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I’m passionate about a lot of things but especially cars, food, wine, film – and watches.

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No underwater alarms, but 35 coats of lacquer

New Releases

September 4, 2023

No underwater alarms, but 35 coats of lacquer

Jaeger Le Coultre New Polaris Chronograph - Credit Jaeger Le Coultre Jaeger Le Coultre will of course always be associated with the Reverso, but underlining the fact that there’s so much more to the brand...

Patrick Dempsey wears Tag Heuer at Venice FIlm Festival

Industry News

September 2, 2023

Patrick Dempsey wears Tag Heuer at Venice FIlm Festival

If you meet Patrick Dempsey – also known as ‘Doctor McDreamy’ in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ – as I’ve been lucky enough to do a couple of times, there are only two rules, and one follows on...

Novelties from Oris at Geneva Watch Days

New Releases

August 31, 2023

Novelties from Oris at Geneva Watch Days

Geneva is perhaps the luckiest city in the world, as it gets more major watch shows per year than any other city. And one of the stars of Geneva Watch Days – the latest festival...

Some new Squale watches join the WatchGecko family

Brand Focus

August 30, 2023

Some new Squale watches join the WatchGecko family

Squale’s iconic 1521 diver’s watch has been a long-established favourite here at WatchGecko, but now it takes on a new dimension thanks to COSC certification. COSC stands for Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, and it’s...

Reviews

August 28, 2023

Bremont Broadsword Jet Review

A while ago, we took a quick look at the Bremont Broadsword, and concluded in our 60-second review that “if names could kill, the Bremont Broadsword Jet would take no prisoners.” So, having spent some...

Own a piece of a unique Spitfire on your wrist

Reviews

August 21, 2023

Own a piece of a unique Spitfire on your wrist

Yes, the Spitfire watch is a genre that has been done to death over the years by companies that range from IWC to Bremont, right up to more recent arrivals such as AVI-8 (the clue...

First look: Oris Dat Watt Limited Edition

New Releases

August 11, 2023

First look: Oris Dat Watt Limited Edition

Oris – never a company to waste time on convention – has become well-known recently for a string of quirky special editions, often with a societal or environmental twist. We had the New York harbour...

Anthony's Top 5 Racing Watches under £2,000 in 2023

Watch Guides

July 28, 2023

Anthony's Top 5 Racing Watches under £2,000 in 2023

Racing watches, or motorsport watches, grew as an evolution of the pocket stopwatches that were originally used to time motorsport events in the early days, and then as an extension of the in-car clocks that...

Reviews

July 27, 2023

Being a Nomad with the Nomadic

Naming a watch company after the Titanic wouldn’t have been a great omen. And that’s probably one reason Ireland’s first watchmaker decided to call their company after the Nomadic instead: the Titanic’s transport ship, also built in...

Rolex Celebrates a Special Le Mans 24 Hours

New Releases

June 19, 2023

Rolex Celebrates a Special Le Mans 24 Hours

Along the pit wall, on the podium, and on 27 drivers’ wrists, Rolex was impossible to ignore at the momentous 100th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours recently. Credit Media World And that’s no...

Three New Motorsport Watches Launched from Bremont

New Releases

June 18, 2023

Three New Motorsport Watches Launched from Bremont

Bremont has long been associated with the world of aviation, but the British watch company has also made quite a name for itself in cars, following the path pioneered by Heuer (whose famous Autavia watch...