Like a puffer fish or the elasticated waistband of a yo-yo dieter, watch case sizes are forever expanding and contracting. A century ago, men wore watches that would today be considered feminine...

Despite being centuries old, watchmaking still has the capability to surprise even today. Whilst it is fundamentally a celebration of the past, that doesn’t stop watchmakers applying a different...

There’s something about Audemars Piguet’s watches that invite embellishment of the sparkling kind. Maybe it’s the brand’s long association with glamour, or maybe it’s the size of its watches...

Think Audemars Piguet and you’ll probably envisage the Royal Oak or its closest sister, the Royal Oak Offshore, and who could blame you? Both are classics that successfully disrupted the watchmaking...

Audemars Piguet is one of the most prestigious watchmakers in the world, producing some ground-breaking watches such as the Royal Oak, designed by the legendary Gerald Genta. It’s no wonder...

Limited-edition pieces have always been popular across a range of products, from clothing lines to fizzy drinks to, of course, watches. There’s something about the reduced availability of items...

One of IWC’s biggest successes, the Big Pilot’s Watch has some rather noteworthy attributes and an intriguing backstory. We thought it was about time we revealed all about the brand’s flagship...

Riddle me this: after Audemars Piguet’s landmark Royal Oak came out in 1972, which watchmaker was first to jump on the angular bandwagon and release a, hmm, homage? Patek Philippe, with the Nautilus...

Rolex is the official time-keeper of all four grand slam tennis tournaments and counts Roger Federer as a brand ambassador. But other luxury watch brands are muscling in on the sport.

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 timekeeper...

Change is in the air. I can feel it. Watchmaking, like many things in life, goes through cycles of evolution, every now and then purging the old and ushering in the new. Around twenty years ago...

It’s the wonder material of the twenty-first century, both lightweight and strong. Found at the pinnacle of industry, this composite of one of Earth’s most abundant elements lets mankind go farther...