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Anyone fortunate enough to attend the grand opening in Hamburg would agree: Wempe, the family business founded in 1878, and the stunning Kontorhaus at Stubbenhuk 10 seem perfectly matched. In early May 2025, Kim-Eva Wempe and her children, Chiara and Scott, proudly unveiled this innovative, high-quality watch service centre to a host of guests. ‘It…

Mangas here, sushi there. Zen Buddhism meets street style, and the crowds of Tokyo's Shibuya district meet the snowy dreamscapes of Hokkaidō. There's no doubt about it: viewed from afar, Japan conjures up a wide variety of associations. Clichés mingle with nostalgia, but in the end, what unites them all is the conviction that faraway…

Young people tend to face one of their biggest challenges in life after leaving school, as, often for the very first time, they begin to plan their professional future. Although the choice is almost limitless, many have not yet been able to sharpen their horizons enough to survey the variety of careers available in much…

In this article, we delve into the world of the Royal Oak Offshore – a watch that caused heated discussions when it was launched, and simultaneously set a bold new trend at Audemars Piguet: that of larger sized watches. Hardly any other model has had such a lasting impact on the brand, turned into a…

Timepieces promising the highest level of precision and craftsmanship are known to come from Switzerland. But horological precision can also be ‘made in Germany’, just as Glashütte Original proves in the diver’s watch category. Although diver’s watches do not centre around major complications, which are regarded as the pinnacle of watchmaking, they are nevertheless technically…

Founded in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot, Zenith has long held its own unique place in the world of Swiss watchmaking. Increasingly favoured by collectors and regarded as a brand that has long blended innovation with technical skill, it is above all rooted in the legacy of the iconic El Primero movement and the brand-defining watches that…

When I began my professional entry into the watch industry five years ago, there was no Alpine Eagle. Rather, my first direct contact with Chopard was, as my editor put it at the time, by baptism of fire, as I attended Baselworld on my second week on the job. The year was 2018, and Chopard’s…

To mark the 70th anniversary of Breguet's Type XX pilot's watches, Emmanuel Breguet, the last descendant of company founder Abraham-Louis Breguet, took a good long look at the manufacture’s pioneering work in aviation. His findings soon revealed the important horological and historical role that the watchmaker played in the manufacture of precise onboard instruments, wristwatches…

Löbner. Never heard of it? Neither had we. Yet this new German luxury watch brand has the potential to shake up the field of coveted steel sports chronographs – thanks, in part, to its unique history. When the news reached us that retailer Bucherer had unveiled a new German luxury watch brand in Berlin on…

What is watch collecting really about? For me, it’s primarily about discovering the myriad of ways in which humanity measures time. Time is not a physical but rather an abstract sequence, that we can neither change nor reverse. The way in which timekeeping can be reinvented is infinite. Even today, dials, movements, and complications are…

When Wempe introduced its new watch line Iron Walker two years ago, it aroused our curiosity. Until then, our main interest had steadfastly been in precision mechanics from Swiss manufactures, but with the steel Iron Walker and its integrated straps, an extremely attractive and contemporary German-made line entered the market. What’s more, it came from…

In order to understand this article as a watch enthusiast or a collector: forget the Louis Vuitton stereotype. Forget the queues going round the corner and burly bouncers at the door. Forget the logo. We are here to understand the real Louis Vuitton. The French maison. The company founded in Paris in 1854, by an…