How the Most Rare and Valuable Watches Are Traded Among Elite Collectors
Some of the world’s most interesting watches spend decades being traded privately before we learn about them.
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Omega Just Re-Released Its First Watch to Ever Go to Space
The watchmaker has dropped a new version of the Speedmaster astronaut Walter Schirra wore in space in 1962.
10/10/2024
The Piaget Altiplano vs. the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle: Which Solid-Gold Dress Watch Is Better?
We took Piaget’s and Vacheron’s flagship gold dress watches out into the highlife of Manhattan. Here’s what it was like to wear these classic watches.
01/10/2024
Richard Mille, Lamborghini, and More Just Got Together at a French Castle—Here’s What Happened
Substance, style, and super machines are the focus of the biennial Arts & Elegance Richard Mille event in Chantilly.
26/09/2024
Panerai’s New Dive Watch Mechanically Generates Luminescence. Here’s How.
The limited piece going for $141,000 a pop features a lume that required four patents to create, over 8 years.
23/09/2024
Vintage Piaget Watches May Be All the Rage, but the Brand’s Current Collection Is Utterly Dazzling
You don’t have to sell your jacked-up Ford F350 to enjoy a bit of razzle-dazzle, and such a juxtaposition may be exactly what’s chic right now.
19/09/2024
The 7 Best Watches of the Week, From Brad Pitt’s Patek Philippe to George Clooney’s Omega
Seven celebs flaunted stylish wrist candy on the streets this week.
10/09/2024
The 8 Best Watches of the U.S. Open, From Jannik Sinner’s Rolex to Serena Williams’s Audemars Piguet
From Federer’s Rolex Le Mans Daytona in Yellow Gold to Pegula’s De Bethune DB28XS Purple Rain, players past and present brought their A-game to the final Grand Slam of 2024.
11/09/2024
The Small Dress Watch Is Back
Drawer the Daytona—a small, slim dress watch is the discerning wristwear of the moment.
02/09/2024
The 25 Greatest Independent Watchmakers in the World
From F. P. Journe, MB&F, Kari Voutilainen and Greubel Forsey to fresh names on the scene, these are the best small-scale, high-end watchmakers working today.
Porsche Design Unveils Two Limited-Edition Chronographs to Celebrate 50 Years of the 911 Turbo
The two chronographs incorporate design elements from the iconic 1970s sports car and its modern successor.
21/08/2024
Vintage Piaget Watches Have Never Been More Collectible. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Piaget watches are some of the most important and interesting horological accomplishments of the 20th century, yet they remain a bit confounding to collectors.
12/08/2024
Blancpain Just Dropped Two Solid-Gold Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Divers
The Blancpain Fifty-Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet Phases de Lune and Chronograph Flyback are now as boardroom-ready as they are sea-worthy.
By Carol Besler
08/08/2024
Winston Churchill’s 1946 Movado Was in Steve Forbes’s Collection for 30 Years. Now It’s Up for Sale.
A gift from the people of Switzerland after World War Two, this triple-calendar watch is loaded with provenance.
By Carol Besler
06/08/2024
Watches & Wonders 2024 Showcase: Piaget
We head to Geneva for the Watches & Wonders exhibition; a week-long horological blockbuster featuring the hottest new drops, and no shortage of hype.
By Josh Bozin
30/07/2024
