Watches and Clocks

April 12, 2024

The Hunt for a Retirement Keepsake

On a family trip to Switzerland, Joseph Barreto fell in love with an Omega Constellation. In 2022, several months after Joseph Barreto retired as a high […]
April 12, 2024

Slowing Down for Poetry and Time

A London exhibition by Van Cleef & Arpels will showcase heritage pieces alongside novelties introduced at the Watches and Wonders fair. More than 75 timepieces and […]
April 12, 2024

Hermès Created a Shape for Its New Women’s Watch

The house’s creative director says the case’s sculpted form has “a kind of complexity in its simplicity.” It was shape that drove the development of the […]
April 12, 2024

Despite the Watch World’s Secrecy, Data Services Expand

Swiss brands and retailers now have a few options to determine what’s happening with the industry. Just a couple of years ago, they had almost none. […]
April 9, 2024

Watch Fair Opens in a Time of Uncertainty

Brands hope the new models unveiled at Watches and Wonders Geneva will attract buyers despite the tough retail climate. Just what sort of shape is the […]
April 9, 2024

HYT Aims to Bounce Back — Again

After the brand’s roller-coaster decade, Vincent Perriard is now running the show — and trying to calm the waters. There will be all manner of watchmaking […]
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 […]
April 8, 2024

Bulgari Recaptures the Crown for the World’s Thinnest Watch

The Octo Finissimo Ultra Mark II is 1.7 millimeters thick, half a tenth of a millimeter less than the previous record-holder. Bulgari has its world record […]
April 8, 2024

The Watch Brand SpaceOne Debuts Its Second Timepiece

The Tellurium includes the sun, earth and moon as three-dimensional orbs floating across the watch’s face. It took Guillaume Laidet and Théo Auffret four weeks to […]
April 8, 2024

With Watch Sales Down, Brands Hope for a Trade Show Boost

Organizers say the 2023 Watches and Wonders Geneva had a global reach of 700 million. Many in the industry hope for that kind of interest this […]