The Independents

Every microbrand worth buying under £1,000 is o...

Tudor sells nothing under £1,000, which makes it the one bracket where microbrands win outright. Five that pass one test — you can name the person who made them —...

Every microbrand worth buying under £1,000 is o...

Tudor sells nothing under £1,000, which makes it the one bracket where microbrands win outright. Five that pass one test — you can name the person who made them —...

NH35 vs Miyota 9039 vs SW200: the movement pick...

Three movements power most of the mechanical watch market between £150 and £1,500. Every comparison article ranks them on the spec sheet and hands the win to the Swiss one....

NH35 vs Miyota 9039 vs SW200: the movement pick...

Three movements power most of the mechanical watch market between £150 and £1,500. Every comparison article ranks them on the spec sheet and hands the win to the Swiss one....

How an Automatic Watch Works: One Spring, Slowe...

A fully wound automatic watch is holding about forty-two hours of running energy in a coiled strip of alloy, and if nothing stood in its way, that strip would spend...

How an Automatic Watch Works: One Spring, Slowe...

A fully wound automatic watch is holding about forty-two hours of running energy in a coiled strip of alloy, and if nothing stood in its way, that strip would spend...

Skate shops already won the war watch dealers a...

Nike spent the late 1990s failing to sell skateboard shoes. It had the factories, the athletes, and more money than every skateboard company on earth combined, and none of it...

Skate shops already won the war watch dealers a...

Nike spent the late 1990s failing to sell skateboard shoes. It had the factories, the athletes, and more money than every skateboard company on earth combined, and none of it...

Nomos is the most underpriced manufacture in wa...

Almost nobody who makes watches makes the escapement inside them. That includes brands charging five figures. The balance wheel, hairspring, pallet and escape wheel, the parts that actually keep time,...

Nomos is the most underpriced manufacture in wa...

Almost nobody who makes watches makes the escapement inside them. That includes brands charging five figures. The balance wheel, hairspring, pallet and escape wheel, the parts that actually keep time,...

The Doxa Nobody Photographs

In 1967, Doxa did two things nobody else had: it put a high-visibility orange dial on a dive watch, and it patented a bezel that calculates a no-decompression ascent. All...

The Doxa Nobody Photographs

In 1967, Doxa did two things nobody else had: it put a high-visibility orange dial on a dive watch, and it patented a bezel that calculates a no-decompression ascent. All...