Latest articles by Josh Sims
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Royal Huisman brings superyacht scale to a new age of sail with the 81M Sky project
Royal Huisman’s The Sky project is a mission to build the world’s tallest sloop – we explore the technical challenges of creating a sailing superyacht
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The gold watches to covet now
Gold watches from H Moser & Cie, Fears and Patek Philippe are on our radar for 2026
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Get the glow: the best luminescent watches
Is luminescence the next artistic edge in watchmaking? Here’s how brands from MB&F to Schofield, IWC, Bamford and Bell & Ross are developing exciting, glowing watches
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Friction-free movements will revolutionise the watch industry – why don't we have them yet?
Oil is the reason your mechanical watch requires periodic (and expensive) servicing. Finding ways to do without it altogether remains, as it has been since the 1700s, the holy grail of watchmaking
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The return of the bullhead: the watch design that refuses to conform
Little known outside of watch circles, but enthusiastically collected within them, bullhead watches have always been divisive. Identified by the crown at 12 o’clock, it made design sense – no digging into the wrist, allowing easier function as a stopwatch - but remains a speciality. But now, the bullhead is back
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IWC joins the vintage revival, restoring and reselling archival watches
IWC has started to select and restore pieces from its own back catalogue to sell, joining Cartier, Vacheron and Jaeger LeCoultre who have similar programmes. Does the fact that the major watch houses are now getting in on the vintage watch boom – rather than just reissuing vintage-style watches – represent a tipping point for the watch market?
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Will future mobility be augmented? We don the new Hypershell X Ultra Exoskeleton to find out
Exoskeletons are already widely used in an industrial context. Hypershell believes there’s a market for a leisure version that makes light work of long hikes
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Jamel Shabazz’s photographs are a love letter to Prospect Park
In a new book, ‘Prospect Park: Photographs of a Brooklyn Oasis, 1980 to 2025’, Jamel Shabazz discovers a warmer side of human nature
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Watches have long been linked to space. But are we nearing its final frontier?
From Formex to Omega, Fortis and Diatom, watch brands love to build on that space connection. What is the appeal? Welcome to the watch world's latest space race
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Polish fitness-equipment brand Pent moves into audio with shapely speakers
Pent’s new range of high-end audio equipment is seeking to shape a new aspect of wellness – your sonic surroundings
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‘I tried to be open-minded’: is Rankin a natural cruise-ship photographer?
Rankin’s photographs from a week spent cruising will be on show at London's Battersea Power Station, from 17 September
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Good grief, Charlie Brown! Why are watch brands so obsessed with Peanuts?
It’s 75 years since Charles Schultz first published his Peanuts comic strip, and there are still new Snoopy watches launching yearly. The question is, why?
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Ressence and artist Daniel Engelberg blur the lines between art and watchmaking
The watch brand has teamed up with the German sculptor and painter on its latest timepiece – but what are the complications of artist-meets-watchmaker?
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The erotic watches nodding to a niche and ancient tradition
Erotic watches have been worn by the well-heeled, keen to shock and titillate, for centuries. Now watchmakers from Perrelet to Hublot and Richard Mille are bringing new life to the tradition
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The new E-Ray electrifies an iconic American automotive nameplate: Corvette
Can hybrid power win the iconic Chevrolet Corvette a new generation of European admirers? Enter the Corvette E-Ray
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Introducing the design-led Split Watches, a force for good
Good design is given a charitable spin by Split Watches – for every one sold, the company donates an hour of therapy
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Not so micro: the rise and rise of small watch brands
Many of the watch industry’s small, independent ‘microbrands’ are increasingly competing with legacy brands in specification and aesthetics – so what's next for the new guard?
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Ross Lovegrove on working with AI: ‘The potential is, I think, utopian’
Design maverick Ross Lovegrove discusses door handles, data, and why the West is falling behind
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The case against symmetry: the watches rejecting roundness
Watchmaking is focusing on case shape, the heart of every watch’s form and fit. So what’s the future of case shape? And since we’re programmed to love that balance, are we ready to let go of our addiction to symmetry?
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Is the Pragma P1 the most sustainable watch yet?
Geneva-based brand Pragma combines industrial design with real sustainable credentials
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Is the future of watches unisex?
As the boundaries become increasingly blurred between traditional men’s and women’s watches, we ask what is next for the brands
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Cantiere delle Marche is an Italian shipyard with a speciality: the high-end explorer yacht
We talk to Vasco Buonpensiere, CEO of Cantiere Delle Marche, about the rise of ultra-self-sufficient, multi-purpose, long distance explorer yachts
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Watch typography: why it matters
Watch brands are considering typography now more than ever
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Team Ikuzawa brings the art of Daniel Arsham to motorsport
Creative director Mai Ikuzawa has overseen a new capsule clothing collection, a collaboration with artist Daniel Arsham that also honours her racing driver father Tetsu Ikuzawa
