6+ hour, 26+ min ago  (1433+ words) Wristwatch manufacturers'focus on keeping cases air and watertight so the movements can operate trouble-free'in daily use. This started in earnest in 1926 with Rolex's robust Oyster case, but even delicate dress watches today have a degree of water and dust resistance…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago  (1520+ words) If you've ever travelled to Shanghai or Thailand, you might be familiar with the ease of acquiring a convincing fake Rolex for pennies on the dollar. Asian counterfeiters (particularly in Guangdong Province, China) often have access to the original machines…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (510+ words) Frank Geelen is an expert on Haute Horlogerie and his horological heart beats faster from beautiful hand-finished mechanical movements. He loves to explain all technical details of complications like tourbillons, minute repeaters, constant force escapements and column-wheel chronographs and he…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (557+ words) The Impulsion by Louis Moinet is already one of the more extroverted ways to pair a chronograph and a tourbillon. For Dubai Watch Week 2025, the brand dials up the theatre with a sharp new act: the Impulsion Titanium Green, a…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (330+ words) Inside the walls of Citizen's Watch Technology Research Laboratory (yes, the brand did have that" all the way back in 1964), the brand started to look for alternative, more capable materials to craft watches. Citizen's engineers turned their attention to titanium,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (528+ words) It's been 20 years since Parisian brand Bell & Ross released its emblematic BR-01 collection, a striking design " known as the "circle within a square" " inspired by dashboard instruments found in fighter jets. This strong connection with military planes and pilots of…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (465+ words) Czapek unveils the second special series created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand's rebirth in 2015. Following the Antarctique Tourbillon introduced in April, this new release presents an exceptional interpretation of the maison's integrated-bracelet sports watch, distinguished by a plique…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (541+ words) Frustrated by not finding a watch he liked at a price he could afford, multi-talented founder Ming Thein decided to create'his own brand. Based in Kuala Lumpur, the design-led indie brand has a distinctive and recognisable aesthetic built on contemporary…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (623+ words) An industry expert and our Swiss Editor, Xavier Markl became hooked on mechanical watches when he started working for Cartier and then Girard-Perregaux. A subject, which was initially a professional necessity, developed into a horological obsession. Unable to ignore the…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (677+ words) An industry expert and our Swiss Editor, Xavier Markl became hooked on mechanical watches when he started working for Cartier and then Girard-Perregaux. A subject, which was initially a professional necessity, developed into a horological obsession. Unable to ignore the…...