The race to create the ultimate ultra-thin watch movement has led to some pretty cool watches over the past few years, leaving us in awe of the wonders of micro-engineering. But is it really enough to ...

As part of the Complications, Simplified series explaining the complex mechanisms that add functionality – or complications – to mechanical watches, HYPEBEAST looks at how the Perpetual Calendar kept ...

I’ve been in the watch industry a very long time. In fact, I started my journey in late 1984 and my first full year in timepieces was in 1985. That was the same year that IWC unveiled its ...

The perpetual calendar—or quantième perpétuel (“QP”) for the Francophones among us—has been kicking around the horological world for nearly three centuries. Thomas Mudge, an English watchmaker, was ...

If you’re fortunate enough to own any version of Audemars Piguet’s Perpetual Calendar Royal Oak, no one wants to hear you complain about a damn thing. However, the immensely complex complication is ...