Rolex and TAG Heuer have given us some of the world’s most legendary watches, from the Submariner to the Carrera. These two Swiss titans were once considered equals with much in common, but how...

The late watch designer Gerald Genta was famed for speaking his mind, especially when it came to his own creations being changed. He was outraged, for example, at how his beloved Royal Oak had...

The watch industry can be a cruel and unforgiving place, a place where the mightiest of brands have often found themselves engaged in a Darwinian fight for survival

Most of us would struggle to name any watch designer besides the legendary Gerald Genta. He was the man behind Patek Philippe’s Nautilus, AP’s Royal Oak and IWC’s Ingenieur, among countless others...

What do the ice cream companies Wall’s, Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s have in common? Don’t worry, I’m not about to make some lame joke; the answer is that they are owned by the same company: Unilever...

Hublot chose a turbulent time to enter the watch industry. Founded in 1980 when the quartz crisis was still raging and Swiss watchmakers were melting away like a slice of grilled Emmenthal, it...

Contrary to the last several centuries, watchmaking today is a fast-moving business. Some brands are blowing up, others are falling behind; it’s a game of cat and mouse as to who wears the crown...

It seems like it should be against the Geneva convention to say, but this near-on £20,000 Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 is actually—dare I say it—a bit of a bargain. I know, I know, there are places...

If you’re just getting into watches, it won’t be long before you come across the El Primero. Meaning, ‘the first’, it was the name given by its creator, Zenith, to mark the creation of the world’s...

You probably know TAG Heuer best as the entry-level Swiss luxury watchmaker famous for its big, square Monaco, but I expect you never thought you’d see the day when the following sentence was...

For someone looking for a sporty watch in steel, chances are they will probably pick up a Rolex Submariner, perhaps a Panerai Luminor if they’ve got a hankering for something a bit more exotic...

It would be a very boring world if everybody liked the same steel watch with the same black dial and the same locking bracelet, and that’s why we have brands like IWC and Panerai, to mix things...