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hen Lionel Messi accepted FIFA’s Best Men’s Player award in 2022, the Argentine soccer star wore a platinum Patek Philippe Ref. 5270P Perpetual Calendar Chronograph that retails for $218,000. Call it ...

If you’re fortunate enough to own any version of Audemars Piguet’s Perpetual Calendar Royal Oak, no one wants to hear you complain about a damn thing. However, the immensely complex complication is ...

Not everybody can pull off a 44mm watch—even more so when it’s a 44mm dress watch —and even more so when it’s crafted from a ...

Reading about watches can often feel like cracking open a textbook. Browsing—and even buying—means being barraged with inscrutable words and phrases like ”tourbillons,” “perpetual calendars,” “minute ...

Featuring a 44mm casing that’s highlighted by a colored sapphire, Bovet’s Récital 21 Perpetual Calendar creates a beautiful balance between the mechanical aspect of watches and style. It is available ...

As part of the Complications, Simplified series explaining the complex mechanisms that add functionality – or complications – to mechanical watches, HYPEBEAST looks at how the Perpetual Calendar kept ...

Having spent all week on the sunny shores of Lake Geneva for Watches and Wonders 2025, I've got a pretty good insight into the industry at large. This year offered further proof that the luxury watch ...

Once every four years, extremely complicated watches known as perpetual calendars get their moment to shine—and delight the owners of these five- or six-figure timepieces. One of watchmaking’s most ...

A. Lange & Söhne’s new Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar in platinum was among the brand’s latest timepieces presented last weekend at a collector gathering for the Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week in ...

Tom Brady caught people’s attention with his new watch on social media. The retired American NFL star shared a candid photo ...

Leap Year, a unique occurrence that graces our calendars every four years, has been a source of fascination for centuries. Today, the 29th of February, is more than just a curiosity. It plays a ...