The watch industry loves dramatic turnarounds. And also contradictions. Fifty years ago, mechanical watches were all we had. But they were swept away by quartz watches – before returning to favour at the turn of the century – only to be faced with the advent of.

With the goal of improving reliability, power reserve and long-term performance, Jaeger‑LeCoultre’s engineers have comprehensively revised and re-engineered its calibres. The improvements, include a silicon escapement, a redesigned barrel and various energy-saving enhancements.

The Musée Atelier is located in Le Brassus, a modest village of the Vallée de Joux in the Swiss Jura. It is in this region that beats to the tune of complicated watch mechanisms that everything started for Audemars Piguet in 1875.

This quality-focused environment has led him to graduate in watchmaking in 1999, before joining a start-up brand, Roger Dubuis, then centered around its namesake. He then takes on heavy responsibilities at Urwerk, working on the Harry Winston Opus V project.

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The Roman watchmaker whisks us off to the heart of 9 capital cities infused in its history through a collection of 9 watches, all dressed in black and enhanced with rose gold.

As Switzerland gradually eases restrictions, we at WorldTempus were able to see Montblanc in their boutique in Geneva and hold pieces from Watches & Wonders 2020, rather than admire them through our backlit computer screens.

Any two watches that belong to the family might be very different in appearance, although they are still cousins.

If you tell someone you’re into sport, the obvious follow-up question is always “Which one?” And that’s because the term “sport” is so broad that it’s often impossible to guess exactly what it means.

Every summer, A. Lange & Söhne release a new version of their Lange 1 Time Zone. In previous years, this would have been in conjunction with their participation and sponsorship of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, the vintage and classic car event by Lake Como.

One of the first things we learn about the natural world and the various atmospheric phenomena we observe around us is that it’s mostly some kind of illusion. Clouds aren’t big white fluffy things floating around — they’re masses of water vapour.

There are 26 cantons in Switzerland, and most of them are officially either German- or French-speaking — with a scattering of Italian, concentrated in Ticino. Only three cantons are fully bilingual.