The Many Forms of the Moon Phase Complication
The Many Forms of the Moon Phase Complication

Moon complications can be poetic, technical, or both. The Moon itself may never change, but it hasn’t stopped captivating watchmakers—and...

GPHG: 20 Years of Prizes – and Surprises
GPHG: 20 Years of Prizes – and Surprises

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève turns 20 this year – a fitting moment to look back on its unusual and sometimes controversial histo...

Enamel – The Inside Track
Enamel – The Inside Track

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...

What’s Behind Black?
What’s Behind Black?

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...

Sector Dials:  The Past has a Bright Future
Sector Dials: The Past has a Bright Future

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...

Originals or Reissues?  Decisions, decisions…
Originals or Reissues? Decisions, decisions…

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 ...

The Top Ten Pilot Watches
The Top Ten Pilot Watches

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...

Exclusive: Interview with Breitling CEO Georges Kern
Exclusive: Interview with Breitling CEO Georges Kern

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...

A Movement for Each Sport: The Ultimate in Custom Builds
A Movement for Each Sport: The Ultimate in Custom Builds

Can you acquire a watch equipped with a movement especially designed for your favorite activity? It might seem a prohibitively expensive ...

Bicompax – the Panda, Zorro, and co.
Bicompax – the Panda, Zorro, and co.

Do good things always come in threes? Not always. For the majority of chronographs, counting minutes and seconds is enough. In which case...

Watch Hands – Pointing the Way
Watch Hands – Pointing the Way

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...

How to Read a Watch Bezel
How to Read a Watch Bezel

A watch bezel may be graduated, feature a tachymeter scale, calculation or diving functions, or GMT. Bezels form a major part of a watch’...

Swiss National Day – a Chance to Honor Watchmakers from Everywhere Else…
Swiss National Day – a Chance to Honor Watchmakers from Everywhere Els...

To celebrate August 1, Swiss National Day, WatchBox has decided to take a decidedly different tack this year, looking at how watchmakers ...

One Watch + Two Tones = Twice the Impact
One Watch + Two Tones = Twice the Impact

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...

The Secret of the Most Readable Dials
The Secret of the Most Readable Dials

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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