Why Enamel-Dial Watches Are So Sought After
The enamel dial: a quiet luxury that never goes out of style In a watch world saturated with spectacular finishes, new textures and bold colours, the enamel dial moves…
What Is a Power Reserve and Why It Matters
There is, in the ritual of a mechanical watch, a poetry that defies time. In the morning, you adjust a crown, feel the resistance of the mainspring, almost listen…
What Watches Does GMK Wear?
In the Who Wears What section, we’re leaving politicians’ wrists behind for a more modern, more macho one: GMK’s. The Monaco-based influencer, first known for his outlandish cars, is just…
How the Royal Oak Upended the Watch Industry
An aesthetic shock in a display window that was far too well-behaved In the early 1970s, Swiss watchmaking entered a turbulent spell. Quartz watches from Asia upended the market…
Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Lumière: Hands-On Review, Chiming and Spectacular Luminescence
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…
Jeffrey Epstein’s Watches
In the Who wears what? section, we have already looked at the watches worn by historical figures as controversial as Stalin, as well as the alleged watch of Adolf Hitler.…
How to Read a Tachymeter on a Sports Watch?
The tachymeter: from practical function to identity marker On a sports watch, the tachymeter is that detail that catches your eye even before you’ve started the chronograph: a numbered…
Why the Santos de Cartier Is Considered the First Modern Watch
A watch born of a very real problem: telling the time mid-flight Before it becomes an object of desire, a watch is first and foremost a solution. And the…
Carlingue Aviation 01: Take Flight
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…
Why Do Some Watches Have “Jumping” Seconds?
That intriguing “tick”: deadbeat seconds, a rhythm that’s not so anachronistic after all You may have noticed it in a display window, or on the wrist of a collector…
Why the Patek Philippe Calatrava Is a Symbol of Horological Purity
The Calatrava, or the art of saying only what matters There are watches that assert themselves through complication, technical excess, or the loud prestige of a name. And then…
How the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Was Invented for Polo
A shock, an idea: watchmaking meets the polo field We often tend to mythologise great watches, imagining their birth as something abstract: a brilliant sketch, a hushed workshop, inspiration…
The History of the Cartier Tank: A Watch Inspired by an Armoured Vehicle
When a war machine becomes a style icon Some watches are born from a set of specifications. And then there are those that arrive as a visual jolt—almost a…
Which watches does Donald Trump wear?
Let’s continue our tour of watches worn by notable personalities with Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States. A man whose relationship with watchmaking raises a…
Which automatic watch should you buy for under €1,000?
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…
Which watch does Gabriel Attal wear?
In politics, every detail matters. A tie, a suit, a watch on the wrist… all signs that are scrutinised, analysed, sometimes overinterpreted. But what happens when a watch escapes that…