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Introducing Citizen’s New Limited-Edition Attesa Watches

How To Wear It: Small Watches For Men... And Women

Let's stop arguing about smaller sizes for men or larger sizes for women and make this about fluidity for all.

Buying Guide – Six Watches Connected to our Neighbouring Satellite, the Moon

The Moon, our beloved neighbouring satellite, has a huge influence on life on Earth; it slows down the rotational speed of our planet, affects the tides of our oceans and forms the foundation of our convention of time. As the Moon is an ever-present celestial body, completing one cycle around our planet in approximately 29.5 […]

Just Because: Ringing In The Year Of The Dragon With A Round-Up Of Eight Watches (And One Bonus Timepiece)

From enamel dials to giant sculptural automatons, brands have jumped fully on board for one of the coolest zodiac signs out there.

Talking Watches: With Doctor Mike Varshavski, Family Physician, Media Personality, And YouTube's Most Popular Doctor

He has a following of over 25 million, and a watch collection to match.

Ambition, Success, and the Watches of The Iron Claw

Climb up to the top rope with me for a few minutes, and let’s look upon the roles we play within the watch enthusiast community: are we a face or a heel (or likely somewhere in between)? The Iron Claw, my personal favorite film of 2023, forces this type of introspection onto its viewers. The audience is dealt heaps of toxic masculinity and likely some generational trauma, dumped from Fritz Von Erich (Holt McCallany) onto his sons Kevin (Zac Efron), Kerry (Jeremy Allen White), David (Harris Dickinson), and Mike (Stanley Simons). Much of this hinges on Fritz’s perceived failures and an idea he states early on in the film, “If I want to be a star, I need to act like a star […] The only way to beat IT is to be the toughest, the strongest, the most successful. The absolute best.” In more ways than one, we all wrestle with being our best selves and wanting to be perceived as something we aren’t.  The theme of becoming and appearing as if you’re the best plays a role, at times, in the watch world. And, wouldn’t you know it, Rolex makes an appearance on the wrists of at least three characters to subliminally drive this theme home. In the film Rolexes are worn by Fritz Von Erich, his son Kevin Von Erich, and Ric Flair (Aaron Dean Eisenberg).  Holt McCallany as Fritz Von Erich In the opening scene of the film, when Fritz is speaking with his wife, Dottie (Maura Tierney), about what it means to be and appear as a star, he is trying to defend the decision to lease a ...

We pick our favourite six Year of the Dragon watches

Here is our pick of six of our favourites. And with Chinese New Year only a week away, it is not too late to get a watch to usher in the Wood Dragon!

Three Kinds of Blue: 3 Cool and Relatively Affordable Limited Edition Watches Under $3,000 from Seiko, Oris, and Union Glashütte – Reprise

For less than $3,000 you can get a pretty cool watch with an interesting story to tell. But which one: Japanese, German, or Swiss? Jan Lidmaňský highlights three possibilities from Seiko, Union Glashütte, and Oris.

This Week In The Shop: These Five Watches Will Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions Past January

Smartwatch skeptics beware….

The most interesting watches from our favourite micro brands

For this Sunday, we take a look at our favourite micro brands and make our pick of what we consider to be their most interesting watch.

Buying Guide – Beating the Monday (or Sunday) Blues with Six Bluer-Than-Blue Watches

What comes after Black Friday, the Christmas holidays, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations? That’s right, Blue Monday. Labelled to be the most depressing day of the year, Blue Monday is typically connected to the third Monday in January, which this year would have been the 15th. This means that, for what it’s worth, we’ve […]

Photo Report: The Fits, Flash (And Watches) Of Pitti Uomo 2024

The winter outing of the famed show brings menswear to the streets of Florence, and the watch-spotting is not to be missed.

The Collector’s View: Stanley Leung speaks of his love for meaningful watches

Stanley celebrates his birthday and we invited him to share his watch collecting journay and passion on horology and his collection.

Martin Klocke explains the historical inspirations for Sherpa Watches

Industry News – LVMH Reports Record Revenues for 2023, Lower Growth for Watches & Jewelry

As was expected, LVMH, the world’s largest luxury goods company, has announced record revenues for 2023. At EUR 86.2 billion, revenues are up 9% while the organic growth was +13%. The progression of revenues was higher in the fourth quarter than in the third quarter with organic growth of 10% versus 9%, despite some uncertainties […]

Introducing: Nomos Has Three New Black Orion Watches, Each With Their Own Flair

The three new Orions differentiate themselves by more than just case size.

