By NAZANIN LANKARANI

January 21, 2013

App Helps Evaluate Luxury Watches

The Watch Enthusiast, a smartphone app, is the world's largest database of mechanical watches that doubles as a buyers' guide.
January 21, 2013

Buying Back a Forgotten Chinese Heritage

Auction prices for antique pocket watches are soaring as collectors vie for decorative 19th century timepieces made in Europe for sale in Imperial China.
November 24, 2012

Today’s Challenge: Improving the Escapement

While some watchmakers are experimenting with new materials, others rely on traditional techniques to bring the measure of time to heights only dreamed of by the master, Abraham-Louis Breguet.
October 26, 2012

The Prize for Pushing the Cutting Edge

The Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix honors the most innovation watches of the past year.
September 4, 2012

Vuitton Lifts Profile in the Watch World

Louis Vuitton has in the last two years taken giant steps to turn itself into a significant player in the watchmaking world, both by raising its visibility and by strengthening its technical capabilities.
January 16, 2012

Lots of Novelties Heading to Geneva Show

Swiss watch companies just finished a banner year, but they will offer a number of new inventions to help keep interest high as the global economy remains uncertain.
September 24, 2011

Watch Designer Applies His Design Instincts to Yachts

The watchmaker Jean-François Ruchonnet and the yacht designer Jean-Jacques Coste showed off a newly designed supersize yacht at the Monaco Yacht Showboat show this week.
March 25, 2011

Journe Brings It All Under One Roof

The brand, the only watch manufacturer remaining in Geneva, is also one of the few to control nearly the entire production process.
March 25, 2011

Watch Market Recovery Passes Antiquorum By

Caught up in legal wrangles since 2007, the specialist watch auctioneer Antiquorum and its founder, Osvaldo Patrizzi, had a hard year.
January 17, 2011

Swiss Elegance Storms Back Onto Center Stage

After wallowing in global crisis, sales at retail and auction enjoy a spectacular recovery in 2010.