Watches and Clocks

November 17, 2016

To Complete Audemars Piguet’s Trilogy, Diamond Outrage

Audemars Piguet has also been shaking up the category of high jewelry watches. At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, known as SIHH, in Geneva […]
November 17, 2016

Brand Awareness is the Goal at Vacheron Constantin

PLAN-LES-OUATES, Switzerland — Mechanical timepieces are a testament to endurance, so with longevity in the Swiss watch industry comes a great deal of prestige. By that […]
November 17, 2016

A Love Affair with Cartier

Loretta Lazar has a continuing love affair with Paris and with Cartier. “Cartier is a maison with a great history, and I like what they do,” […]
November 14, 2016

Tattoo and Graffiti Artists Add Their Flair to Watches

For Cyril Phan, the French graffiti artist known professionally as Kongo, a recent project posed a less predictable obstacle than, say, staying dry while painting on […]
November 14, 2016

Virtual Reality Takes Fans Inside the World of Watches

Swiss watchmakers are nostalgic by nature. How else to explain their constant reference to a golden era of timekeeping, more than 200 years ago, when masters […]
November 14, 2016

When It Comes to Watches, She’s the Real Gomelsky

My last name, uncommon even in my native Russia, is like an uneven sidewalk: People tend to stumble over it. When my twin sister Julia and […]
November 14, 2016

Dominique Renaud, Revolutionary Watchmaker

RENENS, Switzerland — Revolutionary is a word often used with abandon. A color combination on the runway. A new hairstyle. A different way of steaming fish. […]
November 14, 2016

Christie’s Marking 40 Years of Patek Philippe’s Nautilus

No one raises an eyebrow today at a luxury watch made of — gasp! — stainless steel. But in 1976, when Patek Philippe introduced the Nautilus […]
November 14, 2016

This Fashion Pirate Prefers Hublot

It’s no surprise that a blogger with 180,000 followers would be drawn to a watch by its social media profile. “When Hublot took over a whole […]
November 2, 2016

On Time: 3-D Printing Pioneer Goes Low Tech, With a $5,800 Watch Made in Brooklyn

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS Seven years ago, Bre Pettis established himself as a Silicon Alley futurist when he helped found MakerBot, a pioneering Brooklyn company […]