As the Paris Olympics near, the famed avenue is getting a makeover, with Panerai, Montblanc and others unveiling new and renovated spaces.

Diane Neuville went looking for a finer piece to give her daughter. When she didn’t find what she wanted, she decided to create her own.

The Parisian designer Elie Top has an entourage of stylish confidants to help spark his creativity.

Drawings once used primarily as production guides have been showing up in everything from social media to sales materials.

Lesage, a French specialty house now owned by Chanel, has been using sequins, beads and metallic threads to create explosions of color for decades.

Yohanna Arvaud and her team maintain hundreds of timepieces in locations like the Élysée Palace and the Louvre.

One of the founders of Françoise says she only showcases timepieces that she would wear.

Charles Oudin, which first made timepieces in 1797, now focuses on dainty watches adorned with gems.

Trading in the crocodile, alligator, lizard and python skins often used to make watch straps involves a labyrinthine process of documentation.

When “permanent” jewelry debuted a few years ago, “I didn’t foresee the trend would become a staple of a jewelry wardrobe in 2023, but it...