A watch so big it’s got the word “Big” in the title, the IWC Big Pilot’s Watch is one of the brand’s best loved and most popular watches. But it’s origins as a commercially available timekee...

In 1969, Zenith released the El Primero—the first integrated automatic chronograph movement. Over the last 52 years, the El Primero has taken many forms—it even made an appearance within the...

In the heady years of 2019, when things seemed hopeful and optimistic, Tudor made the halls at Baselworld collectively rub their eyes in disbelief at a watch that had more in common with a s...

This watch here is the Altiplano by Piaget. It’s pretty nice, isn’t it? Nice and simple, nothing too overbearing. Probably wouldn’t make you look twice. It’s refined, it’s elegant, it’s subt...

Rolex is everywhere. It’s a monster. To think that such huge dominance came from such humble beginnings, that such luxury originated from such a simplified ethos. At some point, these two wo...

A monochrome watch is safe. It blends in well, goes with anything, never stands out or offends. It’s also a little bit boring. Our eyes are tuned to see over seven million colours, and yet w...

Baselworld 2019 was an interesting event for a number of reasons, and not all them good. The big headline was the retraction of the Swatch Group, which left a lot of empty space in the displ...

Ever looked at Tudor’s Black Bay and thought, ‘It’s great, but it’s just a bit too big’? Turns out you’re not the only one, because while the successful 41mm full-size Black Bay continues to...

When astronaut Neil Armstrong climbed out of the lunar module and stepped onto the moon’s surface for the first time, he was immediately instructed to scoop up a handful of moon dust and stu...

At Baselworld earlier this year, Rolex finally put us out of our misery by releasing a stainless steel version of the ceramic red and blue GMT-Master II, a colour combination previously only...

If you’ve got your sights set on a classic Daytona 116520, the pre-ceramic model, then there’s probably not much else out there that might turn your fancy. You’re unlikely to be swayed by an...

The big news of Baselworld 2018, after thirteen years in the making, was the announcement of a stainless steel edition of the red-and-blue–bezelled Rolex GMT-Master II. Or, it would have bee...