What is The Fourth Wheel?

The Fourth Wheel is a weekly newsletter that explains, analyses and from time to time, gently pokes fun at the world of watches. The Fourth Wheel is published every Friday morning at 10:10 UK time.

Who are you?

I’m Chris Hall, I have been a journalist for 14 years, and have written about watches for 12 of them. For six years I was deputy editor/digital editor of QP Magazine, before moving to my current job as Senior Watch Editor for Mr Porter in 2020. I write, or have written, for a wide range of newspapers and magazines, including Esquire, Wired, the Telegraph, Men’s Health and the Financial Times. I live and work in London, so while I aim to address the watch world in its entirety, you’ll find a UK-centric focus to the Fourth Wheel. I also talk frequently about the nature of watch media, and the business of marketing, advertising and talking about watches, as well as the watches themselves.

Why should I subscribe?

If you like watches, there isn’t another newsletter quite like it. Every week I address a topic or theme that’s front-of-mind for watch fanatics. Maybe I’m reacting to a controversy, providing my take on the biggest new developments, or offering an insight that you might not find elsewhere. Once a month I review a new watch; every ten issues I answer your questions, and in between I make as many silly jokes and sly comments as I think I can get away with. Every week I share a handful of links that I think everyone should see, and round off with a few quick-fire notes, asides and memes.

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Senior Watch Editor at Mr Porter and a watch journalist for more than a decade.