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 ...

The watch industry has undergone gradual but important change over its centuries-long history, and a big part of that change has to do with the thing that makes your timepiece tick. For many decades — ...

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 ...

One of the most challenging crafts in watchmaking, skeletonization calls for the functional architecture of a movement, whether modern or classic, to be pared down to the bare essentials in a way that ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the Covid pandemic exposed Nordic watchmakers’ reliance on foreign components, Martin Kalland decided to ...

You may not be familiar with Norquain, a Swiss company founded in 2018, but its newest watch is powered by a movement with a connection to a company you’re sure to be aware of: Tudor. Norquain boats ...

Timex has something of a reputation as a middle-of-the-road, play-it-safe, value-for-money watchmaker, but the company is stepping out of its comfort zone to partner with France-based SilMach and ...

To understand what’s going on right now in the Swiss watch industry, you have to understand its past. Peer through the swirling mists of history and you’ll encounter something called “établissage”.