VICTORIA GOMELSKY

February 17, 2022

The Most Prized Watch Brands You’ve Never Heard Of

The rising prices of Rolexes and Pateks have collectors turning to what one expert called “the dead brands society.” In 2012, when Scott Heileson turned 35, […]
January 27, 2022

The Chinese Watch Brand That Beat the Swiss

CIGA Design’s triumph at an industry awards event last fall was unexpected. At least by its competitors. In 2016 Zhang Jianmin was on a visit to […]
December 6, 2021

Patek Philippe’s Nautilus Watch Returns in Tiffany Blue

There will be only 170 of the special Ref. 5711 models so, the company’s president said, deciding who gets them may be “a big problem.” Most […]
April 23, 2021

Technology Could Turn You Into a Tiffany

Augmented reality, 3-D printing and other advances are changing the jewelry business. Soon, they might help you become your own designer. From the Medicis to the […]
September 9, 2020

An Easier Way to Insure That Watch

You just got a new Rolex or Audemars Piguet. The last thing on your mind: watch insurance. Too much hassle, right? Maybe not anymore. The team […]
May 1, 2020

Watches for Your Ears

Watch lovers are an intensely visual bunch: Consider the more than 2.1 million images tagged #wristshot on Instagram. But the rising popularity of horology podcasts also […]
January 16, 2018

Watches: IWC Schaffhausen Celebrates 150 Years

Advertisement GENEVA — In 1868, a 27-year-old American engineer named Florentine Ariosto Jones arrived in Schaffhausen, a Rhine River town in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, […]
January 15, 2018

Watches: Watch Brands Confront a Risky Business: The Secondhand Market

Advertisement About four years ago, Maximilian Büsser, founder of the boutique watch brand MB&F, bought his wife a 1970s Rolex Air-King for $2,500 on the website […]
November 15, 2017

The Watch World’s Billion Dollar Babies

Switzerland is home to hundreds of watch companies, the majority of which are small, relatively obscure operations that sell just enough to cover their production costs. […]
September 19, 2017

An Online Sale Site Caters to Independent Watchmakers

A sure sign that watchmakers are changing their ideas about online sales is the debut of Skolorr.com, an online marketplace for independent artisans and brands. “We’re […]