What do Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin all have in common? Yes, they do make up the top three best watchmakers in the world, but there's something else they share: they...

At just 30 metres below the water's surface, the nitrogen that makes up 78% of our breathable air will get you high. Like laughing gas. At 40 metres, the mellow high starts to degrade, and narcosis...

Sitting at either end of the watchmaking spectrum, there are mechanical watches and there are digital watches. They couldn't be further apart. Think digital watch and you think of the Casio G-Shock...

If you're reading this article, chances are you've followed the same journey trodden by many before and found yourself considering an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch. And so you should; it's a brilliant...

Omega's Planet Ocean is something of a staple of the brand's line-up, and it feels like it's been around for ever—but that's not that case. The year before it appeared on the wrist of James Bond...

The release of a new limited edition by Omega probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone. The brand has made something of a habit of releasing special edition models—from Seamaster Bond watches...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it—or so the adage goes. That’s more or less Rolex’s approach when releasing new models. The brand avoids drastic revisions to its watches, because it can be a dangerous...

3,000 tonnes of Saturn 5 rocket, consuming fuel at fifteen tonnes per second, travelling 240,000 miles away from Earth, at a cost equivalent today of £25 billion, is perhaps one of the most ludicrous...

Black and steel. Lots of black and steel. The average watch display has all the vibrance of a February puddle—but as we slowly amble towards spring, it’s time to look at something with a bit...

Carbon is the sixth most abundant element in the universe. It makes up the thinnest material in the world, graphene (measured in a single sheet at 0.15 nanometres, 650,000 times thinner than...

So who are Stowa, anyway? Founded in 1927, Stowa are a German manufacturer of typically sober watches and one of the five (alongside A. Lange & Söhne, IWC, Laco and Wempe) to make pilot's watches...

What you're looking at here is the result of one man's life's work—John Harrison. Lured by a prize of £20,000 (the equivalent of just under £3million today), he set aside his entire existence...