Christopher Ward has always had a diverse range of styles and complications within their collections from divers to GMTs and jump hours, but one complication that has been conspicuously absent is the ...

When Tissot introduced the watch that would become the PRX in 1978, it was a quartz sports watch. Now, with the Tissot PRX Quartz Chronograph, the collection’s chronograph runs on quartz for the first ...

Whether it’s the art deco elegance of the 1920s, the jet-setting of the 1950s, or the golden age of underwater exploration in the 1960s, watches have gone through plenty of different eras – each with ...

While Oceaneva’s bread and butter are overengineered tool watches capable of tackling both the rigours of daily life and the extreme depths, they have steadily been expanding their remit to include ...

Panerai has launched a trio of new Luminor models at 42mm, the PAM01710, PAM01711 and PAM01714. They’re based on a pair of the brand’s most significant historical references, the PAM Luminor Ref. 5218 ...

I’ve written about a lot of Grand Seiko watches over the past five years at Oracle Time but this one stands out. Instead of the usual mix of artisanal dial finishing and nature inspired patterns, it’s ...

The quartz crisis has a lot to answer for in modern watchmaking, a 1970s disaster whose repercussions are still felt today. One of the brands affected was Nivada Grenchen, who were never able to ...

It’s the 30 th anniversary of Vacheron Constantin’s Overseas collection, which first debuted in 1996 as a successor to the integrated bracelet design of the legendary 222. The 222 has since been ...

Venezianico’s dedication to their Italian heritage led them to collaborate with OISA 1937 to produce a bespoke Italian-made movement for their high end watches. Those watches are the Redentore Utopia ...

If you look at Universal Genève’s historical icons – the Polerouter, Compax, and Tri-Compax – they have one thing in common: they are all tool watches. They’re watches built as professional ...

In 1947, a 15-year-old boy came home from school to find his father wrestling with a problem he couldn’t solve. Charles-Edouard Heuer had just taken a request from Walter Haynes, president of the ...

Rolex has done something it almost never does: it has taken a collector nickname and made it the official model name. Unveiled in Milan on 15 September 2026, the Perpetual Padellone is a 39mm complete ...