Enjoying a luxury watch feels a lot like a pay to play kind of business. Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet—beautiful watches, sure, but until wanting something becomes a currency in and...

The world has gone nuts for watches, it seems, with a surprising number bucking a trend of decades and actually going up in value. We’re seeing more and more demand for particularly desirable...

We’ve all seen the meteoric rise of a trio of watches that share one thing in common: fifty-odd years ago, when they first came out, they were critically lambasted. So why on Earth are they impossible...

The Calatrava was not only a major milestone for Patek Philippe, it possibly rescued the brand from oblivion at a time when it had hit the financial skids. A simple design inspired by the German...

In 2014, the watchmaker Zenith was busy preparing its 150th anniversary celebration, and what better way to do it than by building a commemorative watch. But Zenith didn’t just take an existing...

Ever wondered if there was a watch that quite simply personified the word “watch”? A timekeeper so pure and simple yet so perfectly judged that it could well be the last one you ever wear? Without...

The most prestigious watchmaker in the world, Patek Philippe, is renowned mostly for three models—the Nautilus, designed by the legendary Gerald Genta, the time-only Calatrava in gold, and the...

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...

Illustrious, prestigious, refined… there’s no end to the glowing adjectives that get dropped into any discussion around Patek Philippe. Worn by everyone from the Shah of Iran to the Dalai Lama...

In the 1930s, as international travel grew and global communications were developing at a rapid pace, Patek Philippe saw a golden opportunity to add a new watch to its line-up: a world timer...

You can see the appeal of limited-edition watches. Finding a timepiece that hasn’t been manufactured en masse is no easy task. And even if you’re lucky enough to own something iconic from the...

No one in the watch industry can boast a legacy like that of the great Gerald Genta, who died ten years ago this week. Genta didn’t merely design one iconic watch for one brand. Across a decades-long...