Watchmaker and Takumi - top artisan - Kaori Washimi explains the high level of skill involved in creating every Grand Seiko timepiece There is a reason the people who work on the watches at Grand ...

Originally fitted to its Credor models and later deployed in Grand Seiko and Prospex ranges, from next month Seiko's innovative Spring Drive manually wound movement finds a new home in its most highly ...

Reasonably expensive and reasonably heavy cars dominate the current electric vehicle market. Combining a buyer’s appetite for SUVs with battery-powered engine setups has been a popular blend for ...

Watch collectors have strong feelings about quartz versus mechanical watches: Battery-powered quartz is inexpensive, accurate and robust, but it lacks the je ne sais quoi of an electricity-free ...

Grand Seiko, the luxury brand offshoot of watch giant Seiko, has established a handful of signature traits over the course of its 64-year lifespan. There’s the fine, mirror-like polishing technique ...

Grand Seiko means a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, the Japanese watchmaker may represent their first foray into luxury timepieces, while for others, Grand Seiko is the embodiment of ...

The Spring is the cheapest 'proper' electric car, comes well equipped and has a usable range, but it doesn't come without compromise. Dacia built its brand on making the “UK’s cheapest car” and has ...

Electric cars simply don't get any cheaper than the Spring. Priced from £14,995, Dacia says it will 'make electric mobility accessible for all'. And plenty have already jumped at the chance to own one ...

If you're a fan of the best watches on the market, you'll know just how convoluted the market is. Gone are the – arguably simpler – days when you'd simply purchase a dress watch for the office and a ...