From its postwar beginnings to the depths of the modern Ultra Deep, the Omega Seamaster has evolved through decades of shifting technology, culture, and design. This feature from our Special Design Issue traces how one collection adapted to each era while remaining unmistakably a Seamaster.
Built for combat but embraced far beyond it, military watches have shaped wristwatch design for more than a century. This feature looks at how battlefield requirements — legibility, durability, and function — continue to influence the watches we wear today.
Founded on the invention of automatic winding, Perrelet has built a modern design language around motion itself. From early double-rotor concepts to today’s Turbine and Peripheral collections, the brand turns mechanical function into a defining visual signature.
In the 1950s, success was celebrated by treating yourself to an elegant, diamond-set watch. One of the most precious offerings of those days was the Signet, made by Longines, which was itself a symbol of the great success the brand enjoyed.
Glashütte’s journey to becoming Germany’s watchmaking capital reads like a good novel. It is a story where tremendous effort and risk go hand in hand but where resilience is eventually rewarded, only to have to do it all over again.
Once a flagship of TAG Heuer’s late-’90s lineup, the Kirium Automatic Chronograph blended forward-looking design with everyday wearability — a quietly modern sports watch that remains underrated today.
A closer look at the Gérald Genta Retro Sport, a watch that reflects its creator’s most personal ideas, from jump hours and retrograde minutes to a design language rooted in technical daring rather than nostalgia.
