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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      HTSI
      Grand Seiko’s rock star of watchmaking

      Musician turned master maker Takuma Kawauchiya is transforming time at the Japanese house

    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      HTSI
      Jeans and diamonds – the ultimate style flex

      How to make the most refined jewels shine? Wear them ultra casually

    • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
      HTSI
      HTSI editor’s letter: Sir Jackie Stewart’s fridge and other treats

      Plus, the Hogwarts for horologists, designer double denim and London’s most charming sandwich shop

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Nilanjana Roy
      Our time-poor lives, lived against a ticking clock

      Tired of endless books on time management? An artist and a watchmaker, no less, share wisdom about this most precious resource in modern life

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      HTSI
      Inside the Hogwarts for horologists

      The Lycée Edgar Faure is training a new generation of independent watchmakers

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
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      The best diver’s watches (even if you don’t dive)

      Go deep or go home this summer

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special Report
      Watches and Jewellery: May

      Auction season in full swing with Roger Smith’s pocket watch estimated to fetch $1mn; François-Paul Journe gives a rare interview about his eponymous brand; designers recycle old electronics in jewellery; and children’s watches start mimicking grown-up models

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      Dial shifts on what defines a woman’s watch

      The line between explicitly male and female designs is blurring, as buying habits and tastes change along with gender identity itself

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      Deconstructed watch: A Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual

      The German company’s chronograph, with its signature oversized date, traces its heritage back almost two centuries

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      François-Paul Journe on winning over the watch purists

      Founded just 24 years ago, the watchmaker is attracting a loyal young following with its takes on antiquarian-inspired horology

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      No more cartoon time: children’s watches grow up

      Frustration at the toylike offerings aimed at youngsters is spawning more durable designs with added educational value

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      Roger Smith $1mn pocket watch a ‘cornerstone’ for high-end UK makers

      Estimate for sale next month reflects standing of George Daniels’ protégé in handmade tradition, say analysts

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      Pierre Salanitro: The gem-setter trusted by the big watch brands

      The Genevan is expanding his creative reputation, built on supplying industry players, to launch his own luxury marque

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      Marquee motor events put watch brands on fast track to buyers

      Sponsoring races and concours shows has long been a way to connect with wealthy, mechanically minded fans

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      The men trading their Rolexes for plastic sports watches

      From dressing down to sports fix or cost-of-living sensitivities, gents who can afford them are opting out of luxury timepieces

    • Saturday, 8 April, 2023
      HTSI
      Get set this Easter – with the best new running gear

      We road-test the latest high-tech kit

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      HTSI
      The big new trends from Watches and Wonders 2023

      Major launches, headline innovations and hero pieces at this week’s horlogerie jamboree in Geneva

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      HTSI
      At LVMH, the legendary Gérald Genta brand is born again

      The watchmaker’s widow and the 24-year-old luxury scion Jean Arnault on relaunching one of the world’s most covetable marques

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      HTSI
      The best black watches

      Look to the dark side this season

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders: IWC revives the Genta-designed Ingenieur watch

      The legendary designer’s wife Evelyne speaks about his character and what he would have made of the latest iteration of his classic watch

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders: Brands mark significant birthdays of sports models

      Rolex, Tag Heuer and Blancpain all have something to celebrate this year

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders: Zenith clears fresh Pilot iterations for take-off

      Refreshed collection marks watchmaker’s return to the aviation segment

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
      Deconstructed watch: Louis Vuitton Tambour Opera Automata

      Louis Vuitton is tackling one of the most rarefied of all areas of horology with the release of its second — and most complicated — automata watch to date

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Megan Young: ‘People ask why watch servicing is so expensive’

      The watchmaker sheds light on how perceptions have changed after the rise of the pre-owned market

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Poetry in motion: Automata jump from jewellery to watches

      Watch designers also bring products to life after seeing appeal of bejewelled mechanical objects

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