“It’s not just the focus in the first 10 pieces,” the owner said. “It’s being able to maintain that kind of a focus when you’re doing No. 400 and No. 401.”
Category: Watches and Clocks
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The Old Clock Shop on an Idyllic Japanese Island
There are only 1,600 inhabitants of Osaki-Shimojima island, and at least five generations of the Matsuura family have sold them clocks and watches.
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Three Watch Specialists Create the Quiet Club
The new brand’s first watch is a titanium and silver piece with a mellow gong alarm.
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The Melting Watch Looks, Well, Just Like That
Exaequo’s new timepiece is a revival of a 1990s model inspired by a Dalí painting of misshapen clocks.
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What Time Is It? Let Me Check My Lighter.
S.T. Dupont and Franck Muller have collaborated on an unusual accessory.
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In Seoul, Watch Repairmen at Work
Mechanical timepieces, including vintage models, keep these shops busy.
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Metal From a Military Plane Is Featured in a New Watch
The Swiss brand Urwerk says its new timepiece is just as precise and technically advanced as the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft was.
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Micromosaic Jewels That Tell the Time
The Italian brand Sicis creates watches from tiny tiles and gemstones.
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Up, Up and Away, in Time
Louis Vuitton’s Montgolfière Aéro clock mixes references to the luxury house’s history with ebony wood and diamonds.
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Watch Buyers Are on the Road Again
Swiss brands from Omega to Bulgari are expanding their travel retail offerings to match the resurgence in tourism.
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A Variation With the Spirit of the Mid-70s
Girard-Perregaux and Saint Laurent Rive Droite collaborated on an iteration of the Casquette, a sleek wristwatch with an unusual time display.