Watches and Clocks

November 7, 2024

25 Watch Brands Donate Special Pieces to a Charity Auction

Biver and Chopard are among the houses participating in TimeForArt, a Dec. 7 benefit for the Swiss Institute, an art institution in New York. Pierre Biver, […]
November 7, 2024

Patek Philippe Debuts a New Sporty Watch Design

The Cubitus collection begins with three iterations, but additional versions are promised. Is Cubitus the new Nautilus? Since 2021, when Patek Philippe discontinued its best-selling Ref. […]
November 7, 2024

4 Young Collectors Have Phones, but It’s Watches They Love

After all, as one said, ‘It’s not just about knowing what the time is.’ As the watch-collecting community continues to grow, more and more 20-somethings — […]
November 7, 2024

Is the Watch Industry Downplaying Its Sustainability Effort?

Some observers say that, as the deadline for European Union reporting nears, brands have lowered the volume on their environmental communications. For the watch industry, the […]
November 7, 2024

The Watch Industry’s Role in Your Speeding Ticket

It was the development of the chronograph, essentially a stopwatch, that laid the groundwork for automobile speed limits. If you have ever received a speeding ticket, […]
October 27, 2024

Patek Philippe’s Cubitus Watch Resembles Benjamin James Scarifour

Patek Philippe’s first new collection in 25 years came as a particular shock to a British watchmaker who already had a (far less expensive) doppelgänger on […]
October 19, 2024

The Lead Stylist for Rihanna and Dua Lipa Wear a Rolex Wallet Chain to Remind Him of How Far He’s Come

Jahleel Weaver’s pocket watch no longer keeps time. At least, not in the traditional sense. (With every wear, he’d have to reset it.) For Mr. Weaver, […]
October 18, 2024

This Watch Line Says It’s More a ‘Gathering’ Than a Brand

‘We’re just friends having fun, doing something that we would like for ourselves,’ one Kollokium founder said. In a little over a year, Kollokium has sold […]
October 18, 2024

A King’s Clock Adorns the Bangkok Biennale

The French-made timepiece, on display for the art event, was one of many ordered by Rama V in 1873 as gifts for some Buddhist monks. A […]
October 18, 2024

A Weekend Class on Clock Repair. Irish Scenery Included.

On a bright Saturday in September, in a clockmaker’s workshop surrounded by farmland in the western Irish county of Clare, three curious students bent over workbenches […]