Watches

The first William & Son watch

The first William & Son watch

Ten years after opening for business on London’s Mount Street William Asprey’s eponymous jewellery and luxury goods store has, for the first time, stepped into the world of watch production. [Read more...]

Watches

Rolex Submariner Facelift

Rolex Submariner Facelift

How do you update a classic? Rolex’s much-imitated Submariner is one of only a handful of watches that would be immediately recognisable without the company logo, and it’s just been subtly updated. [Read more...]

Watches

Watch and learn

Watch and learn

Though it constitutes only a small part of any look, an ill-judged timpiece can ruin even the best outfit. Get your watch wrong and you’ll end up looking like a colourblind East End diamond dealer, but get it right and you’re one step on the path to style supremacy. [Read more...]

Design, Style, Watches

A wrist with a Vue

A wrist with a Vue

Bad design is everywhere. Literally everywhere. From touch screen electric hobs yet to recognise a finger, to fridges with an inch of space between each shelf – now we’ve brought it up you’ll find it all over the shop, much like pregnant women or turquoise cars. [Read more...]

Behind the scenes, Food & Drink, Watches

Join us at the next Esquire reader event

Join us at the next Esquire reader event

The next reader event from Esquire and Woodford Reserve is fast approaching, taking place at the exclusive luxury goods shop William & Son in Mayfair on 3oth June. It should be a unique evening and there’s still time for you to sign-up. [Read more...]

Style & Grooming, Watches

Superb wrist action from Robert Downey Jr.

Superb wrist action from Robert Downey Jr.

Last week’s Iron Man 2 premiere was switched from London to Los Angeles at the last minute, because apparently not even Tony Starks’ armour suit was a match for the cloud of volcanic ash that had recently closed Britain’s skies. [Read more...]

Design, Watches

Diving ambition

Diving ambition

Unlikely as we are to utilise even a fraction of the average diving watch’s submarine mechanics, its intentionally rugged build and action man connotations ensure it remains the wrist-weight of choice for the everyman. And they don’t come much more robust (or appealing) than the new P’6780 by Porsche Design. [Read more...]

Style, Watches

The hourglass gets a makeover

The hourglass gets a makeover

We’ve followed Marc Newson’s career ever since we ate at Coast, a restaurant he designed in London in the mid-Nineties, and saw shots of a concept car, the 021C, he created for Ford back in 1999. Newson’s Ikepod brand of watches launched around the same time, and, amazingly, looks almost as far out and futuristic now as it did then. We recently met Newson to hear about his new timepiece, the Hourglass, which really is a big hourglass. [Read more...]