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 ...

When you think of open-source hardware, you probably think of electronics and maker tools– RepRap, Arduino, Adafruit, et cetera. Yet open source is an ethos and license, and is in no way limited to ...

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 ...

Zenith’s Defy Zero Gravity watch isn’t just a fancy name. It actually does defy gravity. Its patented escapement is akin to the tourbillon, which was designed to compensate for the effects of gravity ...

One of our favorite French watchmakers has just made a huge horological leap: Yema is launching a new watch featuring its own movement, the Wristmaster Micro-Rotor. Even a basic “in-house movement” is ...

Grand Seiko is no stranger to groundbreaking, sometimes industry-shattering, innovations. This is, after all, the company which in 1969 sparked the quartz crisis when it unveiled the Quartz Astron—a ...

The vast majority of watches keep their movements hidden behind the dial. But some of the most compelling timepieces unveiled at this year’s annual Watches and Wonders tradeshow in Geneva were ...

You can’t see it when it’s on your wrist, but the heart of even the simplest mechanical watch, with its minute components whirling on jewel bearings, is incredible. And even a humble mechanism can ...

Just recently, luxury giant LVMH Group purchased a minority share of Japanese-owned Swiss watch movement maker Manufacture La Joux-Perret SA (which, until now, was a fully owned subsidiary of the ...

The luxury brand is planning new uses for its 12.3-millimeter Piccolissimo movement. By Nazanin Lankarani In June, Bulgari presented its vision of the Garden of Eden, called Giardino Dell’Eden ...