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Coverage of watches and the watchmaking business, from The New York Times.

Coverage of watches and the watchmaking business, from The New York Times.

Highlights

  1. India Has Become the Watch Industry’s Next Big Prize

    Experts say that, given the rising wealth and a pending cut in customs duties, it won’t be long before the country ranks among the top export markets.

     By Victoria Gomelsky

    A meeting of the watch collector group RedBar India in Mumbai in August. The group has more than 500 members.
    CreditAtul Loke for The New York Times

  2. In Denmark, a Watchmaking Couple Plans for the Future

    Christian and Hannelore Lass are still filling orders for their brand’s first timepiece, but a bigger workshop has them looking ahead.

     By Penelope Colston and Charlotte de la Fuente

    Christian and Hannelore Lass in their new watchmaking workshop, on the west coast of Fyn in Denmark. Since moving there, the couple, who relocated from Switzerland, have built their own watch brand, Christian Lass.
    Credit

  3. Watch Fairs Crowd the Calendar

    A couple of years ago, experts predicted the end of in-person events. But a quick look at the 2024 schedule shows how wrong they were.

     By Robin Swithinbank

    This year, Geneva Watch Days kicked off on Aug. 29 and ran for five days. The event drew 52 exhibiting brands, up from 39 in 2023.
    CreditAurelien Bergot for The New York Times

  4. He’s Spent the Past 4 Years Developing a New Watch Brand

    Guy Sémon, an inventor and engineer, says he already has plans for the first 15 models.

     By Chris Hall

    Guy Sémon said he expects to debut his new watch brand next year.
    CreditClara Tuma for The New York Times

  5. A Sinister Figure Glances at a Clock. It’s Got to Be Film Noir.

    Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time?

     By David Belcher

    Clocks often appear in film noir, such as this scene from the 1946 movie “The Stranger” with Orson Welles and Loretta Young.
    Creditvia Everett Collection

  1. Bimetal Watches Come Back Into Style

    Timepieces in a combination of gold and steel, first popular during the 1970s and ’80s, are helping brands maintain revenues even as sales decline.

     By Nazanin Lankarani

    The Hermès Cut watch, which has a rose gold bezel and yellow gold links on a steel bracelet. It is a bimetal watch, meaning it has a combination of gold and steel — a design that is seeing a resurgence in popularity.
    CreditHawLin Services

  2. An Albanian Brand Goes Into High-End Watchmaking

    Working with the Swiss movement specialist Agenhor, Pirro created a timepiece that has tiny dancers and musicians on its mosaic dial.

     By Anders Modig Davin and Nick St.Oegger

    The Primordial Passion, a watch by the Pirro brand featuring a glass mosaic face and tiny gold figures. “We are the only watch brand producing 100 percent in Albania, apart from the Swiss movement,” said Pirro Ruco, the brand’s founder.
    Credit

  3. Have a Scotch or Macaron While You Try on That Watch?

    Watches of Switzerland and other luxury brands are using liquor and sweets to keep customers engaged. And that includes treats for their dogs.

     By Alix Strauss and Graham Dickie

    The bar is open, at the Watches of Switzerland store at the Hudson Yards mall in Manhattan. “The quality of the bottles of alcohol they have here is a level above anything I’ve seen,” a customer said.
    CreditGraham Dickie/The New York Times

  4. Tim Little Loves the Monaco Watch So Much, He’s Had Three

    The first was stolen. The second disappeared. But he bought, and now wears, his third TAG Heuer Monaco.

     By Rachel Felder

    Tim Little, an owner of the British shoe brand Grenson, said he became aware of the TAG Heuer Monaco about 35 years ago.
    CreditSam Bush for The New York Times
    My Watch

  5. A 21st-Century Watch Brand Honors Its 19th-Century Roots

    A longtime fan of the Cornell Watch Company, which made pocket watches in Chicago, led its rebirth last year with a timepiece for the wrist.

     By Rachel Felder

    The 1870 CE watch from the revived Cornell Watch Company was unveiled in late 2023.
    CreditAlexander Chen

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  3. Over the Years, He Has Come to Love Watches

    Yves Bugmann, president of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, learned about the business as a young man and now has a collection. “All Swiss, of course!”

    By Anders Modig Davin

     
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  5. A Watch Factory Embraces Workers with Autism

    “It’s not just the focus in the first 10 pieces,” the owner said. “It’s being able to maintain that kind of a focus when you’re doing No. 400 and No. 401.”

    By Janelle Conaway

     
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