Every two years in the watch industry, something truly special happens: 50 top watch brands create a single timepiece to donate to the Only Watch Auction, with 99 percent of the proceeds going to benefit research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Thus far than 40 million Swiss Francs has been raised in the first seven…
10 Watches That Played Starring Roles in Iconic Movies Over The Decades
With summer movie flicks on their way to us, I wanted to review some of the great, iconic movies of all time and the watches that we saw in those films. It is a topic I wrote extensively about in other posts, so it is worth taking a lo at once again now. Especially since…
SIHH 2019 In Review: From Watches To Exhibition Space, Events And More
If you were in attendance at this year’s SIHH, then — as the saying goes — “if you know, you know.” For those who weren’t there, however, we take you behind the scenes for a lo at what went on at the 29th annual SIHH and around Geneva from January 13-18, 2019 — the good,…
Three Reasons Why You Need the $2.7 Million Urwerk AMC Atomic Clock
Late last year, independent watch brand Urwerk unveiled its pretty incredible new timepiece: the AMC Atomic Master Clock. Here, we take a close up lo and give you three reasons why you just might want one of these babies in your collection. Rarity. Just three editions of this newest Urwerk AMC will be made — making…
Was $150,000 Paid For Urwerk Watch Worn by Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-Man Enough?
Just last week on my Perfect Timing column on Forbes.com, I wrote about the Urwerk watch worn by Robert Downey Jr. in the Spider-Man Homecoming 2017 movie — the Urwerk UR-110 RG — selling for $150,000. The thing I have been thinking about is this: was that $150,000 really enough? Truth be told, a brand new…
Spotted: Urwerk On Wrist of Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-Man: Homecoming
One of the season’s top movies, Spider-Man: Homecoming, has a star above and beyond Peter Parker/Spider-Man (played by Tom Holland) and: Robert Downey Jr. who plays Tony Stark. Robert Downey Jr. has played Iron Man for about a decade. For his role in the Spider-Man: Homecoming movie, he personally requested the Urwerk UR 110 rose gold watch.…