Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about luxury timepieces. Conventional knowledge might suppose that the more expensive an item is, the more durable and ...

Does anybody really know what time it is? That question, posed in popular song, is likely to be on the lips of anyone whose watch has taken a licking and stopped ticking. And if the timepiece in ...

When my grandmother passed away last year, my mom inherited her Rolex: a dainty ladies' watch with a distinct, scalloped pattern on the gold band and a circle of small diamonds lining its round face.