BeckerTime BLOG

One of haute horlogerie’s most revered names, A. Lange & Söhne has had a long yet disjointed history. From humble beginnings to a position at the top of the watchmaking food chain, followed by tragic destruction and loss and, finally, a tale of restoration, the brand’s story is worthy of an art house movie. Today, […]

The appeal of square watches has waxed and waned over the years. Obviously, there is nothing to say a watch has to be any particular shape at all, save for it being wearable and comfortable on the wrist. But there’s no doubt that square timepieces used to be more popular in the earliest days of […]

Pitting the Rolex GMT-Master II against the Tudor Heritage Black Bay GMT is a bit like the current Rolex model going into battle with itself 60-years ago. While the GMT-Master series as an entity can trace its origins back to the middle of the 20th century, the contemporary version is as cutting-edge as it is […]

One of the industry’s relative newcomers, French brand Bell & Ross also has one of the strongest identities in the business. With the needs of professional aviators clearly the main source of inspiration, they have created some of the most distinctive pilot’s watches available, all bending to their establishing idea of ‘function shaping form’. What […]