Throughout history, humans have used meteorites to make everything from tools and weapons to cultural objects and jewelry. When you hear the word “meteorite,” typically the first image that comes to ...

Printed circuit boards are typically only something you’d find in a digital watch. However, as [IndoorGeek] demonstrates, you can put them to wonderful use in a classical analog watch, too. They can ...

For just about any watch, the dial is its most recognizable part. After all, that’s where you look to tell the time, so it makes sense that watch companies would go out of their way to make their ...

This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. Sign up here. Creating a new type set from scratch is a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle: As you ...

Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) — Even by the standards of watch boxes — typically oversized for the objects they hold — Chopard’s latest leather case, unveiled at watch fair Watches and Wonders, is ...

Regarding consensus, there is very little over salmon dials. Opinions of these pinkish-gold watch faces vary, of course, but hotter arguments rage over what constitutes an authentic salmon dial. In ...

Watches with ornamental hard stone dials are making a comeback, but they still are quite rare. By Carol Besler The latest grail category in luxury watches does not involve a specific design or ...

Grand Seiko is celebrating 25 years of its flagship 9S series of mechanical movements with the launch of two new GMT models, but it’s the outstanding ice-blue dials that are likely to catch your eye.

As it has attempted to increasingly differentiate itself from parent brand Seiko in recent years, Grand Seiko has become recognized for a handful of trademark traits. A few of these dials, like the ...

As a watch collector — or a high school graduate, for that matter — you’re no doubt familiar with the distinction between Arabic and Roman numerals. Roman numerals are the ones that use Is and Vs in ...