Shut your eyes, stick a pin in a map of the world and there’s a decent chance it’ll land on a country with some kind of watch industry—be it large factories churning out cheap quartz models or...

The reunification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for the Glashütte revival led by A.Lange & Sohne. This proud watchmaking town in Saxonia, eastern Germany, had seen...

Watches have been around for a while and so, inevitably, they start to get a bit predictable. Couple of hands, even three maybe, and twelve markers for them to point at like bemused children...

There was a time when the life support machine keeping mechanical wristwatches alive was on the verge of being switched off. People were off-loading their wind-up tickers like a used face-mask...

We bring A. Lange & Söhne’s “In Focus” week to a close with a second take on what makes the brand so unique and interesting with some unusual titbits you probably didn’t know. The week may be...

There are several leading luxury watch brands who have been resuscitated after decades of lying comatose—from the mighty Blancpain to Jaquet Droz—but in most cases it was the quartz crisis that...

One of Germany’s most celebrated watchmakers, A. Lange & Söhne, has built up a reputation for creating stunning timepieces and movements that continue to push the boundaries within the watchmaking...

For a town that’s the epicentre of high-end German watchmaking, Glashütte is an unassuming kind of place. Quaint, low-rise buildings line the dozen or so streets which are surrounded by verdant...

Remember that Casio you had at school that went “beep” on the hour, every hour? No, I couldn’t figure out how to get it to shut up, either. As for a watch that you wouldn’t want to silence, I...

A watch movement may be small, but when you get up close the gears and wheels inside are amongst the most incredible, satisfying things to watch in action. But not all watch movements are born...

Perhaps it’s self-indulgent on my part, but I’m sure we can all identify with the dream of owning a collection of the most impressive and desirable watches in the world. As far as getting to...

Sitting at either end of the watchmaking spectrum, there are mechanical watches and there are digital watches. They couldn't be further apart. Think digital watch and you think of the Casio G-Shock...