When the little known Patek, Czapek & Cie first founded the now eponymous Patek Philippe in 1839, it was with scant knowledge that their humble maison on Quai…
Author Jonathan Ho
Hublot is a polarising brand amongst the watch cognoscenti. Even when speaking to veteran high-end watch collectors like Glenn Chiang, answering a question about the existence…
Evolving from spring-driven clocks in 15th century Europe, watchmaking is a 500 year old industry and with such tenure, the brands which promagulate and persist become…
Ask anyone to recall a famous artist-scientist and there’s a good chance that one name comes to mind unbidden – Leonardo da Vinci. By the time of his…
We had previously covered the Torsti Laine chronograph in our Valjoux 22 feature and since the Finnish watchmaker was in town today, Deployant decided to get…
Birthed in the throes of the Great Depression, Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrated the 85th birthday of the heralded Reverso with a brand new SIHH 2016 collection. Here at…
With the wealth of watch knowledge and the perpetuation of certain marketing campaigns, “in-house” or “manufacture” movements have become the be all and end all of…
Today, on the 47th anniversary of mankind’s arrival on the moon, I tend to get a little pensive. A Star Trek fan would instantly recognise the…
Austin-Healey, a much beloved maker of the Austin-Healey 3000 sports car has found new interpretation and perhaps, a portable and arguably much easier acquired form in the shape…
The word ‘perpetual’ connotes the romanticism of an eternity and while it takes truly long lived owners to discover that their perpetual calendars do require adjustment at…