Tag: watches
Watches November 2022
Marking Time
Mark Cho, co-Founder of the Armoury, is interviewed by Tom Chamberlin ahead of the auction by Phillips of his fabled watch collection.
Watches November 2022
Nivada x Revolution & The Rake Depthmaster 'No Barracuda'
For our latest collaboration, an evocative, all-black re-creation of the 1960s dive-watch classic.
Watches November 2022
Perfect By Design
Don’t let the new Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Micro-Rotor Steel fool you: behind its minimalist appearance lies a wealth of thrilling detail and nuance. It is, simply put, unlike anything else on the market.
Watches November 2022
A Rare Bird
The new Alpine Eagle collection confirms the worst-kept secret in Swiss watchmaking — that Chopard are in full flight.
Watches October 2022
Light of your life
Bulgari have unveiled a special-edition trio of watches to celebrate the relaunch of their Aluminium model, the sylph-like trailblazer that punched above its weight at the end of the 21st century.
Watches October 2022
Sweet Valley Highs
In every walk of life there are people whose work transcends the narrow circumstances of time and place. For modern watchmaking, Georges Golay, the disrupter behind the Royal Oak, was one such figure. The Rake remembers the man from the Vallée.
Watches September 2022
Sixty Years of Bond's best watches
James Bond wears some serious watches. We don’t need to tell you that; you’ve probably seen a hundred advertisements of the British spy wearing an Omega or Seiko to recognise the importance of a handsome timepiece on Bond’s wrist.
Speed September 2022
The Rake Visits: The Furka Pass with Aston Martin
Since the birth of the James Bond franchise, that marvelous creation continues to soar to a level of untouchable existence.
Watches September 2022
Holy Trinity
Deep Dive Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon With Three Flying Bridges Bucherer Blue
Speed August 2022
The Rake Visits: George Bamford and his Meyers Manx Dune Buggy
This is something born in the 1960’s as a kit car with a racing pedigree and amazing beach presence. This is the Meyers Manx.
Watches August 2022
'My greatest wish is that a client orders a watch made for marie antoinette or napoleon'
From the workbench to the boardroom, Lionel a Marca has become a doyen of watchmaking. It is why Breguet called on him to lead their 250-year-old heritage brand.
Watches August 2022
Divine Time
Villa d’Este on Lake Como was once a resort for men of the cloth. These days it serves another heavenly purpose, as the host of Concorso D’Eleganza, where luxury watch specialists A. Lange & Söhne marry their mechanical mastery with the finest in automobile plumage.
