From Lobsters to Perpetual Calendars — These are the rare, quirky and often overlooked icons from the past. In the world of horology, the Omega Speedmaster is synonymous with space exploration and lunar legends. Yet, as we explored in our first journey beyond the moonshot, there are Speedmasters that, despite never gracing the cosmos, still...

Never before in the history of the wristwatch has time been less circular. It is the truism of truisms in watchmaking that a round watch is all other things being equal, likelier to to appeal than a non-round watch, and yet, over the last three or so decades a groundswell has been building of non-round...