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Articles, reviews, and watch guides from the WatchGecko Magazine team.

As a writer and PR consultant, I’m lucky enough to travel the world and find inspiration from all sorts of amazing places. Sometimes I’m on my own and sometimes with others, but my timepiece is my constant companion.

The watch I will never sell: Rolex Oyster Perpetual

Reviews

January 22, 2024

The watch I will never sell: Rolex Oyster Perpetual

One thing I learned very early on in life is that pretty much everything is for sale. I enjoyed driving around in a classic car until relatively recently, when the brother of a famous footballer...

Reviews

November 29, 2023

WatchGecko meets Jean-Claude Biver

They say you should never meet your heroes. But there and again, only a few hundred years ago (and still now, in certain corners of the world) they were also saying that the earth was...

With Dubai Watch Week about to Start - Hunting Watches in the Middle East Everything to Know

Industry News

November 14, 2023

With Dubai Watch Week about to Start - Hunting Watches in the Middle East Everything to Know

When it comes to watches, the Middle East is a region that’s perpetually associated with Rolexes and bling – and the place takes a lot of stick for both. For many people all over the...

New Releases

October 19, 2023

TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph

Only those living a very sheltered existence could have failed to notice that TAG Heuer is celebrating a very important milestone this year, with the company’s iconic Carrera model celebrating its 60th birthday. TAG Heuer...

New Releases

September 19, 2023

Oris, Divers Sixty-Five Chronograph

The classic divers’ watch is now as synonymous with the 1960s as Austin Powers, with Oris releasing a particularly charming throwback in the form of the latest Divers Sixty Five Chronograph. The irony is that...

Patrick Dempsey wears Tag Heuer at Venice FIlm Festival

Industry News

September 2, 2023

Patrick Dempsey wears Tag Heuer at Venice FIlm Festival

If you meet Patrick Dempsey – also known as ‘Doctor McDreamy’ in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ – as I’ve been lucky enough to do a couple of times, there are only two rules, and one follows on...

Reviews

August 28, 2023

Bremont Broadsword Jet Review

A while ago, we took a quick look at the Bremont Broadsword, and concluded in our 60-second review that “if names could kill, the Bremont Broadsword Jet would take no prisoners.” So, having spent some...

Own a piece of a unique Spitfire on your wrist

Reviews

August 21, 2023

Own a piece of a unique Spitfire on your wrist

Yes, the Spitfire watch is a genre that has been done to death over the years by companies that range from IWC to Bremont, right up to more recent arrivals such as AVI-8 (the clue...

Anthony's Top 5 Racing Watches under £2,000 in 2023

Watch Guides

July 28, 2023

Anthony's Top 5 Racing Watches under £2,000 in 2023

Racing watches, or motorsport watches, grew as an evolution of the pocket stopwatches that were originally used to time motorsport events in the early days, and then as an extension of the in-car clocks that...

Reviews

July 27, 2023

Being a Nomad with the Nomadic

Naming a watch company after the Titanic wouldn’t have been a great omen. And that’s probably one reason Ireland’s first watchmaker decided to call their company after the Nomadic instead: the Titanic’s transport ship, also built in...