Chronographs are inextricably linked with motor sport these days, but five years after Louis Moinet invented the function in 1816, Louis XVIII’s watchmaker Nicolas Rieussec developed a contraption tha

Joseph Haydn looked every bit the European celebrity on the night of 4 May 1795. Newly opened in 1791 after a fire, the King’s Theatre glowed in the brilliant flicker of candle chandeliers. At the fro

Serial entrepreneur and Aera Instruments co-founder Jas Minhas can trace his horological roots back to the 1960s when his father set up a watch distribution business in Birmingham. Minhas, now 51, liv

Historical Treasures

Works by certain artists often become symbolic of a particular era. This is an angle which has proved very popular with visitors to London’s National Gallery in recent years and, this month, welcomes

AUDEMARS PIGUET 1. Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, ...