Tudor at Watches & Wonders 2023
Since they re-entered the fray in earnest back in 2010, Rolex sister brand, Tudor have barely put a foot wrong. Their collection of high-end yet accessibly priced timepieces carry on the original mission laid out by founder Hans Wilsdorf in 1926—to build watches with a quality comparable to Rolex, but costing far less. The Black […]
Rolex Decades: The ‘50s Submariner Versus the ‘60s Submariner
Among the many things for which Rolex is world renowned is the agelessness of their watch designs. With most of their heavy hitters taking shape in the 1950s, there has generally been little else to do with them visually over the subsequent decades other than a subtle alteration here and there—put simply, for the most […]
Rolex Decades: The ‘50s Day-Date Versus the ‘60s Day-Date
Rolex’s Day-Date entered the collection in 1956 and has remained the premier offering from the world’s leading watchmaker ever since. Like the Datejust, from which it took over flagship duties upon its release, the Day-Date was a revelation; the first waterproof, automatically winding wristwatch to display the day of the week written out in full. […]
The Best From Watches & Wonders 2023
This year’s Watches & Wonders event played host to some 48 of the industry’s biggest and best luxury brands during a three-day extravaganza, held in Geneva’s cavernous Palexpo center. Still in its infancy, having been established only last year, W&W hasn’t yet reached quite the scale of the now defunct Baselworld which, at its peak, […]