When Imitation Is Criminal

In the second part of our special on the phenomenon of counterfeiting in watchmaking, we look at some surprising reasons behind consumer demand

The Conversation: Greater Expectations

With Geneva Watch Week behind us, the editors exchange views on the novelty showcases, the novelties themselves and all the watch news that is fit to print and some that is not)

GOLDEN HOURS

The first timekeepers may not have been cased in any precious metal but, given how precious time is, gold and silver soon made their marks here

FINE TIME

Precious metals promise to put the fine’ back into fine watchmaking, after years of being overshadowed by more prosaic materials. This special section continues the journey we began last issue, with a deep dive into that most desirable of all metals, gold. Of course, platinum is also back...

RED DAWN

Grand Seiko celebrates the 20th birthday of Spring Drive with a special edition Chronograph GMT SBGC275 with a unique dial

NEW DEPTHS

Breguet surprises with the gem-set Marine Chronograph 5529, opening up new vistas for the collection

NEW AND NOTED

As you might expect, we have been covering Watches and Wonders Geneva since it began as a physical fair in 2022 and of course when it was confined to the ether, from 2020.

WORTH ITS WEIGHT

TAG Heuer scored an unexpected win with the Carrera Chronograph Skipper in the recent past, so the brand returned it to regular production in steel last year. For 2024, red gold marks the Skipper's triumph

OPEN SEASON

The world's biggest and most important watch fair gets a little bigger and a little better. As for the watches, they got more than a little precious...

GREAT LEAP FORWARD

With the Portugieser Eternal Calendar, WC demonstrates its mastery in the realms of the calendar and moon phase complications

ADVANCING LEGACY

With Vacheron Constantin's 270th anniversary arriving next year, let's take a moment to appreciate what truly makes the maison great through three of its quietest novelties

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED

Sure, the Patek Philippe Seal is in-house. But the latest update makes it the most stringent and comprehensive quality certification available in watchmaking

TIME GOES PUBLIC

Discussing the future of watchmaking in Asia with Nelson Lee of the Singapore Watch Fair 2-6 October 2024)

RARING TO GO

Zenith's new CEO Benoit de Clerck is an old hand in watchmaking. He tells us what surprised him in his first 100 days in charge, and what might surprise you too...

CAPTAIN COOL

The Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton features an all-new shade of blue, giving us a chance to discuss the model for the first time

GOING BIG

After debuting the Hydroconquest GMT in a 41mm case last year, Longines bets on a more muscular 43mm version that keeps virtually everything the same

SAIL AWAY

Panerai debuts its patent-pending Ti-Ceramitech material in two new dive watch references: PAM1466 and PAM1543

EXALTED COMBINATION

The maison's tour de force for the year is a nicely conceived product of haute horlogerie

GREY AREA

Bell & Ross turns bimetallic with its very fetching BR 05 Chrono Grey Steel and gold

LEADER OF THE PACK

The TAG Heuer Carrera: a watch birthed out of one man’s vision, its legacy, versatility and future-proof trajectory

The Last Lap

Will the trend of vintage remakes get a boost from current tastes for more reasonably sized watches?

Eureka!

Although yellow gold is perennially on the verge of being the next big thing, it has never been trendy. This might be because it has been trending all along...

Secret Signatures

The Breguet Classique 7637 is a delight for both the ear and the eye, being that it is a minute repeater. It also gives you something to feel in its fluted case band

Centralised Power

Longines presents a unique take on the humble power reserve indicator with its Conquest Central Power Reserve model

Heights Of Adventure

Luminox celebrates Bear Grylls' first ascent of Everest with a limited edition 3730 series watch

Warm Glow

German silver is inextricably tied with watchmaking in Glashütte, especially at A. Lange & Söhne. We explore the virtues of the alloy and learn why the manufacture is so committed to it

Better Tomorrow

The revised Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sky-Dweller opens new frontiers for the brand and represents unique opportunities for collectors

Celestial Complexities

From devising proxies to approximate a far more complex reality, to developing timepieces that do the same, we've always sought to simplify the ways we mark the passage of time. Blancpain's new perpetual calendar timepiece is, perhaps, the perfect microcosm of these efforts

Keeping It Real

Technology proves to be a solid tool for luxury watch brands in their fight against mounting cases of fake timepieces and watch thefts

Pure Mannerism

The Parmigiani Fleurier L'Armoriale pocket watch is a unique grand complication that is both a result of Michel Parmigiani's craft as well as a birthday present to him