Simon De Burton

The brand continues nearly a century of making moon phase watches with a 42mm variant in the tradition of exquisitely decorated pieces

When I interviewed Chanel’s erstwhile artistic director Jacques Helleu in the year 2000 about the maker’s then-new J12 watch, I asked him who it was meant for. “For me,” he said.

The Dakar rally’s new official timing partner is all about durability. Just as well…

Richard Mille is known for its strapline ‘a racing machine on the wrist’ – but the expression ‘less is more’ could equally apply to its watch making philosophy, which has long majored on optimum skeletonisation and the use of exotic, usually lightweight materials.

Audemars Piguet’s most recent design has had a stormy existence in its seven years. Simon de Burton was a fan from the beginning.

The watchmaker’s support brings the Austrian display team preserving and flying historic aircraft into the spotlight

Claimed to be the most complicated time-only watch ever made, it features 35 patents, some carried over from the original Freak and the multiple models that it gave rise to

Of the thousands of watch designs created during the past century, Patek Philippe’s Nautilus is among the few that can fairly be described as horological landmarks. Penned by the late, great Gérald Genta (famed for creating the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak), the Nautilus was launched in 1976 as Patek Philippe’s first integrated bracelet sports watch,

Are you in London on the weekend? Don’t miss the Blancpain neo-vintage show in Farringdon, where you will get a grip of watch collecting’s latest trend.

From concours lawns and historic racing to campsite gatherings beneath Carmel Valley oaks, Monterey Car Week’s 75th-anniversary summer reflects how Pebble Beach evolved from a one-day concours into motor sport’s broadest automotive gathering