Watches & Jewellery
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Add a pop of colour to your wrist this season with these bold watchesBrightly coloured watches, from Rolex, Omega, Patek Philippe and more, are just the thing for the winter season
By Hannah Silver Published
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Hublot and Daniel Arsham make a splashThe Hublot MP-17 MECA-10 Arsham Splash Titanium Sapphire watch rethinks a traditional design
By Simon Mills Published
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The gold watches to covet nowGold watches from H Moser & Cie, Fears and Patek Philippe are on our radar for 2026
By Josh Sims Last updated
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Cartier pays tribute to ancient myths in Rome exhibitionIn ‘Cartier & Myths at the Capitoline Museums’, Cartier looks to its rich history of drawing inspiration from the ancient world
By Hannah Silver Published
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The British watch brands to know now: from intriguing innovators to heritage revivalsBritish watch brands are in the ascendant – discover some of the most exciting names and their timepieces
By James Gurney Last updated
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Van Cleef & Arpels celebrates the early flowering of its art deco jewellery designs with an exhibition in TokyoVan Cleef & Arpels nod back to an illustrative Art Deco history with an exhibition celebrating its influence
By Hannah Silver Published
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Get the glow: the best luminescent watchesIs 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
By Josh Sims Published
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At Dubai Watch Week, brands unveil the last new releases of the yearBrands including Chopard, Louis Vuitton, Van Cleef & Arpels present new watches at Dubai Watch Week
By James Gurney Published
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These statement watches are surefire conversation startersFrom Richard Mille to Hublot and Bulgari, these statement watches aren’t to be missed
By Chris Hall Last updated
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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
By Josh Sims Published
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Inside Coreen Simpson’s fabulous, jewellery- and art-filled worldTo mark the publication of ‘Coreen Simpson: A Monograph’, we meet the octogenarian photographer and jewellery designer over Zoom, and take a deep dive into her world
By Sarah Moroz Published
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Punk, pearls and politics: a new book pays tribute to Vivienne Westwood's glorious jewellery'Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery' is the first book to focus on the designer’s jewellery creations
By Hannah Silver Published
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The Japanese watch brands you need to know nowNaoya Hida & Co, Kikuchi Nakagawa and Kurono Tokyo are just some of the Japanese watch brands to keep an eye on
By Thor Svaboe Last updated
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Bucherer reinterprets bygone glamour for a modern audienceThe Swiss brand draws on a rich jewellery heritage for very modern design
By Hannah Silver Published
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This season’s high jewellery smoulders in sunset shadesVivid hues and striking silhouettes combine in new high jewellery from Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Tiffany & Co
By Hannah Silver Published
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These are the jewellery pieces which have defined a generationFrom established jewellery houses, to up-and coming designers and avant-garde artists, a new book by Phaidon spotlights the stand-out jewellery from the last two centuries
By Hannah Silver Published
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The return of the bullhead: the watch design that refuses to conformLittle 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
By Josh Sims Published
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Discover the chic simplicity of CC-Steding jewelleryNic Farnan and Ben Chaplin create delicate silver jewellery in their east London studio
By Ben Perdue Published
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IWC joins the vintage revival, restoring and reselling archival watchesIWC 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?
By Josh Sims Published
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Sotheby’s is auctioning Mercedes Gleitze’s Channel-crossing RolexThe historic Rolex that started the sport-watch synergy is going under the hammer, amidst a contemporary boom in sporty-elegant timepieces
By Milena Lazazzera Published
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Vinyl, darts, and design: how Audemars Piguet reimagined the watch boutique for ManchesterBespoke Partnership
The latest AP House from watchmaker Audemars Piguet displays design codes that nod to the legacy of its location
By Simon Mills Published
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Go Back to the Future with Marty McFly’s calculator watch, marking the film’s 40th anniversaryCasio will release a special-edition watch to mark Back to the Future Day on 21 October
By Hannah Silver Published
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Bvlgari's celebration of the Serpenti snakes its way from Tokyo to Shanghai, Seoul and MumbaiRoman high jeweller Bvlgari marks the Year of the Snake with the sensual Serpenti Infinito exhibition
By Aastha D Published
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Messika marks 20 years with a high jewellery collection inspired by NamibiaThe Terres d’Instinct high jewellery collection, unveiled at Paris Fashion Week, is a riot of colour and bold forms
By Hannah Silver Published
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TAG Heuer’s Connected Calibre just got a smart new OS, new faces and a new collaborationTAG Heuer introduces its newest smartwatch, the Connected Calibre E5, along with a partnership edition with running brand New Balance
By Jonathan Bell Published
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New Louis Vuitton Monterey watch brings classical graphic design bang up to dateLouis Vuitton revisits a quietly radical moment in its history with the new Monterey, a limited-edition timepiece that reinterprets the house’s first wristwatches from 1988
By Joshua Hendren Published
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Repossi and Sterling Ruby rethink the minimalist form of a broochGaia Repossi and Sterling Ruby mark a decade-long friendship with a jewellery collaboration
By Hannah Silver Published
