Want to simplify your search for a nice watch? Look for the quality assurance of a “Swiss Made” label or a watch with a Swiss-made movement. But with such a broad and potentially technical topic, ...

The watch industry has undergone gradual but important change over its centuries-long history, and a big part of that change ...

Quartz or manual-wound movements used to be the only option for small watches, but now brands such as Bulgari, Piaget and Chopard are putting automatic mechanisms in them. By Carol Besler Automatic ...

Whether it’s sunglasses, denim, kitchen knives, socks or any of a wide range of products, a “Made in Japan” label today generally means a premium quality product. The country is known for ...

Just recently, luxury giant LVMH Group purchased a minority share of Japanese-owned Swiss watch movement maker Manufacture La Joux-Perret SA (which, until now, was a fully owned subsidiary of the ...