The idea for Project 21 watch is based on a unique collector’s dinner that took place in Singapore. Ming Thein, founder of the watch company, convinced ten collectors to buy a watch that he would ...
Zenith’s Defy Zero Gravity watch isn’t just a fancy name. It actually does defy gravity. Its patented escapement is akin to the tourbillon, which was designed to compensate for the effects of gravity ...
Seiko is one of the most beloved watch brands in the world because it offers unrivaled value at every price level, across a vast catalog of designs that covers every imaginable taste and need. When ...
It would be fair to call Horage a research facility rather than a watchmaker. After launching its first in-house movement in 2009, the Swiss startup surpassed replicating traditional designs and ...
This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. Anyone who’s ever had to repair a luxury timepiece knows the drill: ...
Last month, a surreptitious early glimpse of TAG Heuer’s full-scale revival—officially revealed today—of its iconic plastic-cased 1980s watch, the “Formula 1,” appeared in the fitting setting of the ...
In 1883, Austrian watchmaker Josef Pallweber designed a unique timepiece display mechanism that he subsequently licensed to the International Watch Company. Rather than use conventional watch hands, ...
Welcome to Watch Guy Watches, GQ’s monthly curation of high-end timepieces for the true watch nerds among us. This February, IWC’s shock-absorbing watch gets a makeover; Parmigiani combines platinum ...
This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. Sign up here. In April 2023, I bumped into Mark Cho in the arid halls of the Palexpo, the vast ...