The perfect diver’s watch doesn’t exi … Generally speaking, dive watches do not attract superlatives; unless one is introduced, which sets a new record for water resistance, there isn’t a whole lot to say, for several reasons. Of all the types of watches, diver’s watches are the ones where there is the least amount of...

Top picks for different dads: we do the deciding, so you don’t have to. We all know the feeling of dread that comes from waiting until the last minute (except for those rare few of us who actually plan ahead; I don’t). Once a year we get a chance to show Dad he’s in our...

It’s been 26 years since F.P. Journe launched the Chronomètre à Résonance – and the watches are more fascinating than ever. Everyone has their favorites, but if there is a single F.P. Journe watch which that really represents more than any other, what makes his approach to watchmaking unique, it is probably the Chronomètre à...

The accuracy of a watch depends partly on how fast it ticks. Watches are many different things to many different people, but the basic job of any watch is to tell the time. The accuracy of the watch has been improving steadily ever since the first watches developed from small clocks, around the beginning of...

The Moonwatch was never meant to go into space, but it did. Here’s how Omega’s kept it up to date – and why, for a Mars mission, a mechanical Speedy might be the way to go. The Omega Speedmaster Professional was launched in 1957 and although today, it’s known around the world as the Moonwatch,...

Ceramics for most of history were fragile and delicate. Modern engineering ceramics changed all that, and watchmaking has never been the same. Making ceramic watches is a fairly new phenomenon, and with good reason. Nobody knows when the first ceramics were made, but the first evidence we have of pit fired clay vessels is from...