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The pandemic has driven every auctioneer to improve its online service, and eBay is not standing still either.

Marathon is one of the biggest watch brands in the world you have probably never heard of. That is unless you are in the military, in which case you may have been trusting one of their ultra-rugged timepieces with your life for decades.

Advancing treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is by far the most valuable contribution the biennial Only Watch auction makes to the world, a cause that the watch industry has embraced as warmly as Luc Pettavino, who founded the fundraiser. The results of the auction also give a guide to what watch collectors value most these days in terms of brands, materials, styles, provenance and storytelling.

Peers Hardy, best known for bringing blockbuster fashion brands like ICE-Watch and Daniel Wellington to the UK, is looking for another trend to blow up, this time for affordable and trend-led smartwatches.

Having been postponed twice since its original release date of April 2020, the 25th James Bond movie, No Time To Die, was finally released at the end of September. Simon de Burton revisits the watches that have become as much a part of Bond's essential operational equipment as an Aston Martin and a dry martini.

The 2021 WATCHPRO Awards Ceremony takes place on November 11 in central London.

Brother and sister Dominic and Melanie Wakefield have transformed their showroom with a £1.4 million refurbishment built around prestige brands from Rolex and Fope to Tudor and its own fine jewellery collections.

What happens when the free market damages the reputation of an industry's most successful brands?

Market for certified pre-owned watches is predicted to grow from a retail value of $19 billion in 2019 to over $30 billion in 2025. Here's why.

Pre-owned watch specialist Watchfinder walks us through the classic timepieces seen on the wrist of 007 back to 1954.