Watches

1963: Aston Martin launches the DB5. It doesn’t take long for it to become one of the world’s most famous film cars. With James Bond at the wheel, the DB5 became a symbol that combines culture, design, innovation and Britishness. At the same time, Aston Martin firmly established itself as one of Britain’s most coveted luxury brands. That’s certainly something worth celebrating. With friends. In this case, with Breitling. And the Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 Tribute to Aston Martin DB5.

On Saturday, the Tour de France peloton set off from Barcelona. And Breitling? It is launching its own tribute to cycling: a Top Time for the man who has left his mark on the Maillot Jaune like no other – Eddy Merckx.

Robert Downey Jr. once said of his fellow actor Jeremy Strong that, when preparing for a role, he regularly “crosses the Rubicon” Hardly any other contemporary actor embodies uncompromising dedication quite like the “Succession” star. His latest role as brand ambassador for Richard Mille is no exception.

It goes without saying that high-flyer Kimi Antonelli was the talk of the town at the Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Grand Prix de Monaco, thrilling fans and frustrating the competition. But off the track, an event at least as exciting was taking place: TAG Heuer hosted an exclusive evening that captured the unique character of the race weekend.

We're always up for surfing. And for air-cooled Porsches anyway. Now the best of both worlds come together in one watch: the Union Glashütte Noramis Datum Petro Surf 2026. What's special about this limited edition and what does it have to do with an event on Sylt? We reveal it here.

Have you recently flown to a large airport in IFR operations? Then you belong to the core target group of the Watch Angels x Alpina Startimer Pilot Chronograph Automatic IFR. And if not? The watch, which is limited to 300 pieces, may be worth a closer look, at least for lovers of smart technology and imaginative watchmaking.

Yesterday speculation, today reality. Two Swiss icons. One collection. With "Royal Pop", Audemars Piguet and Swatch are reinterpreting the rules of watchmaking – loud, playful and surprisingly radical. What does it look like? See for yourself.

Watches and Wonders kicks off in Geneva on 14 April. For the major manufacturers, it is a stage, a yardstick and a laboratory for the future - and the most exciting time of the year for watch enthusiasts worldwide. We provide an outlook: on great watches, small wonders and everything in between.

Cool is a coveted trait. For people, of course, but for brands and products as well. Which raises the question: Is Rolex cool?

GMT-Master II. Submariner. Daytona. All perfectly straightforward names. But some models have a second, unofficial name – Batman, Panda or John Player Special, for example. Welcome to the universe of unofficial nicknames.

Sometimes an update is not enough. Sometimes it takes a real flight of fancy. With the new Navitimer Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, Breitling demonstrates exactly that: an icon that is not only maintained, but consistently developed further.

Uhrmacherkunst trifft Innovation: Mit der Zagato Lab One Concept überträgt Chopard Prinzipien aus dem Motorsport in die Haute Horlogerie – gemeinsam mit dem berühmten italienischen Karosseriebauer Zagato.

There was a lot going on in space in 2005. On Mars, Venus, Saturn's moon Titan - they were looking for something everywhere. But they found what they were looking for at Hublot in Switzerland: with a completely reimagined watch called Big Bang. It has since become an entire watch cosmos, as the LVMH Watch Week shows.

Louis Vuitton has always been about travelling, about being on the road. At LMVH Watch Week, the brand shows how much this idea also characterises its watches: and they in turn show what happens when travel DNA meets craftsmanship.

Game? Set. Victory! This triad dictates Novak Djokovic's life. And he himself dominates the sport of tennis in exactly the same way. This is precisely why Hublot is dedicating a very special Big Bang Tourbillon collection to the tennis legend.