Although Bulova has been owned by the Japanese watch giant Citizen since 2008, it has its roots in the US where Czech-born Joseph Bulova opened a small jewellery store in…

In last year’s Precision special we told the story of how the Tudor trademark was created after Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf saw an opening for a collection of high-quality watches…

Rolex evoked the wonders of the galaxy with its Space-Dweller watch of 1963, followed it up four years later with the Sea-Dweller extreme dive watch and then set about catering…

Plenty of luxury watch brands have sought to attract wealthy riders from the two-wheeled world by making motorcycle-inspired timepieces. During the early 2000s the now dormant JeanRichard collaborated with MV…

I’m just back from a motorcycle ride: eight days, 2000 miles from Copenhagen to Norway’s North Cape, the place they call ‘the end of the world’, inset, below. The Arctic…

1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider Competizione Sold by Gooding Christie’s, £18.8m  There were gasps of amazement at RM Sotheby’s Maranello sale in 2012 when Chris Evans splashed out a…

In 1994, 95 million viewers are reported to have tuned in to watch a white Ford Bronco being pursued by up to 20 police cars at a stately 35mph along…

European and UK manufacturers ranging from Iso to De Tomaso and from Jensen to Sunbeam saw an easy route to performance by fitting big American V8 engines into their relatively…

1976 Ford Escort RS1800 Sold by Historics Auctioneers, £276,848 If anyone had suggested 20 years ago that a Mk2 Ford Escort would sell for more than a quarter of a…

The Sea Lion automotive name might have been nabbed by modern-day electric vehicle maker BYD but, back in 2012, it was aptly used on the remarkable creation you see pictured…

There can be few more genteel supercar showrooms than the one situated in the Orangery at Tollerton Hall, the magnificent Nottinghamshire stately home owned by entrepreneur and avid car collector…

This time last year it was announced at the annual Geneva Watch Days that the world’s second-oldest dial name would return – despite not having made a single timepiece in…