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last updated:
9 September, 2024
Billie Eilish at a Chanel watch show. Photo: Getty Images
Billie Eilish

The nonconformist watches of Billie Eilish, from Casios right up to Rolexes

It’s no surprise that the award-winning singer, known for her boundary-breaking style and music, should bring that rebel-without-a-cause approach to her watches.

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High Jewellery

Why mixing metals is enjoying a comeback, from Cartier to Rolex and Bulgari

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Timepieces for a sporty lifestyle, from Rolex, Omega and Richard Mille

Luxury brands

Why meteorite dials are taking off … from Rolex to Omega

There’s growing fascination with these naturally patterned dials that offer a touch of cosmic elegance and exclusivity … Wimbledon champ Carlos Alcaraz is a fan too.

Meteorite dials during electroplating. Photo: Rolex
Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg’s Hand Made 1 watch by Greubel Forsey just got a successor

Zuckerberg wore the Hand Made 1 in the video announcing Meta’s scrapping of its fact-checking; for Greubel Forsey, the Hand Made 2 is the next step in superior, innovative horology.

Mark Zuckerberg

Take a peek at Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg’s expanding luxury watch collection

The tech centibillionaire has been amassing a collection of rare timepieces by the likes of F.P. Journe and De Bethune, ever since a Richard Mille exemplar caught his eye at Anant Ambani’s wedding.

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Celebrity style

5 of Keanu Reeves’ favourite timepieces, from Rolex to Carl F. Bucherer

The Matrix and John Wick star, and ‘internet boyfriend’, said to be worth US$380 million, made headlines last year when some of his stolen watches were recovered in Chile.

Keanu Reeves is known to be generous to his film crew – he’s even gifted them customised luxury watches. Photo: AFP
Lunar New Year

5 Chinese New Year watches: exclusive Year of the Snake 2025 themed timepieces

Longines and IWC Schaffhausen have rolled out refined red liveries and subtle Year of the Snake badging for their more minimalist pieces.

Luxury brands

Time-only watches took the spotlight at GPHG, the ‘Oscars of watchmaking’

The 2024 GPHG saw a surge in interest for these ‘purist’ watches, with brands like H. Moser & Cie, Parmigiani Fleurier and Chopard highlighting the trend for ‘quiet luxury’.

Lunar New Year

9 Chinese New Year gifts: lucky luxury items

Other festively themed ideas include Birkenstock 1774 slides, Self-Portrait’s Acts Behind the Silver Screen collection, the Jellycat Cizi Snake, Lululemon bag and Lito earrings.

Eight Lunar New Year gifts, from fashions by Schiaparelli, Self-Portrait – modelled here by Hong Kong star, Carina Lau – and Chloé, to luxe accessories including watches. Photo: Self-Portrait and Feng Li
Asia travel

All technology will eventually ‘die out’. This Tokyo museum preserves it

From Betacam videotapes to cameras, defunct tech is the main attraction at the Extinct Media Museum.

Old camera models are displayed at Tokyo’s Extinct Media Museum, a private museum showcasing a collection of defunct gadgets. Photo: Reuters
High Jewellery

The art and jewellery designs redefining timepieces, from Cartier to Chanel

When telling time alone isn’t enough, these spectacular timepieces from luxury watchmakers are pushing the art of horology to the realms of the spectacular.

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Mechanical marvels: when watchmakers push horological boundaries

Luxury maisons showcase extreme engineering feats through their complex timepieces that include intricate designs and groundbreaking technology.

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The return of the three-hand watch – H. Moser & Cie embraces simplicity

Free of complications, dress watches from big names and smaller brands shine the spotlight on materials, colours and design elements for visually stunning results.

Just the time (from left): Furlan Marri Disco Volante, Atelier Wen Perceiption Millesime Mu 睦, H. Moser & Cie Pioneer Cntre Seconds Citrus Green. Photos: Handout
Luxury brands

Is now the best time to invest in luxury watches? How to shop second-hand

The luxury watch market is cooling down after the pandemic-fuelled boom, offering an opportunity for collectors to snag coveted timepieces at more affordable prices.

