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Green cars with tan interiors? There's nothing better. Turns out the colour combo works great for watches too.
The diver has pretty much become the quintessential watch - and here are five of the best.
Continuing our buying guide for the holiday season, we bring you the best watches from our latest NOW Magazine Buying Guide under US$10,000. While some of…
Whether it's artisanal quality or the makings of an industrial powerhouse, China can no longer be ignored when it comes to horological significance.
Each slice of meteorite sports a unique pattern and is as old as the Earth itself. Pretty cool thing to use as a dial.
Italy is synonymous with style and elegance, and has a rich legacy of craftsmanship in watchmaking. However, their watch brands are all too often overshadowed…
Moonphases don't have to be reserved for the deepest of pockets - here are our five affordable favourites.
Here's our guide to watches with open-hearted haute horlogerie looks at reasonable prices.
Our guide to the 12 of the best Grand Seiko references of the modern era, and why they're so important.
I haven’t thought much about kids’ watches since… Well, when I was a kid. My first watch was a blue-dialled Timex with a manual movement,…
Wristwatches generally serve one main purpose, which is of course to tell the time. Some of them display times in other parts of the world,…
With the growing popularity of shows like Alone and an increasing desire to escape the normalities of life, the art of survival is more popular…
A gold watch is the ultimate status symbol. Though the recent horological trend has skewed towards steel as the material of choice, the timelessness of…
Old money style is characterised by focusing on classic, timeless elegance that’s executed with subtle sophistication and a sense of effortlessness. Often the world of…
In December 2021, a late addition to a Phillips Auction stunned the watch world when Patek Philippe introduced one of those watches that takes trends…
The formula is simple. Lume is cool, so that must mean the more lume, the better. Rather than pointing out any potential flaws in my…
Japan has played numerous crucial roles in horological history, whether introducing one of the first automatic chronographs, developing a watch resistant enough to be used…
Every year, it seems there’s a new trend in dial colours that takes the industry by storm. In 2021, it was blue, in 2022 green…
While Switzerland is regarded as the high-end watchmaking epicentre, it wasn’t always so. Along with many English watchmakers, it was France that led the way…
With the weird and wonderful thing that is the internet, watch aficionados are able to stay better-informed than ever. The knowledge of small, niche brands…
Gérald Genta. Anyone who calls themselves a watch enthusiast is familiar with the legendary designer, and the mainstream consumer base for watches, whether they realise…
There are not many movement manufacturers nor watch brands that can lay claim to a staggering 9 GPHG awards, though Agenhor is one of them.…
I do have to start this segment by admitting that no other watch out there quite matches what the MoonSwatch can offer. It’s a truly…
Some luxury brands shy away from their elite clientele, trying to remain humble despite earth-shaking price tags. Hublot aren’t exactly subtle about their style though,…
Initially introduced as the maker of Tudor’s in-house calibres, Kenissi is becoming a manufacturing powerhouse, becoming involved with an ever-growing number of brands. After Tudor’s…
We’re all aware that wristwatches haven’t served an essential purpose for quite some time now. Wearing a watch is less about telling the time and…
The art of the small watch has definitely come to be appreciated more and more in recent years with a focus not only on smaller…
The ability to display two time zones on a single dial has cropped up quite a lot over the course of history, but it was…
Green. The unequivocal colour of the year for both 2020 and 2021. More often than not, I find myself smooshing those two COVID-ridden years together,…
Caller or traveller GMT. “True” or Office. These terms have been used to describe the GMT function of a watch for a long time. But…
Ever fancied making your own watch, with specifications exactly as you’d want them? I certainly have. If so, this DIY watch kit is not what…
Following last week’s review of the Grand Seiko SBGP017, and your comments on Instagram regarding the exhibition of quartz movements, we were inspired to find…
Editor’s note: Grand Seiko has established itself as one of the top five luxury watchmaking brands in the US. That’s an achievement that no one…
EDITOR’S NOTE: In Australia, the temperature is rising with summer due to kick in at the end of the month. That means we’re approaching beach…
Editor’s Note: The art of wearing watches, like fashion in general, has rules. Not hard and fast ‘you’re going to jail if you break them’…
EDITOR’S PICK: From Grand Seiko to Kurono, Japanese watchmaking increasingly feels to be in the ascendancy. But the lesser known Orient Watches have also gained…
Like Romeo and Juliet, the Rolex Submariner and the Oysterflex bracelet were meant to be together. The iconic diver’s watch and (probably) the world’s best…
Usually, when you think about Spring Drive movements the mind wanders to Grand Seiko. To be fair, Grand Seiko currently has the largest selection of…
To an extent, this is a completely ridiculous debate. If you’re lucky enough to receive that wonderful call from your AD letting you know that…
If variety is the spice of life, then whoever who signs off on the G-Shock limited-editions must have some extremely tingly tastebuds. The staggering range…
You’ll have heard this about vintage watches before: tread carefully when you have these pieces serviced and who you allow to work on them. With…
The watch landscape has changed massively over the last 20 years with an increased trend towards in-house calibers. No longer is ETA the only outlet…
Is Seiko’s NH35 movement ubiquitous due to its brilliance or sheer availability? This hand-wound, hacking movement is today widely used on the microbrand scene and…
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 is a definite contender for “The Only Watch You’ll Ever Need” category. With its classic dark blue sunray dial, the…
Whenever we look at a watch’s specifications online, we generally find the usual suspects – case diameter and thickness, depth rating, type of crystal, number…
Editor’s note: We published this story at the height of Stranger Things mania, but it’s just as fun to check in on anytime for ’80s…
We like to believe that we maintain basic control of our personal space. Within the limited orbit of our bodies, we think that we stand…
The beads-of-rice bracelet, a bracelet design only a few years ago lost to the winds of time — a memory of stretched-out and rattly bracelets on…
If a watch has become synonymous with the One Watch Collection, a quintessential vintage diver, or the perfect Sub reissue Rolex never released, it’s the…
Within the thriving community of Seiko and Grand Seiko enthusiasts, some of the most highly prized watches are released only in the Japanese Domestic Market…
Quartz is the middle child of the watch industry. Born between the talented mechanical genius of the first-born and the innovative technology of the new…
Watch modification, or “modding”, is a remarkably popular subset of the watch collecting community, where enthusiasts will tinker with their watches to build totally customised…
It’s Thursday, and that can mean only one thing — it’s time for Nicholas Kenyon & James Robinson to engage in another jousting of words over…
Seiko and its Grand sibling are well known for their technical skill in case finishing. This style of highly reflective polishing was first introduced into…
Editor’s note: This story first ran a few years back, but, like the most virulent strains of disease, these watches are still circulating through the community,…
Editor’s note: Timekeeping standards are suddenly cool again. Omega has been steadily touting the benefits of their Master Chronometer certification, Patek has their own standards,…
Welcome to the party season, aka an obstacle course of events that, between now and February, will test the limits of your wardrobe. All manner…