Luxury

If anyone can be credited with transforming the motor car from mere conveyance into a rolling work of art it must be Battista ‘Pinin’ Farina, the Italian designer who was…

Sponsored by WatchPro Salon Engine builders and watchmakers have long shared an affinity for microscopic precision, intricate metalwork and finely-aligned cogs. Next month brings an opportunity to see experts of…

Editor Simon de Burton • Bremont's British belter • Richard Mille's new classic • A Lange & Söhne's prize • Chopard's surprise partnership • Marloe's affordable designs • Omologato invokes…

Rolex If you’ve given up hope of buying a new Rolex Submariner or Cosmograph in steel due to the waiting lists for both, take a look at the more easily…

Precision, Winter 2021 One of the most covetable watches to appear this year was a beautifully nuanced chronograph with a white gold case and a pink gold dial with contrasting,…

Precision, Winter 2021 There is certainly no shortage of British watch brands offering home-grown designs right now, but few can match five-year-old Marloe in the value-for-money stakes. If you’ve never…

Precision, Winter 2021 Copenhagen-based REC this year marked its first decade in the watch business, during which time it has established itself at the forefront of an increasingly popular horological…

Precision, Winter 2021 Although there are myriad watches on the market encompassing every imaginable combination of metals, colours, shapes, sizes and functions, there are few horophiles who have not considered…

Precision, Winter 2021 If you're as much a fan of boats as cars, the name of French watchmaker Michel Herbelin might resonate. Founded by the man himself in 1947 as…

He might only have founded the company six years ago, but it’s fair to say that car-mad Shami Kalra’s Omologato brand has consistently punched above its weight. Omologato majors on…

Precision, Winter 2021 If ever you find yourself accused of spending too much time messing about in old cars, point your complainant in the direction of Karl-Friedrich Scheufele – the…

Precision, Winter 2021 When brothers Nick and Giles English sketched out their initial plan to launch Bremont in 2002, their mission was to help reinvigorate the British watch industry by…

Precision, Winter 2021 It’s 3am on a Sunday and I’m standing near the Mulsanne turn, happily breathing in the smell of burnt rubber, hot oil and exhaust fumes as a…

One brand makes diecast cars with a typical price of £1.99. The other produces watches that sell for £8,000+.  It’s an unlikely collaboration but Hot Wheels and IWC have come…

Bentley and Breitling set a trend for collaborations between luxury car marques and high-end watchmakers when they teamed up in 2002, just a few months before the launch of the…

Although Land Rover’s ‘New’ Defender seems to be gaining some serious traction, demand for original 90 and 110 models shows no sign of waning – in fact, it seems that…

Back in 2005 IWC flew a few watch hacks up to Arjeplog in Sweden, that snowy wasteland where car makers go to develop tyres and anti-lock braking systems, and to…