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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    HTSI
    Thought the petrol Jaguar was dead? Think again

    A recreation of a racing car from the 1960s could sell for £25mn – we get the first drive

    The “True Spirit of XJ13” Jaguar recreation
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
    Hand of history brings Belfast into the world of horology

    Start-up Nomadic Watches is one of the latest ventures that is building on the city’s engineering heritage

    A man sitting in a leather chair in a stylish, dimly lit room with modern decor, featuring framed artwork, a globe, and a Nomadic-branded pillow
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
    Deconstructed watch: Chopard LUC Full Strike ‘Día de los Muertos’

    The 11th iteration of this special edition is the most ambitious yet, with its combination of minute repeater and mosaic dial

    A close-up of a luxury Chopard watch held by a hand, featuring an intricate dial design with a mosaic-style skull pattern in red, black, and white, and visible mechanical components
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    The watchmaking odd couple and their passion (fruit) project

    High-end H Moser’s tie-up with playful upstart Studio Underd0g is not its first poke at the industry

    Two luxury wristwatches with vibrant yellow and purple dials are placed on a dark slate surface, next to a sliced passion fruit that complements the color scheme of the watches
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed watch: Bovet Récital 28 Prowess 1

    This is the first mechanical timepiece that can set daylight saving for world timezones with a press of the crown

    A front view of a Bovet wristwatch showcasing its detailed world time display, visible tourbillon mechanism, day, date, and month functions, all encased in a polished metal case with a black leather strap
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Goodwood’s watch ambassadors prop up its classic car revival

    Rolex reaffirms its long-term commitment to the vintage race event while the future of its F1 sponsorship is in doubt

    Racegoers watch as a classic car takes part in a race during the opening day of Goodwood Revival at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester on September 8, 2023.
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed watch: Porsche Design Chronograph 1 — 50 years 911 Turbo Edition

    The latest version of the titanium black piece commemorates the 50th anniversary of another, albeit four-wheel, design classic — the Porsche 911 Turbo

    Close-up of a Porsche Design chronograph watch with a black dial and red and white details. It also features a tachymeter scale and beige fabric strap with a ‘turbo’ tag
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Dials that rock: how meteorite watches became hot property

    Unique shapes and a perceived rarity value have led to premium prices for high-end pieces

    A smiling man with glasses and tattoos on his arms proudly displays a collection of meteorites on a wooden table
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed watch: Casio G-Shock MR-G 2100B

    The latest rugged luxury model of the kigumi-inspired watch combines hand-finishing with high-tech metals

  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Chanel and Hermès fire imagination with fashion-inspired watches

    The two houses have been praised for their horological creativity in a market many critics say is lacking that

  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed Watch: IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar

    The double disc moon phase piece is designed to remain accurate for millions of years

  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    InterviewWatches & Jewellery
    Yvan Arpa: ‘Looking back, I think I did too much crazy stuff’

    The maverick watchmaker known for creating pieces with bullets and blood talks about innovating with more conventional materials

    Yvan Arpa, in a colourful polo shirt and jeans, sitting on a parked motorcycle
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed Watch: Tag Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph

    The model made famous by Steve McQueen in ‘Le Mans’ is back in a new, highly engineered version

  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Bremont changes design language to seek a wider appeal

    Under new management, the UK watchmaker’s latest models are focusing on more general concepts of adventure, aimed at younger buyers

    A man in a suit and glasses pose for the camera, partially turning to the side. His left hand is placed in his left pocket. He is inside a workshop
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed Watch: Christopher Ward Bel Canto

    The British watchmaker’s low-cost chiming timepiece with a Swiss-made base movement

  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    The Maison Alcée high-end clock kit teaching the art of horology at home

    The DIY clock containing 233 components beat high-end creators at the industry ‘Oscars’

    Founder Alcée Montfort with an assembled Persée Azur
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Historic watchmakers return for LVMH fair

    Gérald Genta’s brand to exhibit again after 40 years at the fifth edition of the annual showcase, now part of an expanding watch show calendar

    A landscape view of Miami Design District
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Ayrton Senna’s Tag Heuer watch finds its way back home

    Former marketing manager donates prototype handed to him by the F1 driver before 1994’s fatal race

    A man wearing white gloves with a watch in front of him
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    HTSI
    The secrets of a boy racer

    It started with a trike – and ended up with a Harley-Davidson

    The author rides a trike on his third birthday in 1967
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed watch: Andersen Genève Tempus Terrae

    A world timer made under the auspice of Svend Andersen, whose complications include the thinnest such model ever made

  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Hong Kong vies with Geneva for global top spot in vintage watch sales

    Local auction houses report an increasingly affluent and younger audience as rare OAK collection heads to Asia

    Man looking at a collection of watches displayed on a table
  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed watch: Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref 6002G-001

    The back of the 44mm watch features a secondary dial intricately decorated with a sky chart

  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Pininfarina accelerates into hybrid smartwatches

    Italian car designer taps into the expertise of Hong Kong-based Globics for the first in a series of sophisticated models

    Picture shows the right leg and arm of a man in a car driving
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
    Deconstructed watch: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Flyback Chronograph

    Ever since the Richemont takeover, the watchmaker has majored on producing highly complex skeletonised and heavily-styled watches in small editions

    Close up of the Excalibur Spider Flyback Chronograph
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Dial names set sail for year of the ‘boat watch’

    Marquee events such as the America’s Cup and advances in timepiece-based nautical tech are spawning a wave of new models

    The yacht, Moonbeam IV sets sail against a cloudy sky
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