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  • The George Daniels Space Traveller I Sells For $4.6 Million

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    Earlier today, Sotheby’s London sold the George Daniels Space Traveller I for a whopping $4.6 million, making it the most expensive English watch to ever sell at auction. There’s little question that George Daniels is one of the greatest watchmakers… Read More ›

  • Jony Ive’s most iconic Apple designs

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    Ive’s involvement in the design of Apple’s HQ Apple Park could well have given him the taste to move beyond designing tech (just don’t mention the monitor stand)… More here. A bit of an obvious list, but they are all… Read More ›

  • Gun Zapped

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    If you know the story behind ArchieLuxury and TGV you will find this hilarious. If you don’t, you will probably (remarkably) like Archie more than TGV by the end of it…

  • The Apple TimeBand

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    Created as a concept piece by the “Industrial Design Group” who displayed it on the March/April 1991 back cover of Industrial Design magazine, it has buttons on the left that imply phone connectivity and print service. On the screen, menu… Read More ›

  • Is the Apple Pencil the next killer iPhone feature?

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    Apple is obviously not going to be releasing a foldable phone this year. To attempt to do so at this time would be to have little regard for their customers and to effectively let them beta test a new technology… Read More ›

  • Vintage gold watches

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    I recently bought a vintage gold Avia Incabloc watch for not much money at all and I have been more than surprised by how I feel about it. It is quite small and very thin, at least in comparison to… Read More ›

  • Reunited with £10,000 Rolex lost overboard 20 years ago

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    The yacht engineer was given the precious engraved Rolex Submariner in 1998 by his now deceased former employer and friend, Italian businessman Raul Gardini, who had an estimated £2.2 billion fortune at the time. But he lost his beloved watch… Read More ›

  • Timex X Nigel Cabourn Referee

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    For his much anticipated second collaboration with Timex, Nigel looks back to his boyhood in 1950s Scunthorpe and his love of the beautiful game for inspiration. Paying homage to the footballing greats of this era he’s taken reference from referee… Read More ›

  • Bye Jony

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    Apple’s chief design officer Jonathan Ive will depart the company later this year, bringing an end to a tenure spent crafting some of technology’s most influential products, including the iPhone. Ive, who has led Apple’s design team since 1996, is… Read More ›

  • Saving the ocean. Really?

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    Watches have been linked to the ocean forever. From the marine chronometers invented by John Harrison in the 1700s to the first ever waterproof watch case, the Oyster, from Rolex in 1926. And now with so many issues floating to… Read More ›