In November, Phillips in association with Bacs &Russo presented the “Toki: Watch Auction”, focused on watch collecting in Japan. Photo: Handout
Celebrity style

Why is timepiece customisation so controversial?

Some wealthy watch owners seek to lend their pieces even more exclusive identities by customising them … but does it enhance or lessen value?

Fame and celebrity

Inside Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield’s luxury watch collection

The Social Network and We Live in Time star has an eye for gorgeous timepieces – so what did he wear to the Oscars, the Golden Globes, on Jimmy Kimmel, and on his ‘date’ with Amelia Dimoldenberg?

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The future of timekeeping? From jumping hours to ultra-thin wonders

Andersen Genève, Urwerk, Otsuke, SpaceOne and Konstantin Chaykin all bring their creativity to bear on telling the time in a distinctive way.

A different beat (from left): Konstantin Chaykin ThinKing prototype, SpaceOne Tellurium and Otsuka Lotec No.6. Photos: Hodinkee Japan
Celebrity style

The year in watchmaking, wrapped – 24 moments in 2024

From watch fairs and bumper vintage auctions to landmark releases, and from C-suite moves to new A-list collectors, here are 24 of the most important events that shaped high horology this year.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Meet Hong Kong’s teenage watchmaker Ricky Hong, who’s already making waves

The watchmaking prodigy has drawn scepticism because of his young age, but his passion and talent have already earned him recognition in the horological world.

Celebrity style

Cool, collected, Cartier: the watches and style of Jeff Goldblum

He wore a Hamilton Jazzmaster in Independence Day: Resurgence, while IRL Goldblum has a serious penchant for the Cartier Tank – and donned the maison’s unconventional Baignoire to Wicked’s premieres.

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Six pieces in Jeff Goldblum’s watch collection – from his Jurassic Park character’s custom Rolex Milgauss, to his vintage Casio as Zeus, and choosing Cartier’s unconventional Baignoire for the premiere of Wicked. Photo: EPA-EFE
Luxury brands

Beyond the Cartier Crash: why asymmetrical watches are here to stay

The Cartier Crash has long defined unconventionally shaped timepieces, but a provocative renaissance is now under way as newer brands make their mark.

New watch brands like Berneron are pushing the boundaries in dial shape, as seen on this Mirage Sienna. Photo: Handout
Luxury brands

Blast from the past: watchmakers delve into their archives to revive classics

Some watch designs are so enduring, their appeal defies the passage of time and syncs with contemporary trends and styles, making them desirable through the decades.

Luxury brands

Meet the woman behind ‘the Oscars of watchmaking’, Carine Maillard

She was originally more invested in the art world, having studied Chinese art and medicine, but working in museums led her to the world of watchmaking.

Christmas

Christmas 2024 gift guide: level up your man’s accessories game

With a jacket from Italian tailor Rubinacci, Purdey trousers and a Montblanc pen, any man will look and feel like a million dollars.

Gifts to make a man the very picture of elegance, like this look from Dunhill shows. Photo: Dunhill
Fashion

Christmas 2024 gift guide: elegant pieces from Cartier, Gucci and Hermès

Chloé and Tod’s apparel as well as an Assouline book for the coffee table round out a wish list of premium present ideas for your loved ones.

Frame x Ritz Paris collection
Luxury brands

Swiss luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet makes timely entry in Macau

The watch maker is sprucing up its showroom in Hong Kong and opening more in Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei, CEO Ilaria Resta says.

Watch Edit

Watch Edit: Tudor adds a Formula One model to its long dive heritage

Metas-certified Black Bays add to the brand’s technical chops while the latest Pelagos maintains the proud lineage of models worn by the French Navy.

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