Article While we see lockdowns, viruses and economic stress dominate the agenda . I think that this exactly why we see a Summer of Colours in horology.

Article We don’t need to argue the Grail potential of the Rolex Daytona. Legendary, Iconic: fill in any superlative you can find and the Daytona ticks the box. Rolex created rich variety of Daytona pieces. Status and market value A pre-owned 116520 in steel gives you the Daytona experience for a fraction of what a 6265 […]

Article When Tudor launched their first blue dial Submariner in 1969, they started a trend. This trend was taken up by not only the French Navy Divers (Marine Nationale), but also the less frequent amateur divers who were seduced by the so-called “Tudor Blue” colour. Celebrating the same colour, the Swiss watch manufacturer launches a line […]

Article “Wherever time takes you, Lucerne travels with you” embodies the cosmopolitan spirit of the brand. In the last decade, these words have not only been proven in the ambitious line-up of watches, but certainly as well in the way Carl F. Bucherer is positioned as a company. The energy that CEO Sascha Moeri and his […]

Article It’s a busy auction month coming, and three big auction houses will again tempt you to part with your money in exchange for beautiful, collectable and rare pieces. While the concept of an auction originally aimed at selling at low, executional price levels, nowadays it’s the opposite. Phillips Auctions, Christie’s, Antiquorum and the likes are […]

Article In 1939 two Portuguese businessmen, Rodrigues and Teixeira, paid a visit to the Swiss manufacturer, IWC in Schaffhausen. They both requested a wristwatch with chronometer precision. Which IWC had not done before. As many other watch manufacturers of the time, IWC mostly worked with pocket watches at that time, which explains why they opted for […]

Article When Elon Musk is looking for an appropriate watch on one of his future trips, he might be checking Konstantin Chaykin’s latest. The Mars Conqueror Mk 3 is the latest brainchild of the most creative of all watchmakers. The relevancy of knowing Martian time should not be underestimated. Ever since I owned a IWC Da […]

Article When you’re 45 years of age today, you were 20 in 1995. Your mid-teens and early twenties are formative years when it comes to developing your taste whether it is music, movies, cars or.. watches. Whatever touches the right spot at the age of 20, will most likely stay with you forever.  So, let’s analyse […]