In 1999, Patek Philippe surprised the world with the Twenty~4, a stylish manchette-style wristwatch for ladies only. In this watch, inspired by Art Deco design, Patek Philippe combined two materials rarely seen together in their ...
The story is one of the true legends of the watch world; how Charles Vermot, watchmaker at Zenith, got in the 1970’s the orders to destroy everything connected to the El Primero movement but instead ...
In 1988 watch designer Gérald Genta—the mastermind of Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak and Patek Philippe’s Nautilus—unveiled the Gefica under his own company shingle. Eschewing a case of fancy gold or cheaper stainless steel, Genta chose ...
El Salvador might seem a strange place to start a watch story. The Central American country, along with its neighbouring Guatemala and Honduras, is seen as the centre of some of the worst crime in ...
James Bond has always had a thing for the mountains.Roger Moore and his banana-yellow ski suit; George Lazenby and his white goggles and single ski; Pierce Brosnan and Sophie Marceau swooping around the Caucasus in ...
Just as hemlines go up and down, so the fashion for a different shape of watch is an ever-shifting landscape. For the last few decades two shapes have dominated – the classic round, and the ...
Don’t let the name put you off: it’s part of the charm of Ulysse Nardin that no one at the brand has thought to rename its radically innovative horological project in the 18 years since the ...
Legend has it that aventurine came about after a happy accident in Murano’s 17th-century glass-making workshops. A clumsy workman is said to have dropped copper filings into his molten glass, resulting in a material flecked ...
While we are all aware that a good watch will set you back a decent amount, some timepieces make even a $20,000 price tag seem like chump change. Whether they’re covered in diamonds or exquisitely created ...
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