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19 Feb

A Watch That’s Shape-Shifted Its Way Across a Century

When Cartier began making wristwatches in 1904, the Parisian house approached the precise craft the same way it had fine jewelry design 57 years earlier, with an eye toward bold, uniquely geometric designs. After introducing the perfectly square Santos face and the elliptical Baignoire, Louis Cartier sketched the prototype for the Tank watch, reminiscent of … Read more

10 Feb

Takashi Murakami’s Smiling Flower Becomes a Hublot Watch

After collaborating on timepieces with brands like Louis Vuitton and Casio G-Shock, the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami wasn’t interested, at least initially, in creating a watch for Hublot. “It’s a concept I refused many times,” he said in a phone interview. “I thought, ‘I already did that.’” Last year, however, the brand — which previously … Read more

10 Feb

A Watch Master and a Watch Mastermind Thrive Together

In November, when the master Philippe Dufour announced a collaboration with the well-known retailer and collector Claude Sfeir, many in the watch world wondered what it actually meant. Would more Dufour watches suddenly become available? Would they be more expensive? Or less? And photos of the two men on mountain bikes in the hilly pathways … Read more

10 Feb

A Women’s Watch Goes Disco

The latest women’s watches from Richard Mille are a zingy tribute to 1970s disco, blinged out with nearly 1,000 gems each. The RM 71-02 Automatic Tourbillon Talisman has 10 models that are limited to seven pieces each (490,000 Swiss francs, or the equivalent of $550,725). “I was in a Studio 54 state of mind — … Read more

14 Jan

When You Can Travel Again, Here’s a Way to Keep Your Watch Safe

As with many ideas, this one appeared when someone needed something that didn’t exist. The frustrated consumer figured out a way to make whatever it was, filling a void and attracting the interest of friends, many who wanted one, too. And so the Watchpod was born. In 2015, “when I bought my first mechanical watch, … Read more

14 Jan

A Watch Auction Site Designed to Trim the Overhead

Selling — or buying — a watch through a major auction house is widely seen as a quick and convenient process that also offers the relative security of dealing with a well-established, international name. Yet such benefits come at a cost. Ten percent of the sale price usually goes directly to the auction house. And … Read more

14 Jan

Putting a Cartoon on a Watch Can Be Serious Business

In 1984, the celebrated watchmaker Gerald Genta displayed his Fantasy collection of watches at the Montres et Bijoux fair in Geneva. It created a furor. The fair’s managers declared, according to a contemporary report in the Eastern Jeweller & Watchmaker magazine, that such a “serious” exhibition “had no room for mice, panthers (especially the pink … Read more

14 Jan

A Watch Collection Focused on Memories and Moments

As co-founder and chief investment officer of the online stock trading platform Zerodha, one of India’s largest retail brokers, Nikhil Kamath is an expert in investing. He also is a budding watch collector. Just don’t expect those worlds to overlap. The 34-year-old self-made billionaire has never sold a wristwatch from his collection and says he … Read more

19 Nov

In Britain, Watch Sellers Shocked at End of Sales Tax Refund

In recent months social media has been filled with the longings of formerly frequent travelers, people ready to pack their bags when coronavirus restrictions fade away. But as of Jan. 1, many of those travelers going to Britain will find that buying a new watch — or most souvenirs, actually — is going to cost … Read more

06 Nov

Tell Your Watch to Hold That Pose

“It is also the sophisticated ‘super fakes’ that are much harder to detect,” Mr. Racine said. “With Origyn’s app, anyone can see if someone is wearing a fake watch,” he said. “It will help the fight by adding social pressure.” The primary attraction of Origyn’s app, Mr. Perriard said, is that it is technologically advanced … Read more

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A Watch That’s Shape-Shifted Its Way Across a Century

Takashi Murakami’s Smiling Flower Becomes a Hublot Watch

A Watch Master and a Watch Mastermind Thrive Together

A Women’s Watch Goes Disco

When You Can Travel Again, Here’s a Way to Keep Your Watch Safe

A Watch Auction Site Designed to Trim the Overhead

Putting a Cartoon on a Watch Can Be Serious Business

A Watch Collection Focused on Memories and Moments

In Britain, Watch Sellers Shocked at End of Sales Tax Refund

Tell Your Watch to Hold That Pose

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