Understanding the tactile pleasure of hand-winding a mechanical watch, British microbrand Farer has just unveiled its first manually wound collection. It’s comprised of three timepieces — the Stanhope ...

British watchmaker Farer has been making travel watches for several years now, both in quartz and automatic forms. While their previous automatic GMT, which featured a fixed, stepped bezel and a thin ...

I'm a big fan of the GMT complication on watches. In fact, I'd go as far as saying it's the most useful complication you can get on watch – that's part of the reason why my Christopher Ward C63 ...

Sweet. I can haz new watchface, though? Heavens above. Everything for you is so temporary, isn’t it? To be skinned, or recoded, or discarded without a thought. Well, check your mirrors and apply the ...

The days are getting longer, the temperature is rising and the sun is finally starting to shine. Summer is on its way, and that means it’s time for you to pick up a bright new watch. We love adding a ...

Aside from the occasional power cut or commemorative event – such as Winston Churchill's state funeral in 1965 – the famous Piccadilly Lights have very rarely been switched o since their installation ...

Watchmakers have been customizing timepieces for different activities for years. Look around long enough and you'll find watches made for racecar drivers, divers, and even scientists. But what about ...

Microbrands have grown out of the huge watch boom of the past decade, a symptom of market repositioning that has seen many established brands desert the entry-level entirely, with most running scared ...