UK Time: 10 British Watch Brands Challenging Switzerland
You might not realise it, what with Switzerland touting itself as the home of all things horological, but Britain was once the cradle of fine watchmaking. Yes, yes, that was...
Read moreYou might not realise it, what with Switzerland touting itself as the home of all things horological, but Britain was once the cradle of fine watchmaking. Yes, yes, that was...
Read moreJewellery is tough to pull off if you don’t make your money spitting bars. Which is a large part of why men obsess over watches. Turn up to a business...
Read moreLast week was LVMH watch week. Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of it; there’s really no reason you should have given it was just a slate of virtual –...
Read moreThe humble chronograph is far, far more complicated than it seems. Sure, the stopwatch timing complication has been around since 1812 (created by Louis Moinet if you’re planning a watch-themed...
Read moreIt’s hard to bring something new to the watch game. Unless you’re appealing to people who have bank balances the size of most people’s mortgages, finding ways to let off...
Read more“You get what you pay for,” is always used to justify spending more. Whether it’s cars, meals or winter coats, there is an inherent belief that the more noughts on...
Read moreThere are two questions that, as a watch critic, I hate being asked. The first comes with alarming frequency, and is this: “What’s your favourite watch?” Often, before my hand...
Read moreFrom cameras to cars, the West has often looked to the Land of the Rising Sun for innovation. And Japan’s mammoth watchmaking industry is no exception. Heck, even the Japanese...
Read more‘Cool’. One of those prevalent words that loses all meaning and starts to sound weird if you say (or type) it over and over again. But we say it all...
Read moreOnce you’ve dipped your wrist in the world of watches, it can get moreish. Maybe you’ve already saved for your first mechanical watch, or bought something stylish in quartz that...
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