Quartz or manual-wound movements used to be the only option for small watches, but now brands such as Bulgari, Piaget and Chopard are putting automatic mechanisms in them. By Carol Besler Automatic ...

Whether it’s sunglasses, denim, kitchen knives, socks or any of a wide range of products, a “Made in Japan” label today generally means a premium quality product. The country is known for ...

The watch industry has undergone gradual but important change over its centuries-long history, and a big part of that change ...

Professional watchmaker Ryan Jewell breaks down two different Carpenter watches; one watch with Japanese movement and another with Swiss movement. working in New York City. Today we're gonna break ...

It’s not often that watch enthusiasts get really excited about new or re-issued movements. So here’s a bit about why Omega’s 321 caliber, of all things, is newsworthy: the high-flying history of Omega ...

LVMH plans to ramp up manufacturing at its Zenith brand to supply movements for timepieces across the luxury group’s watch division. “We think we can go beyond the brand to develop them as a movement ...

Do you know what time it is? Chances are good that you used a computer or a cell phone to answer that question. The time on your phone is about as accurate as chronometry gets these days. That’s ...

The adage that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure holds true even in the upper echelons of Swiss watchmaking. Once considered virtually worthless, vintage mechanical movements are playing ...

The luxury brand is planning new uses for its 12.3-millimeter Piccolissimo movement. By Nazanin Lankarani In June, Bulgari presented its vision of the Garden of Eden, called Giardino Dell’Eden ...

For the want of research funding, which the team at the advanced materials department at Manchester Metropolitan University are now trying to raise, the watch industry could be at the tipping point ...

In late 2002, the Swiss watch industry buzzed with rumors that ETA, a division of the Swatch Group and the supplier of movements to a host of companies, would soon restrict deliveries. Swatch chairman ...

When you think of open-source hardware, you probably think of electronics and maker tools– RepRap, Arduino, Adafruit, et cetera. Yet open source is an ethos and license, and is in no way limited to ...