Watches and Clocks

September 7, 2016

On Time: How to Buy a Vintage Watch (and Not Get Fleeced)

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS These days, vintage watches are hot enough that some aficionados treat their collections like 401(k) accounts: a great way to build […]
September 6, 2016

The Hunt for Asia Watch Sales

Even as Swiss watch exports continue to decline, watchmakers are sharply focused on trying to find just the right combination of marketing and retail strategies in […]
September 5, 2016

Luxury in Myanmar: ‘A Long-Term Investment’

YANGON, Myanmar — “Every man has a crazy hobby,” said U Thiri Thein Than, an automotive engineer from Yangon who also has a home in Tokyo. […]
September 5, 2016

Wild About Watches

SINGAPORE — “Welcome. Please sit in the Spitfire chair.” Dr. Bernard Cheong, a physician and probably one of the world’s quirkiest watch collectors, gestured at a […]
September 5, 2016

Tourbillon Watches, Made in Hong Kong

HONG KONG — On the eighth floor of an industrial building here, along a concrete hallway lined with metal security gates, is a lovely wooden door […]
September 5, 2016

A Ulysse Nardin Watch Fan

Abel Hwong knows a thing or two about luxury. His success as a banker during the Asian boom of the 1990s positioned him to create AM […]
September 5, 2016

‘A Mechanical Bestiary’, With Time

PARIS — “Who is ticking?” Alexis Kugel playfully asked a group of ornate animal figures in his palatial antiques gallery at the historic Hôtel Collot. The […]
September 5, 2016

A Monster Watch Mashup

This year the Swiss watchmaker HYT is saluting the 200th birthday of another well-known creation of Swiss provenance: Frankenstein’s famous monster, which Mary Shelley dreamed up […]
June 1, 2016

On Time: Flying Shotgun With Breitling’s Aerobatic Jets

June 1, 2016 By ALEX WILLIAMS New Haven — The horizon slowly slipped from view, passing beneath the wings of the Aero L-39 Albatros fighter jet, […]
May 3, 2016

On Time: The Rolex Daytona is the Hottest Watch That Money Can’t Buy

May 2, 2016 By ALEX WILLIAMS Imagine if Apple released a new iPhone, but no one could buy one, no matter how early you lined up. […]