From the advent of the luxury sport watch in the 1970s to the birth of the smartwatch in the new millennium, a number of factors have influenced the trajectory of the sport watch. One of the most significant is the increasingly competitive world of professional sports and the growing numbers of watches worn during play.

Formula 1 World Champion in 2007, Kimi Räikkönen - who drives for Switzerland's Alfa Romeo Racing Team – gets to wear his very own tourbillon split-seconds chronograph.

Richard Mille and Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) have joined forces to produce a new grand complication watch - the RM 62-01 Tourbillon Vibrating Alarm ACJ - that epitomises the brand's vocation to take functionality and performance to new heights.

Brands have wised up to the benefits to be gained from associating their name with art venues and exhibitions; creative contexts whose audiences are also potential customers.

Using an ambassador to represent a brand and its image is an idea that's still going strong, as these twenty-first century examples confirm.

Recent developments have enabled watchmakers to overcome some of the difficulties inherent to working with sapphire and use its transparency to ever more spectacular effect. However, the greatest challenges aren't always where one might think. The proof with MB&F.

The Swiss watch brank announces a relocation of its London boutique to iconic Old Bond Street and renews its partnership with Frieze.

Holder of 53 Spanish records and striking gold at both the Under-18 World Championships and European Championships, Maria Vicente is on track for an outstanding career.

Over the past decades, luxury brands, jewellers, passionate entrepreneurs and independent creators have entered the watchmaking world where they have distinguished themselves with truly original case designs.