fleurier takes our top spot December 13, 2023 Parmigiani Fleurier returns to London soil with a captivating ‘rattrapante’ GMT that Alex Doak is calling Watch of the Year
Edge of the dial stuff: How Patek Philippe, Audemars et al are making the impossible possible November 28, 2023 The Swiss pioneers from Patek Philippe, Audermars et al who are changing the face of a mechanical timepiece’s inner anatomy
Wear your art on your sleeve: New watches with graphic dials October 8, 2023 Perhaps Instagram is to blame but whatever the reason, even the more dyed-in-the-wool watch nerds aren’t above an exuberant graphic dial these days. Here are three of our favourites. ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL CELEBRATION Just when you thought Rolex’s 2020 spectrum of five Perpetual models in five respective ‘pops!’ was jazzy enough for the premiere practitioner [...]
Cartier’s Tank is the watch that keeps on giving October 7, 2023 Luxury watchmaking’s newly, seasonally uncoupled ‘drop’ culture means, like buses, you wait months after the industry’s formal fixture in spring, then two showstoppers arrive within a week. To wit: a Cartier celebrating a full 170 years of the Parisian grande dame making watches in all their wild and whimsical shapes. Joining fellow Richemont watchmaker, Jaeger-LeCoultre [...]
We love the vampish dial of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s new chronograph October 6, 2023 There’s an intense richness to both concentric dial sectors of the Polaris Chronograph, laboriously lacquered in almost 40 opposing fades of grey. From black to snow white, this ‘graduated’ or ‘fumé’ (smoked) pattern is notoriously hard to apply – by hand – so consistently. Given the Swiss say the art of dial-making is already the [...]
What’s ticking? All the latest watch news, from Arcanaut to Zodiac October 6, 2023 Clerkenwell may not be the highly sprung horological hub it once was, but a visit to Kensington is all it takes to wind back the clocks, both sides of the Channel; while a visit to Leicester Square come November will strap you into all that’s ticking fast today, from Arcanaut to Zodiac. THE ENGLISH CONNECTION [...]
What’s ticking? All the latest news from Rolex, Tissot and more September 11, 2023 Swiss watchmaking is a multifaceted beast. Here, Tissot does the digital time warp; one of its neighbouring Jura Mountains blue-bloods fast forwards to the materials future; while Germany’s finest ‘uhrmacher’ slides into top gear. The Crown hits the town In a shock move announced on 25 August, in the absence of any direct descendants, Jörg [...]