The Watch You Wear And What It Says About You
With thousands of new watches being presented annually, working out which of them best suit individual personality traits has never been more confounding. To make sense of it all, we’ve come up with five-character types – all of them denizens of the British capital and shaped by London’s multifaceted culture and institutions – and decided which timepieces […]
Two decades of Hublot’s Big Bang
In 2005, with Jean-Claude Biver at the helm, Hublot launched the model that would put the company firmly on the map of luxury watchmaking: the Big Bang. In that same year, the watch won the design prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. Since then, the Big Bang collection has accounted for around 40 […]
Chanel J12 Bleu
The new Chanel J12 Bleu celebrates 25 years of excellence by Chanel in ceramic watchmaking. With the introduction of a striking new shade exclusively developed for Chanel, the J12 starts a new adventure in the world of colour, expanding beyond its classic black and white predecessors. THE EVOLUTION OF AN ICON When Chanel introduced the J12 […]
Richard Mille RM 43-01 Ferrari
For their second collaboration with Ferrari, Richard Mille has unveiled the RM 43-01, a tourbillon split-seconds chronograph that has been developed with the famous car marque. After almost a quarter century, for the brand that always claimed to be a “racing machine on your wrist”, this is the watch that represents the latest in F1 […]
A new home for Rolex in London
After 16 months of meticulous refurbishment, finally the new flagship Rolex boutique opened its doors on 14th March 2025. Managed by Watches of Switzerland, which has been working with Rolex since 1919, the new store houses one of the largest collections of new and pre-owned Rolex watches in Europe. Brian Duffy (CEO, Watches of Switzerland) […]
Game Time: Boulton Death Stranding 2
The latest adventure of a watch company into the fictional world has resulted in the Hamilton Boulton Death Stranding 2. In partnership with Hideo Kojima, the creator of the blockbuster apocalyptic video game, Death Standing, Hamilton has produced a watch modelled on the in-game timepiece worn by pivotal character Neil in Death Stranding 2: On […]
Vanguart Orb
The Vanguart Orb is a stunning example of 21st century innovative and imaginative watchmaking. Somewhere in the mix between the hyper haute horlogerie of Richard Mille and Greubel Forsey lies Vanguart. As surprising as it might seem, given the Renaud et Papi super string thread that runs across various high-end brands, there is a place […]
Franck Müller Vanguard Slim Night Cut
Franck Müller – which made headlines in the Asia Pacific region earlier this year with the release of the Silhouette CX Snake Emerald – is now making waves in this part of the world with the new Vanguard™ Slim Night Cut watch. For those late in the room, this ground-breaking Swiss watchmaker is a relative newcomer to […]
Richard Mille RM 74-02 Automatic Tourbillon Gold Quartz TPT
Richard Mille’s use of new material composites always had the Midas touch. The latest proof is the Richard Mille RM 74-02 Automatic Tourbillon Gold Quartz TPT®. This new exciting material is the latest out of the partnership with composite firm, North Thin Ply Technology. It took years of research to produce Gold Quartz TPT®, which […]
Bvlgari x MB&F Serpenti
There is design chemistry between Max Busser, Founder of MB&F, and Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, Product Creation Executive Director at Bvlgari Horlogerie. The duo have a shared passion when it comes to visual codes, particularly automobiles, which shows in the aesthetics of their new collaboration, the Bvlgari x MB&F Serpenti. Busser and Buonamassa already worked together […]
