March 3, 2024

The Essential Women’s Watches

A selective, subjective guide to collecting feminine timepieces. There often is a subtle difference between the way men and women collect things. Many men tend to […]
January 18, 2024

Watches That Can Reflect the Colors of the Rainbow

New techniques and processes create case finishes that appear to change hue as the wearer moves. Just as the worlds of architecture and industrial design have […]
January 18, 2024

Timepieces Set in Stone

Watches with ornamental hard stone dials are making a comeback, but they still are quite rare. The latest grail category in luxury watches does not involve […]
September 13, 2023

Watch Boutiques Blossom in the Digital Age

Online sales continue to be a focus, but brands are having a hard time finding enough days for all their ribbon cuttings. In 2017, when Georges […]
September 13, 2023

If It’s Expensive, Does That Make It a Luxury Watch?

There are several reasons brands increased their prices in recent years, and positioning certainly was one of them. In March, Jacob & Co. introduced the 216.9-carat […]
August 9, 2023

Watch Brands Borrow Some of Music’s Cool

Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille and Hublot are among the makers mining connections with performers for the social media boost and appeal to young consumers. In 2022, […]
April 3, 2023

Swiss Watch Leaders Are Eager to Make Up for Lost Time in China

Brands seem determined to make the most of the bounce in luxury spending that they have anticipated since Beijing ended its zero-Covid policy. After three years […]
July 22, 2022

Want a New Watch? Put Your Name Right Here.

Waiting lists are becoming more common, and everyone has a different opinion on the reason. Luxury watch brands have always liked the concept of a waiting […]
April 3, 2022

In Watches, What’s Old Is New

Brands like Zenith and Cartier are reviving retro favorites for a new generation of collectors. When Arwind Jhand’s son was born, the watch enthusiast purchased a […]
September 4, 2017

Custom Timepieces Seize the Moment

In 2003, when George Bamford founded Bamford Watch Department — a company that specialized in customizing Rolex sports watches by applying industrial case coatings, special finishes […]