Luxury Smart Watches
The recent stratospheric rise of the Smart Watch must have been regarded with abject terror in Switzerland. Within the boardrooms of most of the major traditional houses, there will undoubtedly be those who still remember only too well the utter carnage wrought by the Quartz Crisis—being that it ended not that long ago. It would […]
Reef-Furbished—One Aussie Surfer’s Incredible Rolex Find
Every now and again, Rolex’s unparalleled marketing department can afford to take a day off and simply let the product do the talking for them. One such incident occurred recently in Australia, when world-ranked surfer and conservation enthusiast, Matt Cuddihy stumbled upon a Rolex Submariner while on a snorkeling expedition, and just before it was […]
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 […]