Cars, cameras, watches, whatever—I’m pretty certain all of us here have sat down with a fat wallet of imaginary cash and wondered what we’d spend it all on. So, why not make it a million dollars...

Like all watchmakers, there are some watches in their catalogues that get left behind, maybe to make way for a revamped model or perhaps because they simply didn’t achieve instant popularity...

It can only be a matter of time—if it hasn’t already happened—before the title ‘watch consultant’ begins to appear regularly on the closing credits of TV shows and movies. Stylists, wardrobe...

Richard Mille is something of a watchmaking wonder. Mille himself is not even a watchmaker but a marketing whizz—which may point to how the brand has become so successful. Appearing on the scene...

Back in the late 90s, if you had money to burn and wanted a watch that looked like no other, one whose dials made the Rio Carnival look like an Amish funeral, you wore one of two brands: Alain...

Any one of these five timepieces—from the sporty Royal Oak in rose gold to the pilot-friendly Breitling Chronomat— would be a worthy cornerstone of a collection. They’re some of the most desirable...

In March of 2017, at a Christie’s auction in Dubai, a Richard Mille RM 012 sold, with fees, for over half a million dollars. The 2006 watch, replete with its signature tonneau case and skeletonised...

It’s ironic that Patek Philippe’s Calatrava model arrived slap-bang in the middle of the Great Depression. The brand’s signature model is now the barometer for classic dress watches, a perfect...

We’ll say out loud what everyone was thinking when IWC first announced the new Big Pilot’s 43: it looks like they just took the larger Big Pilot’s 46, put it in a photocopier and scaled it down...

For some people, watchmaking is about intricate mechanisms, unique complications and, well, anything that ticks, and for others it’s bold design, visual depth and exotic materials. And for a...

In 1969, Zenith released a trio of watches—all featuring the revolutionary El Primero calibre, the first automatic chronograph movement. Out of the three watches, two had tonneau-shaped cases...

Richard Mille’s debut watch, the RM 001, put a hand-grenade up the backside of the industry when it was released twenty years ago. And it wasn’t just due to its outlandish looks and spine-shuddering...