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6005ST Audemars Piguet Rectangular Royal Oak
To some, this is one of the most blasphemous watches to come out of Le Brassus. It wears the name Royal Oak, but…
‘Orange Boy’ 11630 Heuer Autavia
In watches, as most luxuries, there is often an asymptotic relationship between the amount a watch commands and the extra value you receive.…
‘Padellone’ 3448/1 Patek Philippe
If you didn’t know watches, you’d probably think being nicknamed ‘frying pan’ was an insult. But when Padellone (the Italian) precedes Patek Philippe,…
Chinese Dial Cartier CPCP Tank Cintrée Dual Time
China has 160 cities with over a million people. Their intense public transport spending has meant the entire country is connected by high…
1 of 10 London Edition Urban Jürgensen Big 8
The subtlety of one color can make a watch. I feel, perhaps too strongly, that British racing green may in fact be the…
H40 Roger Dubuis Hommage Monopusher in Rose Gold
It is an unfortunate truth that, in our little world, hommage is often a dirty word. This doesn’t have to be the case,…
1807 Bark Finish, Havana Dial Rolex Day-Date
At the risk of being terribly passé, I’m about to quote myself. Sorry. In writing about about different 1803 a few months back,…
Mk2 072/001 Enicar Sherpa Graph
Before Rolex had named anything the Daytona, before Paul Newman had a salad dressing or Cosmograph named after him, and before the Speedmaster…
J14066 ‘Left Crown’ Seiko Crown
James May, an intelligent man, once stated that ‘No one truly understands electricity.’ He’s right. I have a degree in physics. I can…
Comex 16610 Rolex Submariner
When Rolex turns to you for expertise, you’re doing something right. That was role of Comex in 1970, a French dive company that…
BA 345.0802 Omega Speedmaster
Omega gave the world the 861 Speedmaster in 1968. Despite many loupe-carrying nerds decrying the changover from column wheel to cam switching, the…
SAS 216570 Rolex Explorer II
It’s really not often that the rear of a watch without a display back is more captivating than dial-side. It’s all a bit…
‘State of Qatar’ 16014 Rolex Datejust
Trigger warning here, I’m about to assault an icon. I’ve always found the name Datejust a bit hilariously apologetic. It’s as if Hans…
