Watchmaking was born ornamental. The first wearable watches astonished and were soon taken up by the rich and the powerful. But they were most inaccurate (…)

Held under the auspices of the Watchmaking Museum at the Chateau des Monts in Le Locle, the International Chronometry Competition is held every two years (…)

The development of the new Powerlite® alloy by Maurice Lacroix started out with three questions about watch cases: How to make them lighter, how to make (…)

In this article we introduce three new calibres presented in early 2013 by Eterna, Julien Coudray and Vulcain.

The most expensive watches in the world change on a regular basis as brand’s vie for the PR mileage that can be earned from claiming the crown for the most (…)

What is the best way to judge or to affirm the quality of a timepiece? The term “Swiss Made” hardly seems sufficient, since it merely establishes that at (…)

Professor Christian Robert, a lecturer in microtechnical conception at Switzerland’s He-Arc (Haute Ecole Arc Ingénierie), and his students presented an (…)

After three years of development work together with the EPFL, the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Hublot presented its new “Magic Gold” at its (…)

We often see the mention “COSC certified” associated with a watch, although, in reality, it applies to only three per cent of Swiss timepieces. With its (…)

Antiquorum Auctioneers is preparing for its September 14th auction of “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” at their US headquarters in New York City.

A lecturer at the Haute Ecole Arc Ingénierie and his students have designed a new mechanical system for a complication watch movement.

Japanese maki-e lacquer brings a touch of the East to Swiss watchmaking with techniques that are even older than the measurement of time.