Turns out there is a cure for the summertime blues. Are you stuck, in the immortal words of Eddy Cochrane, working all summer just to try...
A masterpiece from a Rolex renaissance. The discontinuation of the Rolex Milgauss line generated a lot of buzz and a lot of interest in c...
“We need the funk.” – George Clinton Under ordinary circumstances I wouldn’t necessarily rush to quote Parliament-Funka...
Memories of the Bronze Age. It is next to impossible to think of the late Gérald Genta without thinking, almost simultaneously, of a hand...
An elegant travel time watch, with a hidden masterpiece of a movement. Van Cleef & Arpels may not the be the name first in watch enth...
A high-horology heavyweight. While there may be some room for debate over whether or not a tourbillon is a complication (as well as how t...
A high-tech take on the model that gave birth to the hyperwatch. The Ulysse Nardin Freak has been around, in one form or another, since 2...
“An interest in escapements is a sign of horological maturity.” – Me. The Swiss lever escapement has enjoyed an industrial ...
Pour one out for one of the great, niche, highly specific watches of all time. This was a somewhat atypical year for Rolex. While the fir...
A very elevated take on a daily driver. Patek Philippe, it is probably safe to say, does not make any boring watches. It may make watch...
A revolution that became a classic of modern independent horology. I feel as if I start out a lot of stories these days with misty-eyed r...
A jewel of a watch with a golden voice. Of all the complications in all the world, I don’t think there are any as charming as the m...
A moonphase in the spotlight. For most of the history of the moonphase as a complication, it has had what is essentially a supporting rol...
A forgotten masterpiece from Audemars Piguet. Audemars Piguet has been strongly associated with the Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore watc...
All the bells and whistles. The Lange Zeitwerk Minute repeater is not the most complicated watch that A. Lange & Söhne has ever made ...
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