The story of the mechanical timepiece has always been one of relentless progress towards accuracy, usually by tiny, gradual increments. From Christiaan Huygens’ first watch to the observatory tests of ...

Grand Seiko unveils three new watches in the Heritage and Elegance collections that will be fan favourites, and one that ...

Watch collectors have strong feelings about quartz versus mechanical watches: Battery-powered quartz is inexpensive, accurate and robust, but it lacks the je ne sais quoi of an electricity-free ...

Bulova's Precisionist quartz movement runs at 262 KHz, or 262,144 Hz (interestingly, Bulova is owned by Citizen, and the company obviously sees a future, smart watches be damned, in autonomously ...

Last year, Citizen marked its centenary by displaying a concept pocket watch at Baselworld in Switzerland that was billed as more accurate than any other watch on the market. That technology has now ...

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Pocket watches may seem like kitschy remnants of a bygone age, but that didn't stop Citizen from using one to showcase its latest technology. Unveiled quietly at this year's Baselworld exhibition, the ...

A tourbillon is perhaps the most coveted of any watch feature. Nowadays, you can get a good quality microbrand mechanical watch for $500 if you’re not too picky. Even the most basic of modern ...