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Vintage Rolex watches in shop display window.

Do your homework: Top tips for buying a pre-owned watch

Circling a specific model on the second-hand watch market? It’s a risk, but it helps to immerse yourself in the details.

  • Luke Benedictus

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Lia Townsend has a thing for 1950s fashion and vintage designer watches.

Master a high-low wardrobe by knowing the pieces to splurge on (and where to save)

Food stylist Lia Townsend designs events for celebrities. Here’s what she wears to impress.

  • Georgie Gordon
Rado launched its new Captain Cook
High-Tech Ceramic watch to celebrate its partnership with the England cricket team.

The next sports frontier that luxury watch brands have in their sights

Big-hitting watch brands are going in to bat for cricket – and India is their main game.

  • Luke Benedictus
From left: fresh platinum faces from Parmigiani, Cartier and Rolex.

Why the world’s most luxurious watches are getting heavier

When it comes to luxury watches, all that glitters is not gold.

  • Frances Mocnik
Cheese traders have been in for a wild ride.

Cheesed off: Swiss meltdown over Trump’s ‘incomprehensible’ tariff whack

Switzerland’s brand-name suppliers of luxury watches, jewellery, cheese and chocolate are reeling after a 39 per cent tariff was slapped on their exports to the US.

  • David Crowe
Franck Muller chief executive Nicholas Rudaz at the new Sydney boutique wearing a $352,400 Gravity Skeleton Tourbillion and Crazy Hours watch.

The luxury store where customers spend $15,000 a visit

Global luxury watch brands are pivoting to Australia in search of sales as the market shifts.

  • Damien Woolnough
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South African singer Tyla shows off the power of luxury label Chanel in Paris.

The shortcut to the wealthy-woman aesthetic, without the price tag

Like most French luxury brands, Chanel looks expensive because it is. Getting the same look for less means focusing on texture, colour and fit.

  • Damien Woolnough and Luke Benedictus
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Smithy was the reel thing

On a wing and a prayer at Bondi Beach.

Ex-Royal Marine Aldo Kane and Bremont joined forces on a collection.

What’s with the army watch look?

Military enrolments are down, yet watches made for battle are still finding their target.

  • Luke Benedictus

While most watch designers remain gripped by nostalgia, some are dialling it up

In an industry fixated by heritage reissues and anniversary special editions, a few plucky brands are attempting to look to the future.

  • Luke Benedictus