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The Beckertime Rivalry Series: Patek Philippe Versus A. Lange & Söhne
Wouldn’t it be lovely if the biggest problem you had in your life was having to choose from which of these two extraordinary manufacturers you were going to buy your next watch?! Unlike with some of the brands featured in our ongoing ‘Rivalry’ series, the incredible quality displayed by our two players this week means […]
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Rolex’s Most Impressive ‘Off-Catalog’ Watches
Unlike virtually every other luxury watch manufacturer, Rolex has never really gone in for special editions. The likes of Omega seem to launch a limited variant of their Sea or Speedmaster every other week, usually stretching the meaning of the word ‘limited’ to breaking point. Even the highest of high-end brands, like Patek Philippe, have […]
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The Beckertime Comparison Series: The Men’s Yacht-Master Versus the Ladies Yacht-Master of the 2010s
To recycle an old football cliché, the contemporary Rolex Yacht-Master range really is a game of two halves. For a series comprised of only 12 watches, you will not find one anywhere else in the brand’s canon with such a down-the-middle divide in its aesthetics. On the one hand, you have the classic Yacht-Master look—a […]
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Review: The Rolex Date ref. 1500
Rolex’s Oyster Perpetual Date range is one of the more confusing in the brand’s canon. In fact, the whole of the brand’s dress watch collection from the fifties and sixties can get genuinely perplexing. First released in 1950, the Rolex Date acted as something of a midpoint between two other models, both released five years […]
