Magazine

July 22, 2024

How a Leather Watch Strap Is Made

If you’re here, you might be wondering how leather straps are made, who makes them, which tools are used what types of leather watch straps are made from, or how the tanning process is completed. Read...

Watch Guides

July 19, 2024

What’s With the Trend of Cartoon Collaboration Watches?

Collaboration watches have been a staple of the industry for a long time. Whether it’s Rolex and Wimbledon, Breitling and Bentley or TAG Heuer and Formula 1, watch brands find inspiration in the passions and...

Watch Guides

July 18, 2024

One Watch I Wish Was Never Created

I love giving our authors impossible questions and seeing them squirm. Today's challenge was: What watch do you wish was never created? The responses ranged from surprising to downright hilarious, and I must say, they...

Product Guides

July 17, 2024

Best Military Nylon Strap for any Watch

At WatchGecko we’ve proudly developed a pretty vast range of military nylon straps, but as each one is unique and can therefore offer you different benefits, it might be tricky to decide which nylon strap...

Everything you need to know about Squale

Brand Focus

July 16, 2024

Everything you need to know about Squale

Squale's Brand History Squale is a watch brand with over 60 years of history behind it and is still a family business. It has always represented strong ties between company and family, history and tradition....

Lewis Hamilton Celebrates F1 Grand Prix Victory at Silverstone

Industry News

July 15, 2024

Watches Spotted at The F1 Grand Prix

Sometimes, things come together in a way that feels almost prophetic. Days after IWC held its pop-event to celebrate all the watches it has created with Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1 over the last decade,...

Brand Focus

July 14, 2024

William Wood Watches Collection Overview

Having waxed lyrical about my Top 5 Microbrands at this year’s WindUp Watch Fair in Chicago just yesterday, I can’t help but feel as if I’ve left someone out. It’s a feeling akin to mentally running through...

Brand Focus

July 13, 2024

Top 5 Microbrands at WindUp Watch Fair Chicago 2024

If you’ve been keeping up with WatchGecko Magazine, you’ll know that recently I’ve been a little fixated on microbrands. It all started with my Top 5 for National Watch Day which sent our comments into...

Industry News

July 12, 2024

Welcome to WindUp Watch Fair Chicago 2024

Earlier this year the first WindUp Watch Fair of 2024 got underway in New York, and this month it’s Chicago’s turn. Welcome to the 2024 San Francisco WindUp Watch Fair Read more Top 5 American...

Christopher Ward C65 Super Compressor Elite

New Releases

July 11, 2024

Christopher Ward Unveils New and Improved C65 Super Compressor Elite

We all know just how good Christopher Ward are at refreshing their model lines without reinventing the wheel. Take the new C65 Dune GMT as just one example out of many. Just when we thought...

New Releases

July 10, 2024

Ulysse Nardin Introduces A 100 Piece Limited Edition Dive Watch - the Diver Atoll

Ulysse Nardin isn’t a manufacturer that’s widely recognised for their dive watches. They’re perhaps better known for their more avant-garde and eye-catching Freak model and pieces with clever, innovative complications. However, their latest release, the...