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I’ll Never Own It, but AP’s 38mm Royal Oak Chronograph Finally Feels Right

I’ve never pretended that Audemars Piguet lives anywhere near my financial reality, and at this point I’m comfortable admitting that it probably never will. But that doesn’t stop me from paying attention. You don’t need a locker in the NBA to care about basketball, and you don’t need a Ferrari in the garage to understand when an automaker finally gets something right. For me, AP sits firmly in that same category. Which is why this update to the 38mm Royal Oak Chronograph caught my attention, even a little while after the initial announcement cycle moved on to the next thing.

Introducing The IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar

Recently on our Watches & Wonders predictions podcast episode, Kaz and I talked about how neglected the Portugieser lineup has been looking lately. IWC goes heavy on the pilots most years but the Portugieser platform has always been an interesting one that many collectors shy away from. This year at Watches & Wonders, IWC is going all out with the IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar, a watch that accounts for Gregorian calendar leap-year rules for 400 years and has a moon phase indicator, which IWC claims to be accurate over 45 million years.

The Most Expensive Watches Ever | Where Rarity and Luxury Meet

There’s a fascination that watch collectors tend to have with the cost of a watch. There’s the obvious practical reality of how much you want or are willing to spend on a timepiece. But after being involved in watch collecting for so many years now I’ve noticed there’s another type of fascination in regards to price tags: How high can you go – what are the most expensive watches out there?