Born in Valais and deeply inspired by the spirit of the mountains, Norton Peak embodies a new generation of Swiss watchmaking ...

Arnold & Son structures its vision around three pillars: chronometry, astronomy, and world time. Each of these themes finds a ...

American watchmaking was once a thriving industry. After the Civil War, the U.S. dominated the world market in inexpensive, accurate watches, a position maintained into the first half of the 20 th ...

In less than ten years, Venezianico has gone from being a micro-brand born out of the Kickstarter era to a credible player in ...

Shona Taine, a 27-year-old watchmaker, became the first woman to join the prestigious Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants this month. - Muriel Antille Watchmaking doesn’t feel like the most ...

A well-worn adage of mechanical watchmaking is preserving tradition while driving innovation. Today’s brands take advantage of manufacturing technology that has advanced the state of the art without ...

Throughout the history of watchmaking, the search for innovation has always been never-ending. And it’s no different in modern horology. All about building a better timepiece that’s lighter, stronger, ...

My mom recently gave me the watch my grandfather wore much of his adult life. Some of my memories of him were wearing that watch and playing mahjong as I would quietly observe. Timepieces, like humans ...

Every year the watch industry celebrates its intense research and innovation with the unveiling of its newest timepieces—watches that will be the trendsetters for years to come—at the most exclusive, ...

“Half of my watchmaking is traditional . . . with a little bit of a development,” says Eric Coudray, chuckling at his headquarters at TEC Ebauches, in Vallorbe, Switzerland, as he describes his ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Ulysse Nardin Freak. Who says the ...

Certified Watchmaker Suleman Qureshi highlights the fading craft of high-end mechanical watchmaking and the need to preserve this rare skill. Mechanical watchmaking is an art of precision, discipline ...