Issue 216: What The GPHG Longlist Data Tells Us About The World
The mainstream exodus continues; India's brands arrive; Complication confusion. Plus: how to define a British watch brand.
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Issue 214: The Best Of The Fourth Wheel (Part 2)
Picking fights, interviewing incredible people and delivering honest analysis
Issue 213: The Best Of The Fourth Wheel (Part 1)
Plus: four hot new watches leaked via the GPHG, and a new podcast episode from The Watch Enquiry featuring Davide Cerrato
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A linguistic, cultural and occasionally statistical analysis of new watch brand names, from Niton to N3W5
Issue 211: Watchmaking's Unsolved Problems
Easter ain't the half of it. How watches could still get better - and the areas in which they might be just about as good as they're going to get
Issue 210: Ask Me Anything
Who'll buy Ronda's new silicon movement? How can brands beat psychological price barriers? Should you call out CEOs exaggerated claims? And what exactly is the whole deal with F.P. Journe?
Issue 209: Back To Basel We Go...
Will the watch world embrace Basilia, a new trade fair for 2027? Also: why would we assume The Escapement will be watch geek Fyre Festival?
Issue 208: Girard-Perregaux Laureato 39mm Review
It's better than the old 38mm, but it had damn well better be for a 50 per cent price rise
Issue 207: The Clock That Built An Empire?
The Pragnell Bray Origins Clock, a perfect copy of Harrison's H1, is both a tribute to genius and a remarkable creation in its own right