Watchmaking, by nature, is an incredibly intricate process. Dial-making is a particularly difficult creation within a timepiece, but crafting a gemstone dial is a truly delicate task. It is quite ...

Swiss watchmaking at this price tends to split into two camps: watches that look the part but don’t show you anything, and ...

Porcelain, enamel, carbon fiber, meteorite, mother-of-pearl, onyx, aventurine… boring! They all sound exotic and have attractive applications but are, in fact, relatively common watch-dial materials.

This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. Sign up here. Creating a new type set from scratch is a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle: As you ...

Regarding consensus, there is very little over salmon dials. Opinions of these pinkish-gold watch faces vary, of course, but hotter arguments rage over what constitutes an authentic salmon dial. In ...

It can be tough to strike a balance such that a dial design catches the eye but can also hold one’s attention. Colors, textures and materials are some of the best ways for a watch dial to stand out, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grand Seiko is celebrating 25 years of its flagship 9S series of mechanical movements with the launch of two new GMT models, but ...

Shinola, the luxury Detroit watch and bicycle maker, will begin producing its own watch dials sometime next year out of its flagship retail store in Midtown. The company will hire between 10 to 14 new ...

The highlight of Cartier's most artistic of high-end luxury watches for 2014 will be a limited edition piece with a parrot avian made out of flower petals. This in fact seems to be the very first time ...

It’s a great moment for a colorful watch upgrade. The top heritage brands have unveiled new models with dials in rich shades, all powered by sophisticated movements that deliver more than just the ...