Collectors and Collections

October 19, 2023

Watches, Fans and a Giant Blue Whale. It’s RollieFest 2023.

Geoffrey Hess invited what he described as ‘the crème de la crème of the collectors’ community’ to a weekend in Manhattan. On a rainy Saturday evening […]
October 19, 2023

In France, She Winds Clocks at the Nation’s Landmarks

Yohanna Arvaud and her team maintain hundreds of timepieces in locations like the Élysée Palace and the Louvre. Horlogerie Arvaud has been a fixture along the […]
October 16, 2023

Gen Z Americans Embrace Nostalgia With Miffy, the Dutch Bunny

Hordes of young adults in North America are embracing joy and childhood nostalgia with Miffy, a poker-faced, fictional, Dutch bunny. Three years ago, Nancy Miah had […]
September 24, 2023

How to Make Friends and Influence People: Join a Watch Club

Enthusiasts say their shared interest has widened their social circle as they bond over all things horological. Two years ago, Johnathan Chan, Helbert Tsang and Carlos […]
September 24, 2023

Horology Events on Your Autumn Agenda

The watch world’s calendar is packed with meet-ups, fairs, auctions, conferences and awards ceremonies. When the mechanical watchmaking renaissance hit its stride in the early 2000s, […]
September 13, 2023

A Happy Accident Created Sparkling Aventurine

Watchmakers use the material in both its glass and mineral forms. Aventurine is a name used for variations of the minerals quartz and feldspar. More frequently, […]
September 13, 2023

‘Pieces of Art on the Wrist’

The collector Roni Madhvani is as fascinated by vintage timepieces by lesser-known watchmakers as he is by those from famed designers. “The belle epoque of watch […]
September 13, 2023

Clocks That Master the Art of Measuring Time

Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it. […]
August 31, 2023

With Ceramics and Wallpaper, an Engraver Straddles Centuries

Andrew Raftery’s ceramics and wallpaper energize the laborious art of engraving to explore contemporary life. This article is part of our Design special section about new […]
August 9, 2023

Put a Louvre Masterpiece on Your Wrist

A buyer gets to choose an artwork from the museum’s collection for Vacheron Constantin to recreate on a watch dial. Just not the ‘Mona Lisa.’ The […]