The new vertical drive mechanism supports a crown-free design in a watch designed for spaceflight from the ground up. It is one of the ironies of the history of crewed space flight, albeit a minor one, that the most famous astronaut’s watch was introduced in 1957 as a chronograph for car guys. The Speedmaster has...

There’s plenty of news from Tudor at Watches & Wonders, but the new Monarch is a surprise hit. The original Tudor Monarch watches were in Tudor’s catalog in the 1990s and they were a collection a bit apart from the technical and sports watches which most of us think of when we think of Tudor...