A. Lange & Söhne is perched neatly at the top of the horological food chain. A watch brand for the cognoscenti. It is most desired by people who really know about watchmaking. Of course, the industry evolves and expands. People like myself, who sit somewhere on the periphery of hardcore watch enthusiasm, are becoming increasingly…

When I was in the market for my first Rolex, I was looking to spend around €5,000. At that time (about three years ago) that was enough money to buy an all-time classic Rolex model. You could easily get an Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, or Explorer for that money. The secondhand watch market has been stabilizing…

One of the biggest single-owner watch collections in the world, built up over the past 40 years, is coming to auction this November. When a headline-grabbing watch came to auction over the past few years, there’s a decent chance it ended up in the collection of Mohammed Zaman, who’s been collecting since first purchasing a…

This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Ocearch Founder and Expedition Lead, Chris Fischer. To start the show, Ariel has Chris elaborate on the mission behind Ocearch and how it connects to the watch industry. Chris talks about Ocearch’s relationship with Ulysse Nardin, and how the latter has…

Although we are still in the early days of China’s emergence onto the global horological stage, the rate of evolution among the leading group of Chinese marques is genuinely impressive. Over the course of a handful of years, Chinese brands have grown from low-cost simple movements and familiar themes to avant-garde, truly unique complications and…

We took these photos the day after the Greenland Grand Prix, where Fratello Racing – Daelmans Dutch Stroopwafels Team took home some well-deserved points in the fight for the championship. Monday-morning testing is always tough, just like the first day of a workweek in a regular office, I presume. But it was also nice that…

Ah, it sure was fun while it lasted. Much of the ’00s and virtually all of the ’10s were about the next great (as in, literally, large) timepiece and who could cram more indications and complications into the steadily expanding confines of wristwatches. New materials could be bonded to old ones — ceramic and carbon…

You know the feeling, right? You finally get your hands on that dream watch after months of research and online prowling. It is now sitting proudly on your wrist, shining away with its perfect surfaces. You walk to the bathroom and then it happens — bang! The doorjamb and watch meet, leaving a big scratch…