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Making A Case For The Engagement Watch

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:57:49 +0000

Engagement rings have been around for centuries, with Pope Nicholas I declaring that a gold ring represented a man’s intent to marry in a letter to Boris I of Bulgaria in 860, however, it wasn’t until 1947 that the De Beers “a diamond is forever” slogan and campaign cemented diamond rings as an engagement necessity. While engagement – and more specifically, diamond engagement – rings have certainly enjoyed an illustrious time in the spotlight, conceptions around them are slowly but […]

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Be There & Be Square; The Best Square & Rectangular Watches For Men

John Deckard — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:47:54 +0000

Square watches have come back (a)round, with the silhouette simultaneously contemporary and timeless. Both square and rectangular watches exude a rakish sensibility befitting of a gentleman while remaining definitively on-trend. However, it’s not all Cartier Tanks and Jaeger-LeCoultre Reversos. An increasing number of watch manufacturers are squaring up, creating four-edged cases for those who are more ‘baller’ and less classic – just look at the Hublot Square Bang Unico and the Hermes H08. The best rectangular and square watches for […]

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15 Steel Sports Watches That Are Worth Their Weight In Gold

Theo Rosen — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 10:09:44 +0000

In the horological world, the least costly metal is also the most covetable, with the waiting lists for steel sports watches far surpassing demand for white gold, yellow gold, bronze, and platinum timepieces. While common logic would dictate that the most expensive watches would be those crafted from expensive (i.e. precious) metals, the high demand and—often intentionally created—scarce supply of steel sports watches have seen their prices skyrocket on the secondary market over the past few years. While some models […]

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No Bones About It; These Are The Best Skeletonised Watches In 2026

Tanisha Angel — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:49:02 +0000

Historically, watches have always left a little something to the imagination. Namely, the mechanisms powering them. While exhibition casebacks allow wearers to view the movement from behind, the dial conceals the majority of the magic. Skeletonised, or open-worked, watches put the mechanical complexity behind a timepiece on full display, with the dial serving as a window into the gears, wheels, and bridges that make a watch tick. The best skeleton watches don’t merely slap a sapphire crystal onto the dial […]

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The Best Dress Watches For Men Are Both Classic & Unconventional

Theo Rosen — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:11:49 +0000

What even is a dress watch these days? With Rolex Submariners, Cartier Santoses (Santoe?), Tag Heuer Monacos, and Omega Speedmasters regularly spotted on the wrists of attendees at black tie events, the concept of a dress watch seems almost outdated. However, the glitterati don’t always have it all figured out, and for the rest of us, there is still a time and place for dress watches. What is a dress watch? A dress watch refers to a timepiece intended to […]

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Essentialism Incarnate; The Best Minimalist Watches For Men

Theo Rosen — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 05:18:42 +0000

Distilling watches into their purest essence, the best minimalist watches for men retain only the essentials. Doing away with unnecessary complications, adornments, and embellishments, you won’t find moon phases or jewelled bezels on a minimalist watch. Instead, minimalist watches will tell you the time—and possibly the date—in a sleek, pared-back format. Shunning extraneous elements, watches that employ the principles of minimalist design feature clean, uncluttered dials. It’s important to note that the best minimalist watches do not represent an absence […]

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The Best High-End Luxury Watch Brands Of All Time

Theo Rosen — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 06:05:18 +0000

When it comes to the best luxury watch brands, there are a few key players that immediately spring to mind — Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier, and Audemars Piguet among them. However, the best luxury watch brands go beyond the oft-mentioned names, including heritage stalwarts like A. Lange & Söhne, Blancpain, Breguet, and Vacheron Constantin as well as lesser known gems like Arnold & Son, Greubel Forsey, and Glashütte Original. While you can find excellent—and elegant!—watches at every price point (some […]

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Got Time? These Are The 22 Best Luxury Watch Brands For Women

Tanisha Angel — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 07:40:21 +0000

From the outside, the horological world appears to be dominated by watch bros pontificating about Hulks, Pepsi, and something about the submarine from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. There’s the argument that watches are to men what luxury handbags are to women; though of course watches are regarded as a more ‘serious’ collector’s item. However, the Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Audemars Piguet wristwatches on the wrists of horological enthusiasts and guys trying to signify their status wouldn’t be where […]

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The Patek Philippe Cubitus Is For Those Who To Have Their Santos & Be Nauti(lus) Too

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:33:21 +0000

Look, there on his wrist! It’s a Nautilus! It’s a Santos! It’s a Royal Oak! It’s a drop shipped Temu knocko—no, it’s the new Patek Philippe Cubitus. Something weird has happened. Patek Philippe has launched its first new collection in a quarter of a decade and it’s really…something. The last new collection the Swiss manufacture launched was the Twenty-4 in 1999, a collection that never quite found its stride. Prior to that, it was the Aquanaut in 1997 and the […]

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Every New Patek Philippe Release From Watches & Wonders 2024

Henry Blake — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 07:06:09 +0000

Despite its choke hold over the watch world—and the luxury market at large—for many, the conversation around Patek Philippe begins and ends at the Nautilus. However, it would be remiss to overlook the Swiss manufacture’s high horology pieces. For close to two centuries, Patek Philippe has been bringing haute complications to the table with a robust range of world timers, grand sonneries, and calendar watches under its belt. For Watches & Wonders 2024, Patek Philippe is primarily iterating on its […]

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