Roberta Naas

April 13, 2024

Fragrance and a Watch Strap

Move your wrist, and scent suddenly surrounds you. Vacheron Constantin and a Paris couturier have created a strap embedded with microcapsules of perfume. A hand-embroidered strap […]
April 9, 2024

Brand Beats Its Own Record for Most Complicated Watch

A Vacheron Constantin pocket watch has 63 complications, including what the brand said is another world first: a Chinese perpetual calendar. Beating its own record for […]
December 10, 2023

In Watches, Yellow Gold Is Back

Brands see the trend gaining in popularity throughout 2024. It has been more than 30 years since white metal and rose gold watches pushed yellow gold […]
December 10, 2023

Updating a Classic Blancpain Dive Watch

The company’s chief discusses his strategy for the future. The Swiss company Blancpain, part of the Swatch Group, is known for its Villeret watches, its Air […]
July 23, 2023

Pendant Watches Swing Back Into Style

Brands from Van Cleef & Arpels to Jaeger-LeCoutre introduce modern versions of the vintage look. The pendant watch has its roots in the 17th century — […]
March 26, 2023

Can’t Buy the Watch You Want? It’s Partly a Lack of Watchmakers.

With student enrollments down and retirements rising, Swiss brands worry that growth will stall. The watchmaking world is facing an unprecedented problem: a severe lack of […]
October 20, 2022

Succession, Nepotism or Just a New Generation in Watches?

Whatever you call it, these young leaders are changing the way their brands do business. In the past few years, the watch world — especially independent, […]