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Automotive Design Watches
Because gearheads intuitively grasp that a mechanical watch movement is essentially a fine-tuned miniature engine, scores of watch brands have tapped the marketing potential of …
Corum Casts A Spell With The Big Bubble Magical Voodoo Watch
Since reviving the beloved Bubble in 2015, Corum has played with a number of artistic, thematic dials and inked partnerships with hip contemporary artists. One of this year's …
Chime Time
The minute-repeater, a watch that chimes the time at the wearer’s behest, has challenged watchmakers for centuries.
NATO Straps
As with so much men's wear (and as the name suggests) the NATO-style watch strap traces its casual yet utilitarian roots to military use. Its cold-war debut came in 1973 as the …
Piaget Marks Ultra-Thin Altiplano’s 60th Anniversary with Colorful Limited Editions
"The concept of Altiplano is ultra thinness and ultimate elegance, but it is always technology at the service of design," said Piaget's outgoing CEO Philippe Léopold-Metzger at …
Ernst Benz’s Artful Collaboration With Anthony Liggins
When Leonid Khankin, president and master watchmaker of the Swiss watch brand Ernst Benz, met Anthony Liggins at Art Basel Miami two years ago, he admired a painting the contempor…
The Swatch Revolution
The Swiss labeled it The Crisis. The Swiss mechanical watch industry was in a death spiral as cheap, highly accurate quartz watches from Asia had flooded the market during the …
Hublot and Berluti Team Up To Create Special Leather Classic Fusions
One of the benefits afforded to sister brands is the opportunity to collaborate in original ways. LVMH-owned siblings Hublot and Berluti, the illustrious Parisian shoemaker, have …
Downsized Watches
As they say, what goes up, must come down. After decades of ever increasing dimensions, pushing past 50 mm in some cases, a few watch brands are exploring the under 40 mm realms …
