When looking for the best grandfather clock, it’s important to consider the type of movement and chimes. There are two main types of movements: quartz and mechanical. Quartz movements are ...

From Grand Seiko Spring Drive UFA to Cartier Tressage and Rolex Land-Dweller, we look at six timepieces that made their debut at Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva ...

Here’s a curated recap of major new releases, from Rolex to Tudor, at the Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland ...

For an industry which still relies on centuries-old mechanical principles ... It packs in 41 complications—including chiming features, calendar displays, a split-second chronograph, and an ...

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How did a company that had spent almost two centuries making traditional carriage clocks become one of the most original and ...

Where else are the words bicompax (a watch with two central subdials), ébauche (a half-assembled movement ... is “minute repeater”: a watch that chimes the time on demand via the push ...

For Billières, that high was compounded by the sale of a first timepiece straight after and "realizing that my original watch movement invention ... point at 9 o'clock. New at the fair: Among ...

The Romans did have status symbols, just like we do. Portable sundials weren’t very useful or precise, but they said a lot ...

The 41mm case houses the chronometre-certified 01.14-C high-frequency movement ... of the chime to resonate unaltered, while the watch’s dual-barrel architecture enables it to strike 12:59 up to 12 ...

In fact, since 1948, these curling creatures have wrapped around wrists, bringing a sense of movement to the arm—beyond the obvious ... convincing yourself you’re not actually late by stopping the ...

And a brand new movement (that is arguably one of the finest mass-produced mechanical movements in existence ... a tourbillon (visible at 12 o’clock) and a moonphase (at 6 o’clock). Between these two ...