Moon complications can be poetic, technical, or both. The Moon itself may never change, but it hasn’t stopped captivating watchmakers—and...
The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève turns 20 this year – a fitting moment to look back on its unusual and sometimes controversial histo...
While it hasn’t exactly become widespread, it’s no surprise to find that enamel is a thing in contemporary watchmaking. Over and above th...
Being seen without us knowing where it comes from: such is the dark destiny of black, watchmaking’s lucky color. Let’s find out more by t...
The revival in vintage fashion has led to a minor style detail making a discreet comeback of its own: the sector dial. This segmented min...
You no longer need to be a regular attender at auctions to winkle out a few period watchmaking pearls: original models can now be just a ...
Ready for take-off? Authentic pilot watches are still quite a rarity. Here’s our Top 10. 1. The most popular: Rolex GMT-Master II Does th...
Exactly four years on from his arrival at the helm of Breitling, Georges Kern talks to WatchBox about how he’s gone about relaunching the...
Can you acquire a watch equipped with a movement especially designed for your favorite activity? It might seem a prohibitively expensive ...
Do good things always come in threes? Not always. For the majority of chronographs, counting minutes and seconds is enough. In which case...
They’re the first thing you look at and the last thing in which you take an interest: such is the cruel destiny of watch hands. They requ...
A watch bezel may be graduated, feature a tachymeter scale, calculation or diving functions, or GMT. Bezels form a major part of a watch’...
To celebrate August 1, Swiss National Day, WatchBox has decided to take a decidedly different tack this year, looking at how watchmakers ...
Two-tone watches were said to be very 80’s; which is handy for them right now, as fashions tend to make a comeback after skipping a...
Approaches to making dials more readable are many and varied; they can be mechanical, technical, optical, or aesthetic. Here’s an overvie...
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