Patek Philippe’s Passion for Workmanship exhibition returned to the capital for the first time in more than a decade recently, with Partridge Jewellers hosting and an evening event at Public Trust Hall alongside a menu curated by Ahi. This was not a random brand pop-up, too by the way. It is a relationship story, and […]
For the first time ever the Monaco Grand Prix has a title partner, and it’s none other than TAG Heuer. TAG already had its fingers in plenty of high octane pies, but by becoming the title sponsor in one of the most classiest events of the year they’ve truly staked their claim. To celebrate CEO […]
Carbon fibre, titanium, a redesigned lightweight body with high levels of reliability. These are all things you’d want in a top tier F1 racing machine and it’s everything you’re getting in the brand new Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25. Tudor knows it’s way around a racetrack. They’ve been designing watches for competitive driving since […]
Mark Zuckerberg, tech billionaire, Meta overlord and recreational jiu-jitsu enthusiast likes his watches. Last year he donned a $900,000 Greubel Forsey to announce a policy shift about Facebook’s “truth policing” and in a recent a podcast with YouTuber’s Colin and Samir feat MrBeast, Zuckerburg left the handmade Swiss timepiece in its watchcase in favour of […]
Watches & Wonders is an event dedicated to the fine art of horology, at it’s core it’s downright scientific and nerdy, but it’s also an artform that draws people at the top of their fields. The halls in Geneva were swamped with talent like Roger Federer sporting a Rolex or French footballer Kylian Mbappé equipped […]
An event Started for a small cadre of watch enthusiasts has been slowly growing it’s numbers year over year. Over 55,000 attendees flowed through the doors in Geneva in early April for the annual Watches & Wonders event. This is a 12% growth on the year before, as the event slowly recovers from the affects […]
This year among all the new watches released Rolex was also determined to show us that iconic pieces already released are still getting a lot of love. The Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona and Sky-Dweller were both unveiled with new configurations but our personal favourite had to be the Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II. The 40mm diameter […]
Brutalism meets horology With Cartier’s latest release. Sandwiched between two world wars Cartier designed a watch that could survive all of them. It was just six years after the debut of the original Tank Louis Cartier, that Mr Cartier himself took to refining the design further. It’s a striking design, one that would be right […]
Since the 1970s Tudor has developed a rich pedigree of motorsports watches, since the release of it’s very first Oysterdate. Offroad and underwater they also have their line of constantly iterated and improved professional divers’ watches. The happy middle of these two worlds is the seamless fusion in their sports chronograph, The Black Bay Chrono, […]
An interweaving of metal and open sky mechanisms, a mechanical wonder in all it’s glory. That’s how we’d describe the new Tonda PF Skeleton. Parmigiani Fleurier brought a number of timepieces to the floors of Watches & Wonders, with a few limited expressions such as the Toric Quantieme Perpetuel in Platinum and Rose Gold. It’s […]
Tag Heuer’s booth at Watches and Wonders was completely married to motorsport with two F1 cars decorating the booth. Their attachment to the sport goes almost all the way back to the debut of the TAG Heuer Monaco famously being worn by Steve McQueen in the 1971 film Le Mans. From then on they shifted […]
Hublot was in a celebratory mood at Watches & Wonders. This year marked the 20th anniversary of their Big Bang models, which featured heavily with new faces and colourways. Perhaps the most exclusive piece they had on display was the Big Bang Unico In Water Blue Sapphire. Limited to just 50 pieces it’s a true […]
In a world of loud and proud watches with skeletal intricate designs A. Lange & Söhne bring a refreshing classism to the table in the form of the Minute Repeater Perpetual, a mechanical wonder. I guess that’s where Watches and Wonders got it’s name from. With a case diameter of 40.5 millimetres and a height […]
