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March 28, 2014

A Wrist-Worn Beacon

Breitling is starting to market a wristwatch designed for fliers, sailors and people who practice extreme sports in remote locations.
March 28, 2014

Who Wears What, Why?

Watches are superfluous, yet buyers keep spending thousands of dollars on them. Figuring out why keeps marketing departments ticking.
March 28, 2014

Turning Around an Industry Steeped in Tradition

Jean-Claud Biver, tapped by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton to head its watch division, is known for the successful reinvention of Hublot.
March 28, 2014

Vintage Repair: Be Careful!

Some advice from experts on the dos and don’ts of repairing vintage watches.
March 27, 2014

The Attraction for Nautical Folklore in Watch Design

The history of chronometers is incorporated into current wristwatch designs.
March 27, 2014

Getting Back to the Essentials of Time

MeisterSinger, a German watch company, is taking the precision out of timekeeping with single-handed watches that simplify the tracking of hours.
March 27, 2014

Time for a Cabinetmaker

Valerii Danevych, who grew up in a family of cabinetmakers in Ukraine, is gaining a reputation for his watch mechanisms made of wood.
March 26, 2014

Swiss Watchmakers Skeptical of Digital Revolution

Smartwatches are growing in popularity, but watch industry leaders show little interest in combining diamond bezels with digital wizardry.
March 21, 2014

Why Android Wear Is the Beginning of the Wearable Devices Era

Every hardware platform needs software to be successful. By giving manufacturers a known operating system to work with, Google’s could jump-start the wearables industry.
February 23, 2014

Samsung Introduces Two New Smartwatches

The devices have a better battery life and use Samsung’s own operating system.