Blog posts from Andy Callan

The world’s of luxury watch manufacturing and professional motorsport have long been intertwined. In fact, there are huge numbers of timepieces out there which have been inspired by and even named after either the competing vehicles themselves, or some of the events in which they race. So we have Breitling for Bentley, Chopard’s Mille Miglia […]

There aren’t many of them, but there are a handful of watches you would be able to identify merely by their outline. Panerai’s Luminor is definitely one. Patek’s Nautilus is probably another. Maybe the Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso. However, surely the TAG Heuer Monaco ranks right up there among the most recognizable forms in horology, ever. […]

You might not believe it, but the Swatch Group-owned luxury watch brand, Longines actually held fourth spot in market share sales last year. Although nowhere near the top, which was obviously Rolex with an unassailable 24.9%, Longines’ 6.2% was beaten only by Omega (8.8%) and by Cartier, who just edged ahead with 6.7%. It is […]

One of the great joys of this job is getting to meet others who share a passion for horology. Recently, I had the pleasure of doing just that when I met the creator of a new startup who, after years of traveling and adventuring, has returned home to Belfast in Northern Ireland to form his […]