For watch repair professionals and enthusiasts alike, one truth remains unchanged: the quality of the parts you use defines the outcome of your work. In horology, every detail matters—from the balance ...

Reading about watches can often feel like cracking open a textbook. Browsing—and even buying—means being barraged with inscrutable words and phrases like ”tourbillons,” “perpetual calendars,” “minute ...

Quartz or manual-wound movements used to be the only option for small watches, but now brands such as Bulgari, Piaget and Chopard are putting automatic mechanisms in them. By Carol Besler Automatic ...

Back in 2013, Swatch Group made an achievement that remains unmatched today: it produced a Swiss-made automatic watch movement entirely through an automated assembly process. It did so by pairing down ...

Whether it’s sunglasses, denim, kitchen knives, socks or any of a wide range of products, a “Made in Japan” label today generally means a premium quality product. The country is known for ...