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Magazine - Hervé Ménestrel

About the Author:

My passion for watches has led me to work in sales and marketing for various watch brands in France and the UK. I enjoy writing about watches and am always curious to discover new releases...

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Watch Guides

May 27, 2025

Watch Hands Explained: A Guide to Popular Styles

It's surprising that watch hands, despite playing a pivotal role in allowing us to read the time, often generate little interest among watch collectors. Watch hands have a strong influence on design, as the right...

Reviews

May 13, 2025

2020 Zenith El Primero 03.2150.400 Review

I don’t really like the word “iconic” as it is often overused in the watch industry, but I would definitely say that The Zenith El Primero is part of a small group of “iconic” chronographs,...

Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillons 10

Watch Guides

May 7, 2025

Off the Beaten Track: Unusual Luxury Watch Movements

Creating a watch movement is a complex endeavour and, at least within the Swiss watch industry, a few major companies (such as ETA, Sellita, and Ronda) produce the vast majority of watch movements. The reliable...

Watch Guides

March 7, 2025

Top 5 Affordable Alternatives to High Horology

While "high horology" and "affordable" are rarely used in the same sentence, we are now witnessing more and more brands offering collectors a taste of high horology without necessarily breaking the bank. Here is a...

Brand Focus

February 20, 2025

Top 5 Watches From Herbelin (Independent French Brand)

Here at WatchGecko, we love discovering unique watch brands that deserve more attention. Today, we’re diving into the world of Herbelin—a French independent, family-owned watch brand that has been crafting timepieces for over 77 years....

Watch Guides

December 23, 2024

Top 5 Square Watches: 2024's biggest watch trend

At the end of last year the WatchGecko Team predicted that 2024 might just be the year of the square and, in the spirit of proving them right, the launch of the Patek Philippe Cubitus...