PARIS — Unesco has added the craft of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics to its list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity, recognizing a tradition that has been passed on through the ...

Industry leaders at Dubai Watch Week share strategies, challenges, and why investing in talent and long-term vision will shape watchmaking's future.

Zenith CEO Benoît de Clerck reflects on 160 years of Swiss watchmaking excellence, from the El Primero legacy to the brand’s ...

After a quieter 2025 than perhaps most were expecting, Swiss watchmaker Longines has dropped a bombshell. The Saint-Imier favourite has unveiled a string of new references across the three-hand Spirit ...

Mechanical watchmaking is truly an art, and at no time is that more apparent than when luxury watchmakers flex their engineering skills to design and build impossibly thin functional timepieces free ...

This November, Phillips will hammer incredible watches from the 1980s and 1990s in their thematic auction Reloaded: The Rebirth of Mechanical Watchmaking. These two decades were decisive for the Swiss ...

A well-worn adage of mechanical watchmaking is preserving tradition while driving innovation. Today’s brands take advantage of manufacturing technology that has advanced the state of the art without ...

Ulysse Nardin and URWERK collaborate for the first time to debut their UR-FREAK timepiece; The design fuses Freak’s rotating ...

Your phone and appliances keep perfect time, but Rolex and other luxury brands trust that buyers will desire precision-focused mechanical models. By Victoria Gomelsky Sixty years ago, before the ...

The renowned watchmaker-artist's new painting appears at Dubai Watch Week 2025 before going to auction in December.

Experts link UNESCO recognition of the craft in Switzerland and France to preserving special skills. By Robin Swithinbank Mechanical watchmaking in France and Switzerland has joined a grass mowing ...