When to wind it? How to set it? Where to take it for repairs? For answers to these and other watch-care questions, read on.

Subdials are busting out all over this year as manufacturers increase their offerings of chronographs and other multifunction watches. What do all those (…)

Thanks to the sports watch boom, water resistance has become so common in watches that we often take it for granted. But a closer look at this popular (…)

Seiko started the trend a few years ago with the splashy and successful introduction of its Kinetic series of watches. Tissot, Omega and Longines have also (…)

Switzerland’s mechanical watch boom has brought a surge in watches bearing a special designation on the dial: chronometer. What are chronometers? How are (…)

Automatic watches are extremely popular. But what are automatics? How do they work? How accurate are they? How often should they be serviced? For answers to (…)

The white-watch trend has spawned a surge in watches made with titanium. So what is titanium? What do you need to know about it to talk knowledgeably to (…)

Watch marketers have recently brought out a bevy of lightpowered models meant to save both the environment and trips to the mall for new batteries.

The following article has been prepared for Europa Star by an expert in the field, Jean-Claude Nicolet, master watch-craftsman and professor in La (…)

Unlike the world of automobiles, where a small car is less expensive than a large one, a small watch may very well cost more than its larger counterpart.