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February 5, 2014

Raymond Weil, Whose Swiss Watches Told More Than Time, Dies at 87

Mr. Weil started his watch company at a time when most Swiss watchmakers were going bust, and he helped redefine the nation’s signature product.
January 21, 2014

A Growing Role in Health Care for Smartwatches

An emergency alert built into some watch models will automatically warn caregivers of a possible health crisis, enabling preventive action to be taken.
January 21, 2014

Cartier’s Roses Bloom Eternal

The French high-end jeweler has developed an innovative new technique for floral marquetry that it is applying to its watches.
January 21, 2014

Milan Watchmaker Aims to Build Reputation in Hong Kong

Max Bernardini, who inherited a high-end watch business in Italy from his father, has brought his formula to Hong Kong.
January 21, 2014

New Lives for Classic Cartier Watch Designs

At this week's Geneva watch salon, Cartier is releasing a new ladies' model that keeps many of the original codes of its Tortue model.
January 21, 2014

Luxury Brands Start to Think Mobile

Many high-end brands that had overlooked mobile technology are now starting to ask how such devices can improve their companies.
January 20, 2014

Keeping Up With China’s Changing Tastes

Amid shifting consumer tastes and the government's crackdown on corruption, a slowdown in luxury sales has watchmakers rethinking strategies.
January 20, 2014

High-End Sleek, Traditional Tick

The Gronefeld One Hertz is the first wristwatch with an independent sub-dial for dead seconds, otherwise known as jumping seconds.
January 20, 2014

Watch Transparency Reaches New Height

A Swiss niche maker of “skeletonized’' timepieces improves its game with an automatic tourbillon in a new model.
January 20, 2014

Watches That Tell a Bit More Than the Hour

The artist and designer Crispin Jones has designed timepieces that explore the cultural role of the watch and the human relationship with time and technology.