Step into a modern sports club in Miami, Los Angeles, or New York and you’re likely to hear a distinctive sound: a ball snapping crisply off glass walls, followed by quick footwork, laughter, and animated chatter. This isn’t tennis, and it’s not pickleball either. It’s padel—one of the fastest-growing racquet sports in the world and…
For than a decade, Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibitions have served as immersive gateways into one of watchmaking’s most revered maisons. Staged only occasionally and always with great intention, these exhibitions…
Watch brands are no longer content timing the usual suspects. Formula 1, tennis, and yachting may have laid the groundwork, but today’s partnerships are pushing into faster, louder, unexpected…
(Updated February 2, 2026) It’s Groundhog Day here in America — a day designated to the furry creature who emerges from his burrow to determine whether or not spring is…
Swiss independent brand Armin Strom—a manufacture long respected for its mastery of skeletonization, constant-force mechani, decorative dials and quietly radical engineering—recently released the Armin Strom Tribute 2 Aurum. While the…
Ten years ago, while working the BaselWorld show—an institution that has since, sadly, faded into history—I stepped into the Bulova booth expecting what the brand had long been good at…
As many watch brands continue to revisit the aesthetics of the 1970s and 1980s—despite recent claims of a broader return to the ’90s—Frederique Constant is loing to an earlier age…
After 40 years in the watch and jewelry industry, I have witnessed brands rise, evolve, regroup—and sometimes simply wait for their next chapter. I have covered moments of inspired creativity…
When Vacheron Constantin and Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announced the creation of the world’s first Concours d’Élégance dedicated entirely to timepieces last week, it was immediately clear…
Today in Milan, LVMH Watch Week takes place, the Group’s annual January showcase where its leading Maisons unveil the timepieces that will set the tone for the year ahead. In…
Forty years is a long time to spend inside one industry—and an even longer time to remain curious, and still learning, about it. Standing in a room filled with so…
By now, most watch rs have heard of Man of the Hour. The press release has made its rounds, the trailer has done the circuit, and words like artistry, innovation,…
Yesterday, we brought you a Year of the Horse watch from another brand—and we’ll continue to do so in the coming weeks as watchmakers around the world mark the approach…