If Rolex is the ultimate symbol of prestige within watchmaking, quartz models exist at the opposite end of the spectrum. At least, that’s a perception common among many lay consumers and sophisticated ...

We spoke to writer and historian James Dowling about his new book, The Rolex Legacy: The History of Rolex Through 120 Seminal ...

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 ...

It is my hope when penning these pieces that some readers may be inspired to add the featured watch to their collection. The Rolex Oysterquartz was covered in a previous article and I make no apology ...

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 Land-Dweller hauls Rolex back into the integrated-bracelet sports watch conversation for the first time since the 1970s. The last time we saw something remotely similar was the Oysterquartz and ...

So you thought the Crown only made mechanical watches? If Rolex is the ultimate symbol of prestige within watchmaking, quartz models exist at the opposite end of the spectrum. At least, that’s a ...