By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP

September 24, 2011
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at September 24, 2011
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Inspiration for Special Timepiece in a Wreck

A nautical restoration has become the inspiration for an unusual timepiece.
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March 25, 2011
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at March 25, 2011
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Auction Houses Benefit From Renewed Chinese Passion for Pocket Watches

In the late 18th and 19th centuries, Swiss watchmakers were making enameled pocket watches especially for the Chinese market.
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March 24, 2011
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at March 24, 2011
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Not Just in, Thin Is Almost De Rigueur

This year, several watchmakers, like those at Richard Mille and Piaget, have been working to slim down their tourbillons.
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March 24, 2011
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at March 24, 2011
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A Huge Market, With New Players

As the market for luxury watches grows in Asia, companies are proudly offering their own models made entirely in China.
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March 24, 2011
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at March 24, 2011
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The Triumph of Unnecessary Beauty

A square wheel mechanism is just one of the attractive but only questionably useful complications that will draw luxury watch collectors to the Baselworld show this month.
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January 17, 2011
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at January 17, 2011
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A Driving Passion Influences Design

The influence of fast cars on watches has often been most obvious in dial design, with, for example, the incorporation of subdials suggesting the speed counters on racecar dashboards.
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January 17, 2011
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at January 17, 2011
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Cartier Looks for Recognition in Watchmaking

The jeweler, having set up a watchmaking operation in Switzerland in 2001, released a new model last year and is unveiling another this week as it seeks to burnish its watch credentials.
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November 26, 2010
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at November 26, 2010
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Japanese Lacquer Technique Is Applied to Watches

Vacheron Constantin, Van Cleef & Arpels and Chopard have all teamed up with Japanese maki-e masters to release limited-edition watches.
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