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ROOM NEAR THE TOP
While the present sees the top brands in watchmaking consolidating their positions, there is certainly room near the top for a few dark horses
INDEPENDENT THINKING
We follow up on our own dark predictions from 2022, and suggest some solutions to persistent problems. The story begins with embracing independent watchmakers, who do not only operate at stratospheric price brackets
Platinum - The Most Noble Of Metals To Grace Watchmaking
Arguably the most noble of metals to grace watchmaking, platinum is frightfully difficult to come to grips with. Even so, the economic stars are looking right for this incredibly dense white metal to figure ever more prominently in watchmaking. We shed some light on the topic in our annual materials special
Travel At A Click
Travel at a click. The Breguet Marine Hora Mundi 5557offers an instant-change dual-time function with memory function
Ulysse Nardin And The Ocean Race Come Together For A Really Good Cause
Ulysse Nardin and The Ocean Race come together for a really good cause
The Conversation: Getting Phygital
Physical watch fairs are back, and the editors of WOW are all-in on the experience, even if they are not so keen on the word phygital. Of course, they also cheerfully educate each other on some watches…
QUESTION TIME
The Cartier Masse Mystérieuse is a haute horlogerie challenge, and a poetic challenge to one’s senses
EXTRA TIME
Right after Watches & Wonder Geneva closed, Patek Philippe surprised everyone with a technically complex 1/10th of a second chronograph
KANAZAWA ON A DIAL
The Seiko Presage Craftsmanship Series presents a new watch with a sublime Urushi dial
HOLY DIVER
The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon 8 Jours might be the most beautiful dive watch ever made…
NEW CROWN
The Tudor Black Bay Pro needs no explanations, and may well be worth waiting for
NAVIGATIONAL WIZARDRY
Radio Navigation at centre stage on Bell & Ross’ latest instrument
NEW VIBES
The Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon gets a complete makeover
HORN SECTION
How the wristwatch would never have become the convenient and preferred means of wearing a timepiece, without the advent and simplicity of lugs or horns
CERAMIC MAGIC
Adventure takes the centre stage with Rado’s new Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Divers
TRIPLE THREAT
Moritz Grossmann CEO Christine Hutter re-introduces us to the brand, which we have been following from afar. Hutter is possibly the only independent founder, owner and business leader at a watchmaking firm who also happens to be a watchmaker
PRECIOUS TIME
With steel watches still streaking, collectors may want to shift their attention to more personal propositions. Nothing is more personal than a yen for precious metals
CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Lady-Datejust presents an exquisite collection of elegant timepieces for every occasion
TOTAL AIR SUPERIORITY
The Blancpain Air Command represents a new chapter for the manufacture, and is perhaps one of the most intriguing flyback chronographs in the world. We explain why
WINTER WONDERS
The ethereal winter land of Japan inspires the latest Grand Seiko masterpieces
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
For a magazine obsessed over buying watches, not being allowed to buy them is strange. The editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand discuss the current state of affairs, and make a bold prediction or two…
FLIGHT PLAN
We get up close and personal with the Blancpain Air Command models, with which the brand hopes to open new frontiers
TIMELY DESIGNS
Watchmaking has a difficult relationship with design. All too often good wristwatch design ideas make for unworkable creations. Nevertheless, industrial designers are having a go at offering alternative visions of watchmaking - some of these might yet become icons
STRONGER FORCE
CEO Davide Cerrato on the future steps of the revived
REPEAT OFFENDER
Patek Philippe continues its quest to create the world’s best chiming watches with Ref. 5750 Advanced Research
CRYSTAL CLEAR
In this instalment of our regular buying guide, we explore the considerations for watch crystals, overlooked at times but nevertheless one of the most crucial components of a watch
COMMEMORATIVE MASTERPIECES
Patek Philippe creates precious keepsakes to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Cortina Watch
AUTHENTIC LEGEND
The OMEGA Speedmaster gains a level of nobility with the use of Canopus Gold™
ALL TOMORROW'S WATCHES
Is time really money, and what does that even mean? We present an overview of the current state of demand for timepieces, and the lessons we might all want to learn going forward
THE AGELESS ONE
The Cartier Tank has easily withstood the test of time and will continue to do so for many years to come!