It goes without saying that any “Best of” Audemars Piguet list will be dominated by variations of its hugely popular Royal Oak series. After all, the brand has equipped its seminal flagship model...

Known collectively as the “Holy Trinity” of watchmaking, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin are three of the world’s most prestigious luxury watch brands. Through complex...

It’s funny how quickly we adapt. Today it feels like Grand Seiko has been a staple of the watch game forever, but in a world where the oldest watch brands number their years in centuries, it’s...

Okay, so if you’ve bought all the Rolexes, all the Patek Philippe’s, all the Richard Milles… then what? Well, you can either sit there and contemplate your own mortality, or you can do what Kanye...

The late watch designer Gerald Genta was famed for speaking his mind, especially when it came to his own creations being changed. He was outraged, for example, at how his beloved Royal Oak had...

Choosing between the Tudor Black Bay 58 and the Black Bay Pro is a bit like choosing which of your children you would rather give away. The answer, ideally, is both, but I’d imagine that most...

The watch industry can be a cruel and unforgiving place, a place where the mightiest of brands have often found themselves engaged in a Darwinian fight for survival

Any Rolex watch, from the relatively no-frills Datejust to the sporty Daytona, is a status symbol. But there’s one model in the brand’s catalogue that stands apart as a true signifier of wealth...

Most of us would struggle to name any watch designer besides the legendary Gerald Genta. He was the man behind Patek Philippe’s Nautilus, AP’s Royal Oak and IWC’s Ingenieur, among countless others...

Whilst just about everyone is willing to commit all manner of sins to get hold of a Royal Oak or Nautilus, there remains a watch within the circle of famed designer Gérald Genta’s legacy that...

Would I say I was sulking about the fact I can’t have a Rolex Daytona. Yes, yes I would. It is a near-perfect example of the chronograph category, streamlined for a modern age of watch numpties...

This year sees half a century since Audemars Piguet released its Royal Oak model, an industry game-changer that introduced the idea of a luxury steel sports watch. And you wouldn’t bet against...