Trends, style, and watch advice: the Lifestyle category explores how to incorporate watches into your everyday life. What to wear with a dress watch? Which watch to give as a wedding gift? Fashion and practical ideas around luxury watchmaking and men’s style.
Every luxury watch is a feat of engineering and craftsmanship, a delicate mechanism whose value often extends far beyond the purely financial to encompass sentimental and historical significance. For those…
Which smartwatch should you choose in 2026? For most uses, the best compromise is a model that provides health tracking and everyday assistance: an electrocardiogram, skin-temperature measurement and at least…
Talking about Omega without talking about the Moon is almost an endurance test. You can try. Hold out for a few minutes. Mention the Seamaster, Co-Axial, James Bond and the…
A few days ago, my son pointed out that the strap on the watch I had given him was starting to deteriorate. It is a leather strap dyed blue. Another…
Two watches can come from the same manufacture, share a steel case and offer comparable build quality. One will appreciate over time. The other will be difficult to sell, sometimes…
In July 2026, Swatch launched a rather unusual MoonSwatch. Produced in 1,969 pieces, the Mission to the Moon 1969 features a dial, hands, crown and pushers made from Omega’s 18-carat…
It is a question that many enthusiasts eventually ask themselves: what do you actually gain by paying considerably more for a movement? Greater accuracy? Better reliability? A watch that will…
Why do some watches have deadbeat seconds? It is a question that comes up often, usually with a raised eyebrow and a cutting remark: “It’s quartz, isn’t it?” That is…
Rose gold: an aesthetic given that is not quite so simple What exactly is a rose-gold case? The question may seem harmless, almost self-evident, given how firmly this warm hue…
A Less Noble Choice… Really? Sapphire crystal feels like the obvious choice when buying a watch. Harder, more scratch-resistant, virtually impervious in daily wear—it’s often seen as the unquestioned standard…
Long before optical sensors, smartwatches and electronic oximeters, mechanical watchmaking had already found an elegant solution to a very practical problem: measuring heart rate. This is the origin of the…
A Return to Proportion: How We Moved from “Bigger” to “Better” Ten or fifteen years ago, a watch was worn like a statement. On wrists, 44mm and up asserted…
The Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Lumière doesn’t merely tell the time—it whispers it to us, thanks to a mechanical whim that chimes the passing of every hour. And once…
Aviation watches were not born to charm. They were designed to be read instantly, in sometimes extreme conditions, where mistakes are not an option. It is this functional constraint that…
Our selection of genuinely relevant new models, straight to the point When we talk about an automatic watch for under €1,000, we’re covering a fairly broad range of options: from…
A simple, no-snobbery guide to choosing well Choosing your first watch can quickly become confusing. Between the big brands, micro-brands, automatic watches, quartz, prices ranging from €100 to several thousand……
