Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Rolex GMT Master. Introduced ...

It’s easy to forget now, but getting on an airplane was a big deal in the 1950s. Legendary modern architect Eero Saarinen was designing airports, first-class meant a steak dinner and a Manhattan at 10 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you don’t know anything about watches, you’ve darn well heard of “Pepsi.” Pre-war commercial aviation looked completely ...

The former soccer player wore a watch with a strong fan base—and a great nickname.

Air Force pilot Captain David Bartell fired up his F105-D for a training mission like any other time. Nothing was different—a ...

One might think that putting the winding crown and date on the left side of a watch means it’s a timepiece specifically geared toward lefties. But is that truly the case, so to speak? Righties, think ...

Mitchell became the sixth person to walk on the moon on the nine-day mission, spending nine hours exploring the lunar surface. There is film footage of the astronaut wearing the GMT-Master before the ...

It may take years for Rolex to create a new watch model, but when it does, rest assured that it will be part of the crown’s stable for decades to come, as in the case of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT ...

The Bulova Oceanographer GMT hits all the right notes for those pining for a Rolex—and the watch dupe is now on sale for well under $1k. Thanks to its dynamite design and incredibly useful ability to ...

But more than just a wrist expander and a friendly new price point, this 40 mm Rolex Pepsi GMT-Master II also comes outfitted with a new caliber for an extra pop. The new 3285 caliber gave birth to 10 ...

Rolex has never been a brand to rush into trends. It perfects, refines, and then, when the time is right, redefines. That’s exactly what it has done with its latest take on the GMT-Master II, launched ...

Rolex fans fretting about their place on the Daytona wait list can take heart. Rolex introduced a slew of new models to lust after at Watches & Wonders in Geneva last month, including a new GMT-Master ...