Three New Watches Celebrate the Year of the Wood Dragon

The Lunar New Year is set to begin on Feb 10th, coinciding with the date of the new moon, which will fall at 22:59 UTC on February 9th. This will be the Year of the Wood Dragon, which is said to bring authority, prosperity, and good fortune. We are in luck, as the good fortune starts early with multiple releases from many brands celebrating the new Lunar Year. Here are three stand out releases.  First up, the Ulysse Nardin Blast Tourbillon Dragon. Since 2020, the Blast Tourbillon has been Ulysse Nardin’s symbol of unconventional know-how and for this Lunar New Year, they are quite literally releasing their inner dragon. They have crafted a 5N rose gold hand-sculpted dragon that coils its way around and through the skeletonized “X” structure. The entire case is made of 5N rose gold and DLC coated titanium. Limited to 88 pieces, it is 45mm in diameter and the MSRP of $100,600.  Next up is the Blancpain Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar. In 2012 Blancpain achieved a world first, with a watch that combined both the complex Chinese calendar and a Gregorian date and moonphase. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, Blancpain has engraved a dragon on the red gold rotor flanked by a red ruby. This ultra complicated movement has 464 individual components on 6 layers and its complexity nearly matches that of a minute repeater. The dial has been created in full fired grand feu enamel, its green color harmonizing with the red gold case. Limited to 50 pieces, it is also 45mm in d...

Buying Guide – Shedding the Christmas Pounds with Five Lightweight Watches

Most of us, myself included, tend to let ourselves go a little during the Christmas season and indulge in a little too much food, drinks and money-splurging. To combat that, many people have some form of New Year’s resolutions, like quitting smoking, losing a bit of weight perhaps, or just spending more time with your loved […]

The Vertical Collection: Three essential, most important watches from Chopard

It has been a while since we last added to our Vertical Collection series. Here is our fourth in the series - a favourite of ours: Chopard.

Photo Report: All The Rare Vintage Watches We Saw At The Biggest Antique Show In The U.S.

From Patek and Rolex to Breguet and Piaget, the heaviest hitters from the year's Original Miami Beach Antique Show.

Yes, You Must Declare Your Watches: Arnold Schwarzenegger held at Munich airport and Pays Taxes and Fine for Undeclared Audemars Piguet Watch for Charity

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently flew into Munich Airport en route to his native Austria with a Audemars Piguet watch that he planned to auction at a charity gala for organized by his climate foundation. However, he didn’t declare the watch to customs officials - ouch!

Industry News – Richemont Reports Sales up by 8% For Third Quarter, Jewellery Taking the Lead over Watches

Switzerland-based luxury conglomerate Richemont Group has just issued its trading update for the nine months ended 31 December 2023. The group, which includes brands such as Cartier, IWC, JLC and Vacheron, reports sales up by 8% at constant exchange rates and by 4% at actual exchange rates to EUR 5.6 billion for the last quarter […]

How Cortina Watch and Sincere Fine Watches placed their strength in numbers

Auctions: Spike's Car Radio Offers A Unique Set Of Host-Themed Sheffield Watches In Support Of Charity

The auction is live on Bring A Trailer and all proceeds will be donated to Health Care For US.

Watch Spotting: Buzz Aldrin Rocking Three Omega Watches At Once

When you've been to the Moon, you get to do whatever the hell you want.

Watches In The Wild: Paris, Episode 2: Design And Watches

Maybe watch design doesn't need to be so predictable?

Ben Clymer Presents: Ep. 9 – The Golf And Watches Episode With Keith Mitchell

We sit down with the pro golfer to chat about his watch collection, his golf career, and even some deep cuts from Patek Philippe.

40 Best Minimalist Watches - A Complete Guide for 2024

The concept of minimalism has become an attractive idea in our modern world of excess.  For many, the term has been elevated to a point where it embodies a lifestyle of drawing bold lines betweeb what is deemed necessary and what is superfluous. Still, the term tends to get thrown around loosely; often,  describing an object or process as "minimalist" seems to indicate an absence of thought put into it. Among the areas where the idea of minimalism is best expressed is through the world of industrial design and watches. Watches, despite not being necessary tools at they level they once were, are still objects whose design needs to be in service of a specific function. When these worlds of aesthetics and utility meet in an exceptionally clean and legible fashion, the pinnacle of horological minimalism is achieved; it's not less for the sake of less, but the least possible to do the job. In this buying guide, we have compiled a list of the best minimalist watches that should be on your radar. The degree to which each of these pieces sustains the levels of minimalist principles previously mentioned vary, but all of them succeed to a point in their approach to tackling their inherent function. A Few Ground Rules We are not going to be able to cover every watch in the industry but plan to add to this list in the future. Secondly, the idea of what constitutes something as “minimalist” is subjective, however, we will be using the themes previously addressed as wel...

Vintage Watches: My New Year's Resolution: Re-Discovering Vintage Audemars Piguet Watches That Aren't The Royal Oak

Kendrick Lamar and some big auction results have me seeing shapes and complications again.

Watch Spotting: Will Ferrell's Omega Seamaster And The Watches Of The Golden Globes 2024

With a bevy of heavy-hitting films on the ballots this year, we expected no less from the timepieces.