It continues. . . It continues to rise, unflappable, with no let up in sight. Every month, watches worth more than a billion (yes, with a (…)

Quartz is dead, long live the mechanical watch. That seems to be the rallying cry of most of the established Swiss brands.

The day was balmy, the sea was like a sheet of softly tinted silk and the gentle ripples upon its surface did nothing more than create a soothing (…)

In this new digital era, the traditional style of networking for social and business purposes has changed a great deal. People of all sorts are turning (…)

For too many years, one jewellery and watch store has been much like any other. Display windows, bright lights and cases all over the store.

Surprisingly, using new materials is a tradition in watchmaking as old as the hills. Sure, watchmakers are using previously unknown materials in (…)

There was a time when wearing a diamond watch out in the daytime was as much a fashion faux pas as wearing a full-length ball gown down to the local pub.

First came the complicated watches, then we witnessed the ultra-complicated watches...

Recently, at the Grand Prix de l'Horlogerie in Geneva, one of the awards was not given out. According to the event’s organizers, the ‘prize (…)

How many watches are manufactured each year in the entire world? Answer: 1.5 to 1.7 billion, or in other words, one watch for every six to seven (…)

Hour Glass, headquartered in Singapore, is one of the region's leading retailers, currently owning 21 points of sale throughout Asia and by (…)

Here is a watchmaking quiz for you - which company has produced more than 80 million mechanical watches in-house since the 1950s?