THE HOME OF WATCH CULTURE
Editor’s note: We published a story on retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady last month and how he was on a retirement Rolex bender. He was spotted…
Trivial to some, cool to see for many, people around the world are constantly tuning in to see what celebrities are wearing. For watch fans,…
A rare piece of Formula 1 and Audemars Piguet history has just surfaced for sale on Chrono24.
There are a lot of weird watches in the world, from a slime-powered smartwatch to one that will tell you when you’re going to die.…
James Bond has his Omega Seamaster, Dirk Pitt has his Doxa, Six has his TAG Heuer Carrera, and now Rachel Stone has a Hublot Big…
Unobtanium. It is a word many collectors use these days, with more and more references fitting this gloomy bill. It sucks to know that when…
Once upon a time, when Chat GPT made its debut and artificial intelligence became a point of mainstream discussion, we decided to let former president…
The expression do not bite the hand that feeds you is an international turn of phrase. In the same vein, you never want to piss off the…
When it comes to specialist interests, watches regularly seem to intersect with certain other areas of enthusiasm. Cars and aviation are always popular, but another…
Tyson Fury has always had an eye for a nice watch. As Anthony Joshua once recalled, back when he was an amateur, Fury would go…
I am always watching the latest hit television shows, but every now and again I will find comfort in enjoying a classic I have already…
In 2021, Deloitte surveyed 5,558 international consumers on their watch-wearing habits. Of those polled, 23 per cent said they wore both smartwatches and conventional watches.…
Now that the thrilling and heart-wrenching Oppenheimer has hit theatres, watch fanatics will surely be clamouring to find out what’s on the wrists of the…
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has enjoyed a great run of late. The Greek Prime Minister recently surged to a landslide victory in his country’s general election with…
Usually when we write a story involving an athlete or celebrity, it involves watch spotting. But last week the worlds of popular culture and horology…
The rapper 2 Chainz is called “2 Chainz” because of his predilection for wearing, you guessed it, two chains. In other words, the hip-hop artist…
With all of the streaming platforms at our disposal, there is a fair bit of comfort-food garbage shows for us all to guiltily binge. But,…
If you’re a budding watch-spotter, Ed Sheeran is the gift that just keeps on giving. Highlights in his watch box include the Patek Philippe Ref.1518 – the…
Regardless of how you feel about the man off-screen, Tom Cruise is irrefutably one of the greatest action movie stars of all time – if…
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a powerhouse comedic talent. The writer and actor masterminded the critically acclaimed television series Fleabag, produced and wrote the hit series Killing…
With the recent retirements of tennis superstars Roger Federer (Rolex) and Serena Williams (Audemars Piguet), and with veterans like Rafael Nadal (Richard Mille) on the…
If actor and TAG Heuer ambassador Ryan Gosling did not wear this watch at some point during his press junket for the upcoming Barbie movie,…
“We’re very lucky,” IWC CEO Chris-Grainger Herr modestly admits, when it comes to the brand’s stable of ambassadors and friends of the brand. The Schaffhausen…
Whatever doesn’t kill you, may not actually make you stronger. But at least it provides good material for your Netflix show. That’s the case for…
In Australia, Sky News isn’t a precise equivalent of Fox News – its daytime news coverage is comparatively balanced. But Sky is also owned by…
In case you’ve avoided the news for the past several years (and who could blame you?), the gaming industry has become the world’s biggest avenue…
The lives of the rich and famous may not be relatable for everyone, but there is something kinda sweet about a parent letting their child…
For most of the planet, cricket is totally unfathomable. Even in England, there used to be a common tea-towel (see below) that highlighted what a…
The Fast & Furious films are a fun, perhaps, guilty pleasure for millions. The franchise is essentially a racing soap opera packed with fight scenes…
Many moons ago, I was getting a made-to-measure suit from a tailor in Sydney called Patrick Johnson, who was just launching his business that’s since…
Hot Ones has blossomed from a humble web series to one of the most watched YouTube formats in the world. Interviewer Sean Evans is known…
There are many celebrities who are watch collectors and enthusiasts that get talked about extensively – such as John Mayer or Jay Z – but…
