“The Swiss watch industry is in trouble.” They were fairly ill considered words coming from gifted designer and smartwatch creator, Sir Jonathan Ive of Apple. Is…
Author Jonathan Ho
The original Richard Lange Pour le Mérite debuted in 2009 to great fanfare but unlike other limited edition offerings from Lange & Sohne, the 250 piece limited…
Many of us would probably recall the grainy Rado Ceramica advert from television and the theatre (audio artefacts and all – the hisses and static. Unchanged from…
Before Peter Speake-Marin set a trailblazing path as an independent watchmaker, he was a man oft depended upon by men like Max Busser and Steven Holtzman to get…
Acquired by MELB, H. Moser was maker of one of the watch industry’s most innovative perpetual calendars. Launched in 2006, the Perpetual 1, H. Moser’s interpretation of…
Ushered into Singapore’s largest permanent Rolex Exhibition centre in Southeast Asia, you get the sense that the Cortina operated Rolex boutique/temple is metaphorically running against headwinds.…
In Part 1 of Sound Investments: The Genius of Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters, we covered the heritage and innovations perfected by the Genevan manufacture. Today, Part…
As the 2016 Olympics draw to a close, it’s apt to recall the Olympic motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius. If ever there was a credo which professed…
If one were to trace the beginnings of German watchmaking (a whole other story unto itself), one would find that the history of Junghans is not…
“Remember the days when the sex was fun and the diving dangerous?” Jacques Yves Cousteau was a diver without peer, singlehandedly spawning an industry and awareness…