Timeless Prestige in Every Tick
Everest Origins and Early Testing Ask a climber what time it is on the final push to 8,848 metres and the answer matters more than etiquette. On the 1953 British Everest expedition, wristwatches were survival tools, and Rolex supplied several prototypes to measure not just...
Stroll past the windows of London’s most exclusive jewellers and a question often surfaces on search bars afterwards: “How much are Richard Mille watches?” The answer, invariably staggering, is only half the story. When the first Richard Mille reference appeared in 2001, it shook a...
The Western Front of 1917 presented a tableau of churned mud and thunderous machinery that seemed light-years from the scented salons of Rue de la Paix. Yet it was here, staring at the angular silhouette of the new Renault FT-17, that Louis Cartier saw order...
In early May, the chandeliers inside Phillips’ Geneva saleroom glowed like freshly polished balance wheels. Bidders lined the wooden benches, clutching numbered paddles, while anxious specialists whispered last-minute estimates. When the hammer finally fell on the Breguet Sympathique No 1, applause echoed under the vaulted...
Bright boutique windows on Bond Street, chat forums packed with reference numbers, and waiting lists that stretch across continents all signal the same shift. Women’s luxury watches have moved from gift box afterthoughts to deliberate, self-funded statements of confidence. In 2025, that momentum is measured...
Stand on Regent Street at 09:30 and the traffic starts to hum, cyclists weave between buses, and shop shutters clatter open. Slip into Watches of Switzerland and a splash of red, blue or yellow catches the eye behind the glass: the TAG Heuer Formula 1....
The first time you slip a Citizen Tsuyosa onto your wrist, you sense an attitude of quiet confidence. It’s brushed steel catches the light like city pavement after rain, and the dial colours feel as joyful as a Saturday morning. In a market that often...
A trickle of dawn light spills over Mount Tanigawa. Frost clings to ropes and jackets, yet the climber stops for a heartbeat, brushes snow from his cuff, and checks the time. On his wrist sits the Seiko Alpinist, a watch conceived for these very slopes...
A stiff wind sweeps across the Thames at Deptford, London. Seven decades ago, a small flotilla carrying scientists, sailors and precious wrist-worn instruments slipped its moorings here, bound for the Arctic ice. That same breeze could be felt in July 2022 when collectors crowded boutiques...
Stroll past a Bond Street boutique and the window shouts of confidence. Stainless-steel sports models sit under theatrical lights, their waiting lists whispered about with a knowing smile. Yet that perfect tableau relies on something the public never sees. When a new reference flops, when...
