Records and Achievements

April 9, 2024

Brand Beats Its Own Record for Most Complicated Watch

A Vacheron Constantin pocket watch has 63 complications, including what the brand said is another world first: a Chinese perpetual calendar. Beating its own record for […]
April 8, 2024

Bulgari Recaptures the Crown for the World’s Thinnest Watch

The Octo Finissimo Ultra Mark II is 1.7 millimeters thick, half a tenth of a millimeter less than the previous record-holder. Bulgari has its world record […]
December 10, 2023

His Ancestor’s Watch Was Wound Every 40 Days. He Made It 41.

Stéphane von Gunten was inspired by his great-great-grandfather’s achievement, but he has managed to better it. For the debut of his own watch company, Stéphane von […]
August 10, 2022

A Story About Paul Newman, Three Rolexes and the Sound Barrier

The watches are linked to a land speed attempt. And Newman, the star whose own Daytona still holds an auction record, gave two of them to […]
July 8, 2022

What Happens When a Rock Star Proposes Onstage?

It was something out of a fairy tale, if everyone in fairy tales wore denim and leather and looked like they smoked American Spirits. One minute, […]