What Pre-Souscription is the Journe, this is to Daniel Roth. Those who know the master’s early work will notice, this dial is a little unusual. First, it’s Clous de Paris and not pinstripe guilloché. Second and more notably, the plaques engraved with ‘Daniel Roth’ and ‘Numero’ are in contrasting yellow...

The 25558 is the ultimate evolution of the 5548, produced from 1988 until 1993 to celebrate the resurgence of complicated mechanical watchmaking to Switzerland. 146 examples were made in 18k yellow gold. They're divided into two case types, this earlier extruded pusher and a later flat pusher. Arguably, this is...

The 5070 is a very significant reference to Patek Philippe. It marks success, even excess, and the triumphant return of the humble chronograph. You see, chronograph production through the later part of the last century was anything but continuous at Patek Philippe. It went 1463 from the early 1940s until...

Before the Datograph Honey-Lumen or Handwerkskunt, there was this. It doesn’t fall neatly into any normal Lange category despite debuting in the 1815 collection. And it was out of chronology, Lange did the advanced homework first. They conquered the Double Split (splitting minutes and seconds) in 2004, Pour Le Mérite...

Middle Eastern dials are not all equal. They’re all fantastically interesting, from UAE Armed Forces Datejusts to Oman Day-Dates or even Syrian Explorer IIs, all of these watches call back to a time in Rolex when the brand was more personable and willing to go more than the extra mile...

The Ellipse case might just be one of the most timeless shapes the 1970s produced, the age of the Jet Set and turmoil simultaneously. This ref. 3738 is one of the longest-lived references in Patek Philippe, arguably the height of Ellipse. It spanned 1984 until around 2009 and four main...