Independent watchmaker Jiro Katayama always thought he would spend his days working alone on a shoestring budget in his studio in the Otsuka district of Tokyo’s Toshima Ward. So, receiving a top prize ...

In recent years, the giants of European horology have been locked in a heated battle to design the world’s thinnest mechanical watch. Luxury brands Bulgari, Piaget and Richard Mille have all, since ...

Patrick Amofah has designed Ghana's first watch with a Kente-inspired dial, using the unique timepiece to celebrate culture ...

Bernhard Lederer says the escapement, the part of a mechanical timepiece that regulates the gears, has fascinated him for decades. By Rachel Felder In the almost five decades that Bernhard Lederer has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo illustration by Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; Photos courtesy of the Allison family) The miniature grandfather clock never ...

Welcome to “How I Became,” the Lifehacker series where I ask real people about how they really got their jobs. This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Matt Chapman, a modern watchmaker. The ...

In a surprise announcement, Swiss watch brand, Breitling, said Tuesday that it has acquired historic Swiss watchmaker, Universal Genève, marking a new chapter for the brand known for its horological ...

In the 1800s, the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland was a day’s journey from the big city of Geneva in the best weather, and isolated for months when the mountain snows came. Farmers idle in the winter ...

When I decided that I wanted to start my own brand, the single most helpful resource was myself…knowing how to run my own business, trust my instincts and not be afraid of failure were crucial. – ...