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Air Superiority

As Longines marks its 185th anniversary, we look at its celebrated links with aviation.There is real value in the Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935.

Speed Of Time

It is the 60th anniversary of a properly iconic watch, the Omega Speedmaster. Given how well the Speedy started the year, now’s a good time to look back…and ahead.

past perfect

adapting a vintage design for the modern age is right up montblanc’s alley, thanks to its two manufactures that offer both traditional and cutting-edge approaches to watchmaking.

Crystal Clear

It may be completely transparent in its construct, but the Rotonde de Cartier Astromystérieux remains shrouded in – what else but – mystery.

Threat Or Treat

It has been about three years. Are smartwatches doing what people said they would? 

Flexible Hours

Patek Philippe’s latest Advanced Research timepiece comes with two major technical advancements, and a large polarising aperture that bravely shows off one of them

In All Fairness

Chopard scores another point for égalité and workers’ rights with the L.U.C XPS Twist QF Fairmined 

Complete Circle

Tudor makes the natural choice of introducing a chronograph in its Heritage Black Bay collection

The Serpent Reborn

Bulgari’s emblematic snake motif coils itself around the dial of a bewitching new timepiece line, the Incantati.

Celestial Clockwork

A. Lange & Söhne seems bent on perfecting the Lange 1; this time with a deity like implementation of a heavenly complication

Dashing Good Looks

Just seeing isn’t believing when it comes to the TAG Heuer Autavia Calibre Heuer 02, a watch that began as a dashboard instrument. There isn’t even enough space in one story to get all the details, so we come back for a second serving.

Crystal Clear

Bulgari’s Octo Tourbillon Sapphire allows you to peer at an exquisite flying tourbillon from almost all sides

Contempo-Retro

With the Perpetual Calendar Ref. 5320G, Patek Philippe presents an entirely post modernist design, powered by 21st century innovations

Need For Speed

There’s no better way to celebrate the legacy of arguably the world’s best Formula One driver than with his namesake TAG Heuer chronographs

all that glitters

these proprietary gold blends may all have 18k purity but their wildly varying properties illustrate metallurgy’s importance to contemporary watchmaking.

In Praise of Femininity

Paying tribute to the grace and voluptuous charm of women, Chopard’s 2016 Red Carpet collection is set to enthrall.

The Rare Stones Purveyor

Together with his wife, Achillea Teng, Michael Koh has shaped the tastes and opened the minds of their local clients for over a decade.

Into The Sea

Bell & Ross takes a leaf from classical shipbuilding in the making of its latest collection, Instrument de Marine.

What The Devil

TAG Heuer kicked off its partnership with MUFC in Beijing when the club swung by the Chinese capital for its ICC game.

Davide Cerrato

The managing director of Montblanc’s watch division on working with two manufactures under a single maison Interview.

Return Of The King

In revisiting the Golden Age of aviation, the new Rolex Air-King brandishes a completely new aesthetic.

Handmade: 21st Century style

We visit the Omega manufacture in Villeret and get a crash course in contemporary watchmaking 

Hometime: GlasHutte

Switzerland is the most famous watchmaking nation in the world, with Geneva arguably its capital. That being said, there is a tiny hamlet in Germany that rivals any Swiss region for its watchmaking pedigree: Glashütte

Perfectly Balanced

A. Lange & Söhne debuts the 1815 Annual Calendar, a watch that collectors will immediately note takes a very different approach…

Squarely Rounded

If you are a diving watch enthusiast or if you are a diver, professional or otherwise, this watch will make you stand out from the pack, even at a distance

Dive Talkin'

The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe38 might be targeted at women but it is our contention that it is literally a dressier (but no less capable) variant that could be worn by men

Faraday Cage

The Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 Amagnetic 3 Days Automatic Titanio PAM1389 continues the brand’s mission beneath the waves – and against the elements.

Lifelike Machines

Pierre Jaquet-Droz’s legacy of building extremely complex automata lives on today in his namesake company’s creations, now miniaturised for the wrist 

Sharp As A Tack

The Longines Conquest VHP collection has a laser-focus on extreme accuracy and precision

Yuichi Masuda

The director of Casio’s timepiece division on the principles that guide a Casio watch’s development