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‘To buy vintage is to buy something with history, that’s lived a life’: Everything you need to know about the heritage watch worldCollecting and wearing vintages watches has never been cooler.
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The watch maketh the man: What your watch says about youWe hate to stereotype, but it has become apparent that certain timepieces ally with certain traits. Nick Foulkes delves into what else ‘turns the dial’ for each of these watch-loving gents.
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You can’t always rely on the Great British summer — but you can rely on its watchesBritish watchmakers have excelled themselves in recent months — releasing bright and beautiful timepieces that you'll want on your wrist through summer, and beyond.
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‘I get all twitchy when I see people wearing something that really doesn’t belong’: A watch for every summer occasionThere’s a watch for every social summer occasion, from the Mediterranean to muddy festivals. Chris Hall selects some of his favourites.
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Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Timepiece: Are men really wearing smaller watches?Chris Hall questions whether the so-called-fashion for tiny tickers is as clear cut as it seems.
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The Swatch ScubAqua collection is ‘a Woolworths pick-and-mix counter for your wrist’The 1990s wasn't horology’s most glittering decade, but with the decade firmly back in style, watchmakers are keen to give it all another go.
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The chronograph watch: 'You can use it to time a furlong, a boat race, a lap of a Grand Prix or, for that matter, an egg'The chronograph watch is quite at home throughout the Season, from clocking the fastest at the finishing line to tottering through Champagne-drenched enclosures.
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'The watch is Head Boy of men’s accessorising': Ginnie Chadwyck-Healey and Tom Chamberlin's Summer Season style secretsWhen it comes to dressing for the Season, accessories will transform an outfit. Ginnie Chadwyck-Healey and Tom Chamberlin, both stylish summer-party veterans, offer some sage advice.
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Jumping hours, guichets and visual theatre: The biggest trend from Watches and Wonders explainedMiniature window displays replaced traditional watch hands at this year's Watches and Wonders fair.
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Everything you need to know about the stealth red carpet tease and Breitling’s new Top Time B31 watch — as seen on Austin Butler’s wristIn the space of a month, Breitling has signed Austin Butler as a brand ambassador, launched a new collection and snapped up a dormant brand.
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Horology with horsepower: Girard-Perregaux unveils new watch in collaboration with Aston MartinThe Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition is covered in 15 ultra-fine layers of automotive paint.
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Right on time: Our Luxury Editor’s favourites from LVMH Watch WeekDoesn’t time go by so fast? LVMH Watch Week is back for its sixth iteration and there are plenty of new and old faces to marvel at, says Hetty Lintell.
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The £20,000 watch made from the wing of a Spitfire shot down in the Second World WarThe ultimate enthusiast's timepiece?
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Jonathan Self: My 146-year-old timepiece is the antithesis of the smartwatches — and it's all the better for itHow lovely to have a beautiful watch to order your life, says Jonathan Self; but how much better to have no need of one at all.
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How many of today's best watches are inspired by the great watches of the pastRetro-inspired wristwatches will endure says Robin Swithinbank, as he charts the timepieces looking both backwards and forwards.
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Patek Philippe and G. Collins & Sons: The perfect matchWatch Country Life's Luxury Editor Hetty Lintell in conversation with G. Collins & Sons where they delve deeper into Patek Philippe as a brand, and specifically their World Time watches.
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The best smart watches with traditional faces, from a classic Tag to one that's 'like having a doctor on your wrist'Balance cutting edge technology with tradition and style with our list of smartwatches that look like...well, regular watches.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: A watch that's older than planet earth, the ultimate bowl for tasteful dogs and saving the planet via the medium of cashmereIf Nero were alive today, he wouldn't have fiddled while Rome burns — he'd have bought stuff off the internet. And this is the page he'd have come to in order to help make his choices, where he'd have found the weird and wonderful as picked out by Victoria Marston and Toby Keel.
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The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: The Ministry of Defence's watch of choice, the perfect gift for the perfect puppy and our weekly wine blastAnother week has gone by in which producers and purveyors of goods have asked themselves not 'what does the world need?' but a far greater question: 'What does the world absolutely not need, but still whimsically wish for?'
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10 magnificent men's watches good enough to pass down as heirloomsWe asked ten of the world’s finest watchmakers to nominate a timepiece which they believe will stand the test of time.
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How military watches have come from First World War necessity to 21st century iconMilitary watches have come a long way from the trenches of the First World War – today, they're the choice of the gentleman who prefers utilitarian timepieces, and hugely collectable. Robin Swithinbank charts their rise.
