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 ...

In fact, Seiko is one of the few brands in the affordable space which manages the construction of its watches from end-to-end – in-house movements included. Sure, there’s brands like Timex and Casio ...

Lacoste delivers its daring LC33 timepiece in striking seasonal colors, and with a new hybrid movement, for Fall/Winter 2025.

It’s hard to beat the allure of actual military-issued watches, and those made for Britain’s armed forces are legendary. The CWC G10 was among them, and it has the distinction of being the first watch ...

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 ...

Automatic movements – equipped with a self winding system that includes an oscillating weight powered by the movements of the wearer – are the most convenient option for everyday watches. Yet women’s ...

Analog faces on new Apple Watches have a similar behavior, using a sweeping seconds hand in active mode and a ticking seconds hand in always on mode. If you’re like me and prefer the quartz-like ...

The ’80s is often considered a Dark Age of watchmaking as cheap quartz watches undercut historic brands — and people around the world made questionable fashion decisions. But don’t discount the decade ...

What is a watch movement? There’s not a straightforward answer, so we’ll use an analogy: a movement is to a watch what an engine is to a car, what a heart is to a human body, and what a decentralised ...