Grand Seiko released a high-frequency watch (SLGH007) with a dial design that incorporates a delicate pattern representing the intricate annual rings of trees. Designed to celebrate the company's 140th anniversary, the watch won high praise from watch enthusiasts around the world for the organic texture of the dial and the powerful yet understated appeal of the overall design.

Omega was born in 1848 in La Chaux-de-Fonds in northwestern Switzerland, where its founder, Louis Brandt, began his initial watchmaking career by setting up a small workshop for pocket watches.

Audemars Piguet is one of the world's three most famous watchmaking brands, founded in Switzerland in 1875 by watchmakers Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet and manufactured in Le Brassus.

Born in 1735, Blancpain is the oldest watch brand in Swiss history and the first registered watch brand in the world. It is one of the finest complicated mechanical watches and one of the very few brands in the world that can design, develop, manufacture, assemble and sell them all in-house.

Since Benedict Cumberbatch wore JAEGER-LECOULTRE POLARIS MARINER MEMOVOX WATCH to shoot the short film In Breath, this watch has become one of his favorite timepieces. In the past year, the actor, as the brand ambassador of JAEGER-LECOULTRE, has worn JAEGER-LECOULTRE POLARIS MARINER MEMOVOX WATCH on different occasions.

When it comes to choosing and matching watchstraps and metal bracelets with watch heads, there’s lots to consider. For a start, there’s the watch brand and type; the strap or bracelet material, the security required from the strap; and how you’ll use the watch and strap. Personal taste also plays a major part in choosing the best watch straps for your watch (or watches). Of course, you’ll find guidelines and supposedly-correct combinations – everyone has an opinion on different straps, bracelets and types of watch clasps!

What do you consider before picking a watch? Is it style, appearance, cost or brand? People have varying motivations when deciding on a watch to buy. But one thing you should definitely consider is if it’s an automatic watch or battery operated watch.

After a watch is worn for a long time, a lot of dirt will remain on the edge of the case back, around the crown, etc., which will directly affect the appearance of your watch. When you pull out the crown to adjust the watch, the dirt will cross the last line of defense and enter, not to mention the erosion of the movement, future troubles will follow, and your watch will be inaccurate.

Watch winders are not only an incredibly useful and fulfilling tool when it comes to growing and maintaining your watch collection, but they also provide a different way to appreciate and display your watches when spending time at home. However, as the watch collecting community has grown over the decades, so have opinions on the usefulness of winders, and today you'll find them as much an object of debate on the internet as any specific horological product, with pages and pages of forum and blog posts dedicated to figuring out whether or not the average winder is beneficial to the watch ownership experience, detrimental, or simply an instrument of convenience.