Worldtimers: the world around your wrist
Even in isolationist times, there is one big advantage to being a global citizen - the chance to wear a glorious worldtime watch
July 22, 2025
Timothy Barber
Timothy Barber is a Spear’s contributing editor, and a features writer specialised in watches, culture, luxury and technology. His writing appears regularly in Wired, the Telegraph, Mr Porter, QP, WatchPro, Rolls Royce Whispers and many more publications.
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‘More like joining a private members’ club’: How the experience of buying a luxury watch is changing
March 21, 2025
Square watches are cornering the market
February 9, 2025
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Jacob Arabo: Inside the wild world of the jeweller, watchmaker and now property developer
Jacob Arabo's outlandish creative mind has taken him from jewellery and watches to property (as well as prison), and…
October 17, 2024
Richard Mille revs up with its latest limited-edition McLaren collaboration
The RM 65-01 McLaren W1, unveiled this week, is the fourth collaboration in a 10-year deal between Richard Mille…
October 8, 2024
Strike gold with the new raft of bracelet watches
From the magazine: The fortunes of the luxury watch industry have been tarnished by a post-pandemic slowdown, but a…
July 22, 2024
How the owners of Madresfield Court, the home that inspired Brideshead Revisited, are nurturing its renaissance
The property, which has been in the same family for 900 years, inspired Evelyn Waugh. Today its owners are…
July 12, 2024
How Richard Mille became a watch industry juggernaut
In just over two decades, Richard Mille has gone from zero to a billion euros in revenue, becoming the…
April 19, 2024
It’s time to give carbon fibre watches a second chance
After a long, tentative courtship, the watch industry looks to have succumbed to the lightweight charms of carbon fibre
February 18, 2024
Partners in time: the luxury watch collaborations worth knowing
Watch companies are old hands at collaborating with other brands – but occasionally these alliances result in something memorable
November 28, 2023
Forget stealth wealth, Patek Philippe’s new women’s models are unashamedly opulent
Two classic sports watches, the Aquanaut and the Nautilus, are given spectacular makeovers
November 16, 2023