The beauty of a mechanical watch comes down to the movement ticking within, and for the most part it’s completely hidden from view. Even with a sapphire case back, it’s a shame to hide the mastery...

Every year a handful of watchmakers release a special watch to usher in the Chinese New Year. As a result, we often see limited-edition pieces adorned with creatures from mythical dragons to...

When the early 20th century business moguls Henry Graves and James Ward Packard—the Bezos and Musk of their day—competed with each other to own the world’s most complicated watch...

While £1,000 won’t get you the best watch—not by a long shot—it can still get you a good watch, and even a great one. Choose carefully, do the research, and you’ll find something worth hanging...

It's only a matter of time before the title “Watch consultant” regularly appears in the closing credits of TV series, with wardrobe assistants and prop masters becoming increasingly aware that...

Besides being a crack shot, a cold-blooded killer and having a chameleon-like knack for changing appearances, we’d wager that good timing is also one of the requirements of being a successful...

The White Lotus is a black-comedy drama that explores the lives and antics of a handful of guests staying at an international chain of luxurious hotels of the same name. In series one, our holidayers...

Released in 2024 on Netflix, The Gentlemen sees English aristocrats pitted against ruthless London gangsters, along with a medley of religious fanatics, Irish travellers and an Albanian drug...

In one episode of The Sopranos, ageing old-school mob boss Carmine Lupertazzi reprimands the show’s main character, Tony Soprano, for wearing beachwear at a family barbecue. “A don doesn’t wear...

Don Draper, Roger Sterling and the rest of the so called “Mad Men” of the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency influenced a generation of 21st-century males who bought into the impeccable...

Succession has become one of the most talked-about TV series in recent years with people speculating over who would become the next top dog of family-owned media empire, Waystar Royco. The black-comedy...

Shut your eyes, stick a pin in a map of the world and there’s a decent chance it’ll land on a country with some kind of watch industry—be it large factories churning out cheap quartz models or...