The history of Duckworth Prestex stems back to 1869 when brand founder Neil Duckworth’s family firm, Prestons, was started in Bolton, England. Prestons was making pocket watches under the Prestex name during the 1920s, and later expanded to dress watches and chronographs. By 1948, the family business had expanded to selling Swiss watches such as …
Lorige was founded in 2018 by motorsport fans Clément Etienvre and Emeric Paraud. Inspired to create a trophy that could be worn everyday, the founders of Lorige developed and patented a method of repurposing carbon brake pads from racing cars into a material that can be made into a watch case. Paul Di Resta Former …
The Richard Mille brand was first developed in 1999 by Richard Mille in a partnership with Montres Valgine and Audemars Piguet, with the RM 001 Tourbillon introduced to the world at Baselworld in 2001. In addition to their distinctive design, lightweight construction, and shock resistance, Richard Mille is well known for their untraditional marketing. Mille …
TAG Heuer was originally founded in 1860 as Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG (Heuer Watchmaking Inc.) by Edouard Heuer in St-Imier, Switzerland. Building off a foundation of early innovations in dashboard instruments and chronographs, TAG Heuer is now synonymous with motorsports and enjoy a mainstream brand recognition matched by vanishingly few watch companies. In 1999 the Swiss …