If you could only watch movies from one series for the rest of your life, what would it be? Personally, due to the fact that…
Look, Tim Cook (or Tim Apple, for the less informed) is CEO of a 2.6 trillion dollar tech juggernaut, so he can wear any watch…
At Watches & Wonders this year, I got talking to Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Catherine Rénier about all the famous people who’d worn her brand over the…
In Succession, Kendall Roy is a twitchy psychodrama of a man in a cashmere baseball cap. His personality flip-flops and flop-flips from one scene to…
While mainstream movie buffs may be up in arms over missed Easter eggs from the Mario movie and debating whether Oppenheimer or Barbie will take…
The Japanese art of Kintsugi embraces flaws and accidents by repairing cracks with gold. And while that has almost nothing to do with Richard Hammond’s…
Hotspots for watchspotting have typically been awards season red carpets, courtside at sporting events and anywhere you can find professional athletes, rappers or pop stars.…
Watch theft has unfortunately become a dark cloud over the watch world of late. There’s been a noticeable rise in these robberies in recent years…
James Corden is not particularity in the public favour right now, so it is quite timely that The Late, Late Show With James Corden is…
James Brittain-McVey of The Vamps fame is a true rock-star in every sense of the word, bar one. Instead of sex, drugs and rock and…
One of the most instantly lovable watches of 2020 was the Mido Ocean Star Decompression Timer 1961, a dive watch blazing with pastel hues that…
Celebrity endorsements and brand partnerships can often come off as soulless, however there are the rare occasions that you can discern a genuine fondness behind…
Watchmaking is a serious business, one that can be very buttoned up and traditional. But in an age of social media, we have begun to…
A couple of weeks ago, Town & Country ran an article with the cheekily provocative headline: Does Kim Kardashian Actually Have Good Taste in Jewellery? The…
When it comes to their ambassadors, Hublot is known for their stable of sporting superstars that have included Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic and Diego Maradona. But…
Ryan Serhant is a wildly successful man. As the face of TV shows such as Million Dollar Listing New York and Sell It Like Serhant, he’s become one…
The watch community is growing and evolving, but at times there are still some antiquated lines of thought plaguing it – discouraging newcomers from joining…
If you spend any considerable time on watch-related internet sites and Instagram, you would’ve seen people obsessively trying to categorise watch brands. Whether that be…
Watches in film, whether or not snobbish enthusiasts are willing to admit it to themselves, are some of the biggest motivators for people to get…
Editor’s note: A while back, the New York Times wrote a story entitled Instagram and the Watch World about how social media had “created a…
Watch enthusiasts do not always share the Swiss philosophy of neutrality. Being enthusiastic about something inevitably leads to hot takes, strong and stubborn opinions and,…
Plenty of television shows can get a bit dark, whether it’s the incestuous violence of House of Dragons, murder mysteries like The Undoing or plots involving…
Yesterday, Jessie Armstrong, creator and showrunner of HBO’s hit television series Succession, revealed that season 4 would be the show’s last. He told The New…
We all need some prejudicial rules of thumb to navigate the messy business of life. Charles Bukowski swore by the fairly unimpeachable conviction that you…
Let’s not sugar-coat things here: life can often be a cold, hard bitch. But if you know where to look, you can still find plenty…
The new season of Netflix’s Drive To Survive drops on February 24 (just in time for pre-season testing in Bahrain), and we can’t wait. And…
Jezza is a man best-known for his ridiculous, seemingly off-the-cuff metaphors when describing everything from wringing the neck of the latest Ferrari around an empty…
If you’re in any way interested in the world of fashion, the news of Pharrell becoming Louis Vuitton’s new men’s creative director will have reached…
Actor Orlando Bloom has long been known for his on-screen feats of derring-do in film, as star of the Pirates Of The Caribbean and Lord…
No, we did not actually speak with former president Donald Trump. The below – where we asked AI to review the Rolex Submariner in the style of…
Here in the United States, the National Football League’s championship game, the Super Bowl, kicks off this Sunday between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas…