The site of La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle watchmaking town-planning consists of two towns situated close to one another in a remote environment in the Swiss Jura mountains, on land ill-suited to ...

In an industry where the leading companies boast histories stretching back well over two centuries, Richard Mille’s rise has been nothing short of meteoric. Since its inception in 2001, the watchmaker ...

In the grand bastion of watchmaking, the words TAG Heuer and innovation are rarely far apart. For more than 160 years, the La Chaux-de-Fonds-based luxury watchmaker has built a reputation for pushing ...

Montblanc, the German luxury brand with a history that dates back to 1906, is best-known for its writing instruments, in particular its Meisterstück pens that have been used by world leaders to sign ...

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter to the best of the watch world. Sign up here. In the early 2010s, the world of independent watchmaking did not inspire ...