Christopher Ward’s C65 Anthropocene
For a watch company that is not even two decades old, Christopher Ward is an undeniable success story in the horological world. Founded by Christopher Ward, Mike France and Peter Ellis on a boat on the river Thames in 2004, the first watch was only released fifteen years ago. The company has come a long […]
The Bentley Mulsanne 6.75 Edition by Mulliner
It’s always hard to say goodbye and to find an appropriate way to say it; but doing so allows the new to progress. After just over sixty years, Bentley is to bid farewell to its workhorse engine: the 6.75 litre V8. During its six decades in production, it’s fair to say that the much loved […]
The BMW M8 Competition
When I heard that BMW were launching a new M8 I almost squealed with pleasure. Sitting at the wheel of one felt like being in heaven. Both the Coupé and Convertible models boast a high revving 4.4-litre V8 engine with twin turbo and eight-speed M Steptronic transmission. This is the most powerful ever BMW M […]
No Frills
BR03-92 Full Lum by Bell & Ross At a time where the proliferation of highly complicated and busy dials is the norm, Bell & Ross have surprised us with the simplicity of their BR03-92, which completes the marque’s “Lum” collection. Well known for their professional aviation timepieces, Bell & Ross’s new addition to their family […]
Flying Through The Forest on a Honda CBR 1000SP Fireblade
The CBR 1000SP Fireblade has been an icon of sports bikes for decades. The latest model keeps the same DNA to give our reporter Jeremy Webb the ride of the season around the New Forest.
Cars: Accelerating the Modern World
(Opening picture:Firebird I (XP-21) © General Motors Company.) Sainsbury Gallery Victoria & Albert Museum. London. Supported by Bosch Group Until 19 April 2020 The V&A have surprised us once again with this incredible retrospective on the automobile, looking at the car as the driving force that accelerated the pace of the 20th century. […]
The world’s First Modern Diving Watch
(Opening picture: Captain Robert ‘Bob’ Maloubier © Blancpain) 70 Years Of Fifty Fathoms Pioneers of civilian aviation in the 1950s and 60s envisaged future air passengers would be businessmen and never foresaw the rise of the package holiday tourists that fill the aeroplanes today. There are parallels in the watch industry with many timepieces originally […]
How To Survive Growing Up
With a Swiss dad and an Indian mum, Maximilian Busser’s childhood was not a walk in the clouds. Solitary and by his own admission weird, it wasn’t until he turned 20 that he accepted and started to love who he was. The seed was planted for the birth of MB&F 18 years later, a company […]
Greubel Forsey GMT Sport “Dark Earth”
The new Greubel Forsey GMT Sport – which I’ll call “Dark Earth”, is a continuation of the marque’s GMT line and at the same time, it represents a notable departure. There was always something unique about the Greubel Forsey GMT complication: the GMT display was a real-time rotating globe, offering a view of each time […]
The New Mercedes GLB
Mercedes have once again surprised us by bringing to market a compact SUV that fits seven people and doesn’t look the size of horsebox. A little trick up the GLB’s sleeve is its wheelbase. At 2829mm, it is the longest in the Mercedes compact car stables. Tall passengers needn’t worry either, there is plenty of […]
