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Alexandra Cheney
Alexandra Cheney

Alexandra Cheney is Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Director of Crown & Caliber. Her byline has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Architectural Digest, Travel + Leisure, and Variety, where she covered Hollywood as a senior film reporter before steering toward travel, automotive, design, and the wider world of luxury. You can find her either on deadline, on a surfboard or on an airplane.

We Visited The Manufaktur Where Porsche Design Watches Are Made

We Visited The Manufaktur Where Porsche Design Watches Are Made

Porsche Design makes its watches in Grenchen, Switzerland, in the 1955 building that once housed Eterna and produced Porsche Design watches under license until 2014. We toured it weeks after its reopening.

Aug 31, 2026

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3 min read

What It's Like to Drive The 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen at Pebble Beach With a Breguet Marine 5517

What It's Like to Drive The 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen at Pebble Beach With a Breguet Marine 5517

Monterey Car Week 2026 debuted the 1,578-horsepower Bugatti Destrier and the V12 Lamborghini Revuelto SV. The most fun I had all week topped out at 13 mph.

Aug 25, 2026

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2 min read

The Watches of Monterey Car Week 2026

The Watches of Monterey Car Week 2026

From the 75th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to Motorlux, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and the auctions, here’s what was on wrists throughout Monterey Car Week.

Aug 18, 2026

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5 min read

First Drive: Mercedes-Maybach S 680

First Drive: Mercedes-Maybach S 680

The 2027 Mercedes-Maybach S 680 keeps its hand-built 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12, an engine emissions rules have pushed out of most markets. A first drive down Sunset Boulevard.

Aug 10, 2026

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3 min read

Martin Smith on the MB&F Solar Orbiter, the Watch Winder That Began as a Do-Nothing Machine

Martin Smith on the MB&F Solar Orbiter, the Watch Winder That Began as a Do-Nothing Machine

In a Q&A with Crown & Caliber, the kinetic artist behind the M.A.D.Gallery's 15th anniversary watch winder explains the silent 300-component build, the Eames machine behind it, and why there will be no more Laikingland pieces.

Jul 27, 2026

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6 min read

My First Watch: Jaume Ferràs

My First Watch: Jaume Ferràs

The Macallan's global creative director has worn his father's TAG Heuer Carrera for 13 years, longer than some of the house's whiskies spend in cask.

Jul 22, 2026

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2 min read

My First Watch: Jean-Christophe Babin

My First Watch: Jean-Christophe Babin

Stepping down as CEO of Bulgari today to run LVMH's watches, Babin looks back at the timepieces that marked his turns

Jul 1, 2026

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2 min read

The Ulysse Nardin Freak at 25: How Watchmaking's Great Provocateur Won

The Ulysse Nardin Freak at 25: How Watchmaking's Great Provocateur Won

Jun 24, 2026

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4 min read

The Watch Learns to Share a Wrist

The Watch Learns to Share a Wrist

On a single wrist, a watch and fine jewelry increasingly sit side by side; the jewelers, watch executives and collectors who wear both are rewriting the wrist rules

Jun 16, 2026

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5 min read

Who Owns Your Favorite Watch Brand?

Who Owns Your Favorite Watch Brand?

From Rolex to Omega, Cartier to TAG Heuer, a visual guide to the parent companies, conglomerates, and foundations that control the watch industry

Apr 23, 2026

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1 min read

Which Watch Will You Wear to Watches & Wonders 2026?

Which Watch Will You Wear to Watches & Wonders 2026?

We asked CEOs, brand presidents, collectors, and watch world personalities to reveal what's going on the wrist in Geneva this year, and why

Apr 10, 2026

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6 min read

My First Watch: Jeff Hammoud

My First Watch: Jeff Hammoud

Rivian's chief design officer on a Cartier lost, a Royal Oak earned, and the dial that brought him home

Apr 8, 2026

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2 min read

The Man Who Builds Race Cars Out of Racetracks

The Man Who Builds Race Cars Out of Racetracks

Meet Varun Mistry, the Mumbai architect whose Formula 1 illustrations are taking the internet by storm

Mar 27, 2026

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3 min read

FAT, Frozen, and Full Throttle

FAT, Frozen, and Full Throttle

At the end of February, a stretch of Montana's Moonlight Basin was flooded, frozen, and groomed into the track for the FAT Ice Race

Mar 10, 2026

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6 min read

Swiss Watchmaking Regions: A Map of Where Watches Are Made in Switzerland

Swiss Watchmaking Regions: A Map of Where Watches Are Made in Switzerland

Switzerland's watch industry isn't concentrated in a single city but rather spread across a landscape that has shaped the craft for centuries

Mar 3, 2026

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1 min read

The Ultimate Driving Machine Slows Down

The Ultimate Driving Machine Slows Down

BMW Group Head of Design Adrian van Hooydonk on time as the ultimate luxury, the philosophy behind Neue Klasse, and why simplicity may be the only way to outpace the zeitgeist

Feb 24, 2026

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5 min read

Arnaud Nicolas, CEO L’Epée 1839, on the Art of Staying Independent

Arnaud Nicolas, CEO L’Epée 1839, on the Art of Staying Independent

More than a year after the historic clockmaker joins LVMH, CEO Arnaud Nicolas explains how independence, ambition, and mechanical risk define L’Epée trajectory

Feb 10, 2026

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11 min read

Inside the Mind of El Matador, Carlos Sainz Sr.

Inside the Mind of El Matador, Carlos Sainz Sr.

Off-road racing legend Carlos Sainz Sr. on racing several clocks, effort as currency, and why longevity demands more than experience

Feb 10, 2026

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5 min read

Built on a Military Last

Built on a Military Last

Fracap Italian craftsmanship + Aether Apparel California cool = a superior winter boot

Feb 10, 2026

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2 min read

Parking the Grail

Parking the Grail

Designed in Copenhagen and finished like a classic car, Grails translates automotive obsession into a watch holder for collectors who believe the ritual matters as much as the acquisition

Feb 10, 2026

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2 min read

The Glassware that Changed How We Toast

The Glassware that Changed How We Toast

Fazeek’s Wave collection marries sculptural curves with lab-grade durability, proving elegance doesn’t have to be fragile.

Feb 10, 2026

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1 min read

More Than Meets the Eye

More Than Meets the Eye

Barton Perreira’s sculptural eyewear, trusted by Bond, Gekko, and those in the know

Feb 10, 2026

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2 min read

What Ernest Hemingway and Lamborghini Have in Common

What Ernest Hemingway and Lamborghini Have in Common

With bespoke programs and modern collaborations, Montegrappa is redefining what writing by hand looks like today

Feb 10, 2026

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2 min read

Espresso, Reissued for the Outdoors

Espresso, Reissued for the Outdoors

Bialetti’s iconic Moka Express meets The North Face in a collaboration that is peak camp coffee ritual; camping optional

Feb 10, 2026

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2 min read

My First Watch:
Wolfgang Puck

My First Watch:
Wolfgang Puck

A watch meant to stay dry. A watch built to get wet. And the lobster tank that changed everything.

Feb 10, 2026

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1 min read

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