Grail Watch

The Vulcain Cricket wasn’t the first alarm wristwatch, but it was the first one to find a market.

There is a certain joy in a chiming watch: My children certainly consider the Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX1 to be the highlight of my collection!

On February 18, 1958, representatives from Buren Watch Company and Universal Genève announced “the greatest technical advance in 30 years,” the micro-rotor automatic watch movement.

The recently-announced sale of Baume & Mercier by Richemont to Italian distributor Damiani Group spurred me to research the history of that famous brand.

Not everything gets more complicated as it evolves.

I have always seen myself as a storyteller as well as a researcher.

Once upon a time, names like Omega, Zénith, and Invicta meant something.

Once upon a time, the most-common complicated watches would ring out the time on demand.

If you spend much time looking at watches from the 1950s (or thrift stores) you’ve probably seen one: A keychain with a fob that looks like a tire but contains a mechanical watch.

I posted my predictions and picks for the 2025 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) just before the jury announced the winners.