Rolex has a new Submariner Date that costs over $10,000, but oddly enough, it isn't a dive watch — or a watch, for that ...

Like time itself, the universe of high-end watches is vast beyond comprehension. Its greatest paradox is that, in an age of cheap quartz movements and ubiquitous smartphones, when no one really needs ...

Rolex is indisputably the biggest and most influential watchmaker in the world. The Crown makes the most important and recognisable timepieces on the market—and where it goes, the industry follows.

In the 1960s, the race was on to produce the first commercial quartz wristwatch. Rolex had decided there was strength in numbers and joined the “Beta 21” consortium, a group of Swiss watch companies ...

Two of my favourite watches are the original Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet, which I love for its slimness and lack of a seconds hand (it frees me from the tyranny of the BBC “pips”) and the Rolex ...

The Rolex Submariner Date Desk Clock features the same stainless steel case construction but also adds a secular calendar.

Rolex evoked the wonders of the galaxy with its Space-Dweller watch of 1963, followed it up four years later with the Sea-Dweller extreme dive watch and then set about catering for the international ...

Q: The year is almost over, so let’s cut to the chase—what do you think were the best watches of 2016? A: That’s not easy to answer. If you count smart and quartz models, thousands of watches, with ...