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The watch world is a universe shrouded in mystery and mystique. For newcomers to the game, it can be incredibly daunting trying to navigate the thousands of watches available.
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You'd be forgiven for thinking that it's only in the last 10 years that watches got smart. Calorie tracking, GPS, wifi-enabled poo emojis... it's been a period of rapid wristed development. But...
The Beginner’s Guide To Mechanical Watches
There comes a time in everyone’s life when that trusty Swatch you’ve had since you were 15 just doesn’t quite cut it any more. However, the leap from quartz to mechanical can...
The Best Gold Watches You Can Buy In 2024
Gold watches have long divided opinion, and with good reason. Bit gauche, aren't they? For a lot of people who own them, it's less about style and more about wearing your bank...
The Ultimate Guide To The Rolex Oyster Perpetual
Almost defiantly simplistic, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual could be seen as the purest distillation of everything the brand's founder Hans Wilsdorf wanted to achieve – the creation of the definitive Swiss-made wristwatch....
The Omega Speedmaster Ultimate Guide
Even if you didn’t know any of its history, the Speedmaster would still be a highly desirable watch. In a world of hyperbolic marketing around luxury timepieces, here's a watch that is...
The Best Quartz Watches For Men 2024
Those who were working in the watch industry in the winter of 1969 probably remember December 25 with a shudder of fear. It was on that day Seiko unveiled its Astron –...
7 Of The Best American Watch Brands
It’s fairly easy, if asked to reel off a list of Swiss watch brands; these days it’s even pretty simple to name a few British and then maybe throw in some Italians...
10 Of The Best Watches Under £10,000
You’ve scrimped, you’ve saved, you've sold your grandma and now you’ve got a sizeable amount to spend on a watch. Bearing in mind this is the kind of money you could splurge...
JBW Watches Review: Everything You Need To Know
When it comes to the subject of wristwatches and 'Bling,' at what point is enough, enough? Some might argue you can never have too much and that's undoubtedly the case with JBW...
The Best James Bond Watches Of All Time
He is the James that needs no introduction. The spy who has been in service to Her Majesty for over 60 years, who has defeated 104 nefarious sorts and still managed to...
The Top 10 Rolex Watches Ever Made
There are watches, then there are Rolexes. The ultimate horological status symbol, according to Forbes the business is worth an estimated £6.5bn, making it the Michael Phelps of the watch world –...
The Best Vintage Watches And Where To Buy Them
Age improves many things. Men, wine (sometimes), cars and most definitely watches. It’s the primary reason why every watch brand’s R&D department spends half its time covered in book dust down in...
The Best Entry-Level Automatic Watches Under £2000
Buying your first ‘proper’ watch – or gifting it, for that matter – has never been easier. There’s the volume of good advice for a start, accessible and understandable outside the murky...
A Complete Guide To The Rolex GMT-Master II
As with the waterproof watch, the self-winding watch, the watch with date function, the chronometer-certified watch, you name it, one watchmaker was there first: Rolex. And when it came to the world...
The Ultimate Guide To The IWC Portugieser
Things weren’t looking so great for the watch industry at the beginning of the 1930s. The export business declined dramatically between 1929-1932 thanks to the devastating effects of the Great Depression. For...
The Best Wooden Watches You Can Buy In 2024
Wood may seem a strange material from which to craft a watch. Okay, it is strange - barking, if you'll allow us a terrible pun. There aren't many luxury Swiss watchmakers polishing...
7 Swiss Watches That Are Better Bought Second-Hand
So you're thinking of buying a brand new Swiss watch? Kudos to you. We can only assume you've recently come into a hefty sum of cash (we're not here to ask how)....
The Ultimate Guide To The Breitling Navitimer
Breitling – a brand synonymous with aircraft and flight. And for good reason. Before it made itself an essential piece of a pilot’s toolbox, it made dashboard clocks for planes and military...
The Best Watches Under £500 You Can Buy In 2024
Generally speaking, a decent watch costs a lot more than the clothes on your back. Sure, £500 is a considerable sum to drop on your wrist, and while that budget could deck...
What Your Watch Actually Says About You
It's overstating things just slightly to claim that it's your watch which says the most about you, as at least one brand's campaign has. What about, you know, your personality? Or your...
Tourbillon Watches: An Expert Guide
Do you wear a modern mechanical wristwatch? If so, your pride and joy probably benefits from a clear caseback, perfect for answering those detractors arguing that the words ‘modern’ and ‘mechanical wristwatch’...
The Best Pilot Watches Ever Made
Pilot's watches might strike you as an incredibly specific subgenre. In fact, they were arguably the first watches altogether - for men, at least.
In 1904, Louis Cartier designed what became known as...
The Most Expensive Watches Ever Sold Around The World
It's no secret that luxury watches are expensive. But in some cases, a sought-after timepiece's resale price can far exceed its initial RRP. From (very) limited editions to grand complications that celebrate...
A Beginner’s Guide To Watch Complications
Buying a watch is a complicated business. And that's not a reference to the bewildering array of styles and price points on offer. Because in the world of timepieces, complication means something...
A Beginner’s Guide To Buying A Second-Hand Watch
A watch can be your wardrobe's most bank balance-busting element. Although going by the basic cost-per-wear calculation you might do to justify your outlay ("I'll probably wear this every day for 100...
The Omega Seamaster 300 Ultimate Guide
“The colour blue really suited Pierce,” recalls Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming. “I was dressing him in lots of blue shirts and the blue bezel and dial of the Omega Seamaster matched...
This May Be The Best-Value Diving Watch Ever Made
To understand just how a Japanese watch brand that populates several pages of every Argos catalogue manages to command the respect of the notoriously snobbish watch community, every Swiss CEO worth their...
The Tudor Pelagos Ultimate Guide
It’s the diving watch that nobody can get enough of. No, not the Tudor Pelagos, which is the watch we’re actually here to talk about – rather, the Heritage Black Bay. Whether...
The Best Blue Dial Watches In 2024
Blue might not be the warmest colour but, when it comes to watch dials, it certainly is the most popular. The first wave came back in 2015, when Baselworld seemed awash with...
