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    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      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
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Case study: the evolution of watch storage boxes

      The post-millennium watch-collecting boom was a turning point for Wolf, the British family-run case business

      Simon Wolf photographed  in front of a shelf full of  display boxes
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
      Deconstructed watch: Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE

      A contemporary interpretation of the 2001 signature watch is being positioned as the brand’s new flagship offering

      Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      How Rolex status symbols help fund new artists

      The watchmaker’s finances remain opaque — in contrast to its high-profile support for everything from science to arts mentoring

      Gala Ceremony, The 20th anniversary of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      FT SeriesA summer motoring special
      Moto heaven in Tuscany

      Ride 70s offers vintage bike enthusiasts the rare opportunity to take one of the world’s great road trips

      The author rides the 1974 Moto Guzzi 750S in the hills of Tuscany
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
      Deconstructed watch: A Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual

      The German company’s chronograph, with its signature oversized date, traces its heritage back almost two centuries

      A Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Marquee motor events put watch brands on fast track to buyers

      Sponsoring races and concours shows has long been a way to connect with wealthy, mechanically minded fans

      Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders: Brands mark significant birthdays of sports models

      Rolex, Tag Heuer and Blancpain all have something to celebrate this year

      Ryan Gosling seated inside a sports car
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
      Deconstructed watch: Louis Vuitton Tambour Opera Automata

      Louis Vuitton is tackling one of the most rarefied of all areas of horology with the release of its second — and most complicated — automata watch to date

      Louis Vuitton Tambour Opera Automata
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Megan Young: ‘People ask why watch servicing is so expensive’

      The watchmaker sheds light on how perceptions have changed after the rise of the pre-owned market

      Megan Young at the Watch Atelier service workshop
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      HTSI
      The last emperor of China and the $1mn watch

      A forthcoming auction of an extraordinarily rare watch brings to life the moment the monarch was locked up in a Soviet jail

      Emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi’s Patek Philippe Ref 96
    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
      Deconstructed watch: Oris Calibre 473

      The Swiss company’s new movement celebrates pure clockwork with the best features of an automatic

      wristwatch with a blue face
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      HTSI
      What’s the bid for this rarest of Bugattis?

      One of three surviving Atalante Coupés, the ultimate getaway car is up for auction

      The Bugatti Type 57 Atalante in Paris
    • Saturday, 3 December, 2022
      HTSIHTSI’s 12 top picks from a year in travel
      The mother of all motorcycle rallies

      A trans-Alpine trip from Austria to Monaco tests riders to their limits

      Royal Enfield rider Charlie Thomas takes in a lake view in the Swiss Alps on the Great Malle Mountain Rally
    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      HTSI
      Review: Maserati’s new MC20 Cielo

      Looks, performance and a uniquely revealing retractable roof – Maserati’s latest open-top is a modern classic in the making

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      The rise of British micro watch brands

      Some watchmakers behind the UK’s horological renaissance can be found in the most unusual premises

      Schofield’s Giles Ellis
    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
      Deconstructed Watch: Bremont Supernova

      The stainless steel 40mm wristwatch features an integrated bracelet and its own in-house movement

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Television: the forgotten watch retailer

      Between physical watch retailers and online ordering lies the often ignored market of shopping channels

      Jonathan Bordell
    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Hajime Asaoka: Japanese watchmaker takes on resellers

      Watches go on sale for a short window, hoping to exclude buyers who are after a quick profit

      Hajime Asaoka of Precision Watch Tokyo in his studio workshop
    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      You’ve got the bespoke classic car — make time to find a watch to go with it

      Renowned for customising historic Porsche 911s, California-based company Singer is also building a name for itself with its range of limited-edition, retro-style luxury chronographs

      The Flytrack Barista Edition
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