BeckerTime BLOG

For the first time in living memory, this year’s new Rolex releases were announced somewhere other than the annual horology extravaganza that is (or rather, used to be) Baselworld. Although the majority of the show chosen as a replacement, Watches & Wonders (previously known as SIHH) was forced onto an online platform, it was as […]

Luxury Swiss brand, Longines was founded in 1832, making it one of the oldest watchmaker’s still in existence. While they have a long history of pioneering innovation behind them, they are also a manufacture which clearly cherishes the tried and tested; the Longines headquarters has remained in the same Jura mountain village for the last […]

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. […]