Time Without Hands: Bremont's Terra Nova Jumping Hour Watches
The jumping hour complication is watchmaking’s equivalent of brutalist architecture—polarising, uncompromising, and forever hovering between vintage charm and avant-garde
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The jumping hour complication is watchmaking’s equivalent of brutalist architecture—polarising, uncompromising, and forever hovering between vintage charm and avant-garde
Grand Seiko have always been obsessed with accuracy. Not in the casual ‘this watch keeps pretty good time’ way,
Complication complexity typically isn’t Panerai’s calling card. The Italian-born Swiss watchmakers built their reputation on bold, minimalistic tool watches
Every great story needs rivals. Batman had the Joker. Coca-Cola has Pepsi. And in post-war Italy, cycling had Fausto
Time machines exist. Not the kind that transport you physically through decades, but the mechanical kind that connect past
Twenty-five years after Gérald Genta established his eponymous brand, Gerald Charles arrived at Watches and Wonders 2025 with a
Subtlety has never been Hublot’s strong suit. This year at Watches and Wonders, the brand arrived with what can
GMT watches aren’t exactly rare at Watches and Wonders. What is rare is genuine innovation. Armin Strom’s Dual Time
Angelus arrived at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2025 with a clear connection to their past. The Swiss brand, established
At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2025, Zenith unveiled their 160th anniversary celebrations with characteristic Swiss precision and a dash
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Watchmakers love to tell us about partnerships with car companies. Most end up as glorified logo-swapping exercises—slap a prancing
Sports watches have a way of trying too hard. It’s usually a formula: take a perfectly good timepiece, add
Green means go—and IWC Schaffhausen aren’t waiting for the chequered flag to drop on the 2025 Formula One season.
Gérald Genta, the renowned watch designer born in Geneva in 1931, left an undeniable impact on the horological world.
They say naming is everything. Tudor must have missed that memo, or perhaps they’re just having more fun than
TAG Heuer are coming home to Formula One. After more than a decade of Rolex’s crown adorning the world’s
LVMH Watch Week 2025 sees Zenith playing to two very different crowds. Landing in New York with a pair
Kicking off the horological calendar in New York rather than its originally planned Los Angeles location, LVMH Watch Week
Cherry blossoms are Japan’s equivalent of that indie band that got too popular. Like that great song you can’t
Pink used to be a battleground in watchmaking—a colour relegated to the ‘ladies’ corner, wrapped in diamond-set cases and
Before the robots and rayguns of modern science fiction, there was steampunk—that beautiful intersection of Victorian aesthetics and industrial
Most watchmakers wouldn’t dream of destroying a champion’s racquets… But Hublot aren’t among them. For their latest collaboration with
Americans live in a peculiar parallel universe when it comes to cigars. Cuban sticks exist mostly in stories and