Luxury

Precision, Winter 2021 When brothers Nick and Giles English sketched out their initial plan to launch Bremont in 2002, their mission was to help reinvigorate the British watch industry by…

Precision, Winter 2021 It’s 3am on a Sunday and I’m standing near the Mulsanne turn, happily breathing in the smell of burnt rubber, hot oil and exhaust fumes as a…

One brand makes diecast cars with a typical price of £1.99. The other produces watches that sell for £8,000+.  It’s an unlikely collaboration but Hot Wheels and IWC have come…

Bentley and Breitling set a trend for collaborations between luxury car marques and high-end watchmakers when they teamed up in 2002, just a few months before the launch of the…

Although Land Rover’s ‘New’ Defender seems to be gaining some serious traction, demand for original 90 and 110 models shows no sign of waning – in fact, it seems that…

Back in 2005 IWC flew a few watch hacks up to Arjeplog in Sweden, that snowy wasteland where car makers go to develop tyres and anti-lock braking systems, and to…

If you like old cars and you like old watches you might think Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has the world’s best job. Along with his sister Caroline he’s co-president of Chopard, the…

What to expect An introduction to the classic-packed week with a day-to-day guide Read more   Auctions We preview the world-class lots, including a film-star Porsche 917K Read more  …

After Covid caused the cancellation of the 2020 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance for only the second time in its 70-year history (the first was 1960 and happened due to a…

With thousands of vehicles and tens of thousands of enthusiasts flocking to the Monterey peninsula for Car Week, the top auction houses are presented with a captive audience whose love…

A Daytona to remember The original six Shelby Daytona Coupes that were built to teach Ferrari a lesson in GT racing are the stuff of legend, not least since the…

Sponsored by Chopard Rudolf Caracciola sped to victory in the Mille Miglia in 1931, enduring a gruelling 16-hour dash through Italy to become the first non-Italian to win the legendary…

1947 Cisitalia D46 Monoposto Sold by Bonhams, £137,000 Piero Dusio’s Cisitalia D46 was developed as an affordable means of entry to a series of competitions intended to revive single-seater racing…

The long-standing connection between cars and timepieces has produced endless watches with cues from the automobile world. You know the sort of things: wheel-shaped winding rotors, sub-dials that look like…

You probably appreciate all things mechanical, in which case you’ll love the view through the sapphire crystal case back of Montblanc’s limited edition 1858 Split Second Chronograph in Lime Gold…

British watch brand Bremont formed a partnership with Jaguar more than a decade ago when it made a bespoke clock for the C-X75 concept car. It followed that four years…

Anyone who keeps an eye on the modern watch market will know that it is currently a waste of time to walk into a Rolex retailer that deigns to allow…