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From left to right: H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Chinese Calendar; Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Starwheel; Saint Laurent Rive Droite x Girard-Perregaux Casquette 2.0

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

Square with flair: 6 watches bringing the unusual dial shape back in 2024

2023 in review: our editor’s pick of 24 epic moments in watchmaking

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

Van Cleef & Arpels Ludo Secret Watch; Longines Spirit Zulu Time 39mm; Tag Heuer Carrera Glassbox. Famous old watches are finding new fans today thanks to respectful reissues. Photos: Handout

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

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

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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

Jay-Z and François-Henry Bennahmias in 2005

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

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

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

From left to right: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Secret Necklace; Longines Mini Dolce Vita; Richard Mille RM 07-04.The year has seen a deluge of options in timepieces traditionally geared towards women and watches as a whole becoming more unisex adds still more choice. Photos: Handout

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

Dubai Watch Week hosted 60 brands from November 16 to 20, at the Dubai International Financial Centre. Photos: Handout

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

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

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

Watch collectors gather to share knowledge and admire each other’s watches at The Horology Club’s 2nd anniversary. Photo; Freeman Chiu

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

Putting the fun in function, fashion watches are having a moment, such as this product of the recent Timex and Jacquie Aiche collaboration. Photo: Handout

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

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

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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

Jeremy Strong sports a Richard Mille watch while attending the 2023 Met Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, in New York City. Photo: FilmMagic

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

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

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

Graff’s Diamond Hallucination watch is a flamboyant timepiece that doubles as jewellery for women. Photo: Graff

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

Luxury watchmaking is going beyond tradition, drawing inspiration from pop culture and collaborating with artists for their unique timepieces, such as Hublot’s Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Sapphire Rainbow. Photo: Hublot

Profile | 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

Profile | 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?

Profile | 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

Aaron Lau, CEO and founder of Gusto Collective, talks about his latest business venture and shares his daily routine. Photo: Michael Chung Photography

Profile | 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

Sarah Vee became a mother at 21 and didn’t always feel like others had her back – then she founded a platform to help women like her do better together. Photo: SCMP

Profile | 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?

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

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