Monocle May Issue Celebrates Watchmaking and Timekeeping

Monocle's May 2026 issue features a celebration of watchmaking and timekeeping, alongside its annual Design Awards. Editor Andrew Tuck highlights two favorite reports: Ann Marie Gardner's train journey from Winnipeg to Churchill, Canada, on Via Rail, exploring the remote polar-bear capital, and Mary Holland's dispatch from downtown Cairo, documenting the revival of a sleepy, timeworn neighborhood. The issue also includes a fashion spread on watches and the people who wear them, with associate editor Grace Charlton interviewing a chef, photographer, ambassador, and fashion designer about their timepieces. Creative director Richard Spencer Powell conceived a 'watch dogs' feature pairing dogs with watches that match their style. Tuck reflects on his own watches—one bought with inheritance from his parents, another a gift for a special anniversary—and invites reader feedback at at@monocle.com.