Bani McSpedden
Financial Review
Switzerland
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The seven new watch brands that Rolex and Patek owners want
Your guide to the most innovative players in the watch market gaining status with timepiece connoisseurs. → Read More
Luxury brand doesn’t expect you’ll buy from its new Sydney store
Vacheron Constantin has made a bold move away from an accent on “selling” to a more nuanced approach. → Read More
‘I’ve had 1000 watches’: Why this fed-up collector is selling them
Tired of the market hype, enthusiast Chris Gardener has culled his collection and kept only the real treasures. → Read More
The $1.8m smiley watch plus 14 more of the latest luxury timepieces
Sales boom while new models from the big guns keep coming; it promises to be a bountiful season of giving. → Read More
Why Giorgio Armani (finally) entered the luxury watch market
The fabled brand might be a byword for style, but oddly enough not when it comes to timepieces. → Read More
The one Apple Watch feature that really shows up the competition
It’s the part of the new smartwatch anchoring it to the wrist that sets it apart from its rivals. → Read More
Wear a gold-cased Mayan rain god on your wrist for $64k
You can thank Genevan watchmaker Le Rhone for this timepiece that features Chaac, the deity of downpours. → Read More
Diver by nature, diva by design: The latest must-have watches
Dive watches have never been more popular. No wonder brands want to preserve their natural habitat. → Read More
This collector wears two luxury watches and owns 5000 more
Aficionado Paxton Wong set up a watch fair to share his passion for timepieces, which all started with his father keeping a gun and an Omega under his pillow. → Read More
As wait lists and prices skyrocket, have we reached peak watch?
Sales might be booming, but myriad challenges are keeping brands cautious. → Read More
Twenty of the best watches coming to your wrist in 2022
Is the watch of your dreams here? The mechanics of time-telling are spawning increasingly beguiling interpretations. → Read More
This Sydney professor is helping to redefine the humble second
Who’d have thought there was much – well, any – elasticity to what constitutes this measurement of time? → Read More
Why this executive goes big with her luxury watch collection
Neha Sandher is part of a new breed of timepiece buyers: engaged, knowledgeable and brand savvy. → Read More
Women’s luxury watches are more flamboyant than ever
Watch brands are shaking off the COVID-19 crunch with increasingly decadent designs and colourful gemstones. → Read More
Four new watches with dials to surprise you
Luxury brands Chanel, Hermès, Dior and Rolex get creative with colour to conjure up timepieces unlike any before. → Read More
Here’s how to source watches that are ‘impossible’ to find
If you thought buying a rapid antigen test was hard, wait until you hear about the Rolex Submariner. → Read More
This $380K machine for your wrist also happens to be a watch
The team from Urwerk have produced a timepiece that’s intriguingly creative yet has true technical chops. → Read More
The independent watch brands threatening Patek Philippe, IWC
The makers we’ve known for decades are under a fresh assault – and it’s not from smart watches. → Read More
New timepieces make a splash as watch world winds up again
Despite the disruption of recent months, watches are back with a bang and looking bigger, bolder and brighter. → Read More
Watch this space: 16 timepieces coming your way this year
You mightn’t be travelling yet, but with watches like this arriving, there’s no reason to deny your wrist a holiday. → Read More