With so many iconic timepieces to its name, Rolex is a brand that doesn’t have many watches that lurk beneath the general watch enthusiast’s radar. But there are still a few, nonetheless, that...

In the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can..., Frank Abagnale Junior, a young conman played by Leonardo DiCaprio, disguises himself as a Pan Am pilot to escape the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty

When actor Timothy Dalton walked away from the James Bond role in the early 90s after just two films, the franchise had become untethered from its horological moorings. Bond may have been cinema’s...

When the first Richard Mille was just a twinkle in the eye of its creator and Hublot was a callow teenager figuring out its place in the world, Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak had already established...

Say what you like about it, I think Rolex is just about the perfect watch brand. I don’t mean it’s the best, and it’s certainly not the worst, but in terms of being as well-rounded as possible...

It might seem as though Rolex doesn’t do much to maintain its legendary status in the watch industry. Rolling out endless new models and limited editions or packing its watches with complications...

Pretend for a moment that you have the untold riches of Jeff Bezos, or that you’re a Middle East sultan sitting on an ocean of oil. Or perhaps you’re an elite athlete playing for a sports team...

Some of you may know already that I’m a bit of a fan of Panerai. I’ve owned a 312 and a 177 and I still miss them both. It’s a brand that’s very difficult to explain; like marmite, it goes well...

When they’ve given up the groupies, drugs, boozing and throwing TVs out of hotel room windows, what does an ageing rock legend do with their time and money? Most of them would rather stay at...

The Black Bay is a watch that needs no introduction. It’s pretty hot stuff right now—and that’s mostly thanks to how diverse the collection is. You want a dive watch? Sure, have a regular ol’...

Thirty years ago, someone somewhere at Jaeger-LeCoultre started a tradition that spanned almost a decade. The Reverso, a watch that had saved Jaeger-LeCoultre’s bacon not once but twice, had...

The 1972 GMT Master adorned the wrist of Marlon Brando in the epic movie before disappearing for decades, finally turning up at a Phillips auction in New York where it sold for a staggering sum...