The Best Day Date Watches
There have been plenty of times over the last year and a half—alternatively in lockdown then not in lockdown, in the office and then working from home—when I’ve completely lost track of what day of the week it is (and what month, on occasion). In circumstances like that, a day-date watch of some kind would […]
Rolex Watches Discontinued In 2021
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 […]
The Beckertime Brand Series: Longines
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 TAG Heuer Carrera
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 […]