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9 September, 2024
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When simple won’t do: 7 watches that are beyond three hands and a dial
A growing and more knowledgeable audience for watches is driving the search for creative and alternative approaches to telling the time
8 Jan 2024 - 12:30PM
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Square with flair: 6 watches bringing the unusual dial shape back in 2024
4 Jan 2024 - 12:17PM
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2023 in review: our editor’s pick of 24 epic moments in watchmaking
31 Dec 2023 - 10:00AM
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How heritage watches are finding a new lease of life – from the Tank to the Ludo
From Cartier’s classic Tank and Van Cleef & Arpels’s ornate Ludo to Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak, these famous old watches are finding new fans today thanks to respectful reissues
2 Jan 2024 - 11:11AM
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Rolex, Cartier and 5 other dress watches that pushed boundaries in 2023
Discerning collectors want elegant and seemingly simple dress watches that are packed with superlative mechanics, and even a complication or two
28 Feb 2024 - 12:39PM
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6 luxury watches featuring twin balance wheels and far-out designs
Twin balance wheels serve a dual purpose – improved accuracy and often, spectacular visual appeal, as some of these timepieces show
29 Dec 2023 - 8:00AM
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Rapper’s delight: how hip-hop got serious about watches
Once, a gratuitously iced-out dial was a sign of wealth and success, but today Jay-Z and Pharrell are seen as serious collectors whose appreciation for high horology means big business
4 Jan 2024 - 12:19PM
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Lifting the lid on Hong Kong’s exclusive watch hang-out The Lavish Attic
As the pioneering independent watch boutique turns 10, we sat down with founder Piano Chow to talk about independent watchmakers, working with H. Moser & Cie and F.P. Journe, and what true collectors are really looking for
26 Dec 2023 - 12:00PM
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From Swatch x Blancpain to Patek x Tiffany, watch collaborations are here to stay
Watchmakers from Patek Philippe and Richard Mille to Swatch and Cartier have all welcomed fashionable collaborations with mainstream brands that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago – and the results are undeniable
25 Dec 2023 - 12:00PM
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9 of the most impressive women’s watches to make an impact in 2024
From secret necklace watches to coiled bracelets, the past year has seen a deluge of timepiece options traditionally geared towards women, while celebrities lead the charge in making gender distinctions a thing of the past
24 Dec 2023 - 2:00PM
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6 timepiece highlights from Dubai Watch Week, from Louis Vuitton to Breitling
From new watch launches to discussions and artisanal workshops, the event drew some of the world’s top horological brands, collectors and enthusiasts
24 Nov 2023 - 2:03PM
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Which luxury brands tried watchmaking first … and got it right?
Away from the big Swiss powerhouses, luxury maisons have been making their own watches for decades – take a look back at what today’s big brands can learn from the successful crossovers of the past
24 Nov 2023 - 2:03PM
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Titan of time: 6 titanium watches every collector should clock in 2023
Harder, better, faster and stronger? Channel Daft Punk and Kanye West’s steely aesthetic with a titanium timepiece – one of 2023’s big watch trends to clock
24 Nov 2023 - 2:05PM
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Inside Hong Kong’s new generation of inclusive high horology clubs
The finer things in life deserve to be shared with fellow connoisseurs. Thankfully, Hong Kong is a hub for horology, with a growing and welcoming community of collectors and experts
22 Nov 2023 - 10:19AM
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More fun than function: fashion watches are having a moment
Demna showed the way with his watch choker on his haute couture debut for Balenciaga and Fendi and others have followed the lead, bringing a cheeky, even subversive edge
24 Nov 2023 - 2:06PM
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How pocket watches got cool again – from Peaky Blinders to ‘watchtok’
When everyone has a smartphone anyway, why not make your watch a real conversation starter? From vintage gangster movies to the #pocketwatch TikTok trend, nothing quite says suave like a dial on a chain
24 Nov 2023 - 2:08PM
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8 bold watches owning the red dial trend in 2023, from AP to JLC
Green dials in watches have been getting all the attention lately, but red is just as hot, with brands like AP, Grand Seiko and Jaeger-LeCoultre paving the way
24 Nov 2023 - 2:09PM
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Why Richard Mille watches are known as ‘the billionaire’s handshake’
The watch brand ‘shook the industry’ with the ambitious price of its first timepiece in 2001 – now it sits among top 6 in the world by sales, and is sported by the rich and famous
24 Nov 2023 - 2:10PM
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Inside Audemars Piguet’s new collaboration with Givenchy’s creative director
The Swiss luxury watchmaker and American fashion designer Matthew Williams just joined forces to release a sleek, limited-edition line, launched today in Tokyo – take a peek at the new models
24 Nov 2023 - 2:13PM
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6 most dazzling diamond-encrusted watches for ladies looking to shine
Some timepieces are a cut above the rest when painstakingly adorned with precious gems – here are our top 6 picks from Rolex, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Graff, Parmigiani and Piaget
9 Jan 2023 - 9:00AM
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Time to shimmer: how luxury watch brands work with jewel artisans
Watchmakers and jewel artisans have created sensational pieces for women in the past … take a peek at how irresistibly creative some of them were
9 Jan 2023 - 8:00AM
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Why timepieces and pop art are a match made in luxury heaven
Watchmaking is a craft steeped in tradition, but as in the art world, designers aren’t beyond turning to contemporary allusions … here’s everything you need to know
6 Jan 2023 - 2:54PM
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Hong Kong watch expert Carson Chan on why we should see timepieces as art
From a stint at Richard Mille when the brand was starting out, to his work at the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie and WatchProfessor quizzes on Instagram – Chan wants you to see timepieces as art
30 Dec 2022 - 8:00AM
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Singaporean bestselling author Kirstin Chen on the regenerative gift of time
The New York Times bestselling author studied at Stanford University and her third book was a Reese’s Book Club pick … so how did she get here?
11 Jan 2023 - 10:33AM
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Gusto Collective founder Aaron Lau on business’ raison d’être and Web3
Aaron Lau, founder and CEO of Gusto Collective, believes that businesses need ‘a reason to exist’ … here’s what you need to know about this Hong Kong marketing guru
10 Jan 2023 - 4:48PM
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Meet Sarah Vee, the woman empowering Hong Kong’s female community
Before finding her power through the community of women she built, Sarah Vee says she wouldn’t even have had breakfast with herself: here’s how she changed the narrative
28 Dec 2022 - 10:39AM
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How James Suckling became one of the world’s leading wine tasting critics
His career has taken him across the continents to interview winemakers, visit wineries and, of course, taste wine, sometimes up to 50 a day – but how did he get started?
26 Dec 2022 - 8:00AM
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Empowerment on your wrist: why bolder, larger women’s watches are 2023’s trend
Who says ladies’ watches have to be teeny and cutesy? As women seek bolder and more assertive looks, luxury watchmakers are making belated steps towards gender-neutral fashions
28 Dec 2022 - 10:35AM
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