I have been writing about watches long enough that I am rarely caught off guard. (A milestone, to be sure.) So when a publicist friend asked if I would sit down with the proprietor of a recently ...

Some makers are close to producing timepieces entirely within the country, but no one says that would lead to America’s return to horological dominance. Some makers are close to producing timepieces ...

Although the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Safari Chronograph is technically a men's watch, it looks equally at home on a woman's wrist. Spring 2022 is an ideal time to focus on how wearing a pre ...

The Swiss, obviously, want to both protect and promote this advantage while also turning a profit, and those dueling priorities are evident in the country’s approach to the Swiss Made stamp, which ...

Colorado-based Vortic Watches upcycles antqiue pocket watch movements and dials into one-of-a-kind wristwatches for the 21st Century. A friend of mine has been shopping for a watch from Switzerland’s ...

Forgive us for a little skepticism regarding “American-made” watches. We’ve heard it all before. But this time just might be different. Many have tried and some have even claimed success in producing ...

In the past two decades, the category has become a showcase for new materials, ergonomic advances and improved timekeeping. By Carol Besler The modern sports watch is the instrument that puts ...

Swiss-made is a loaded designation within the watch world. While Switzerland remains the pinnacle of the luxury watch industry, the nation by no means has a monopoly on producing great watches, with ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Curio is a CNN Style series spotlighting small objects and the big ideas behind them. In an age when clocks are found in most pockets and on every screen, watchmaker Col&MacArthur’s ...