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When Kylie Jenner stepped onto the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway wearing the newest Fantasy Bra, she was sporting a cool $50 million worth of diamonds.

Over the weekend at WatchTime New York, Chopard officially unveiled its newest tribute to Mexico’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.

What happens when a furniture maker, a ceramic artist and a goldsmith are granted an 18-month-long artisan residency that gives them access to centuries of artistic treasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the specialized decorative arts workshops…

I have to admit that I generally gravitate toward larger watches.

On October 10, the global watch community comes together to celebrate the artistry, craftsmanship and heritage of watchmaking.

On an outdoor terrace six floors above the streets of Manhattan, Seiko Group did something unexpected for a watch company Tuesday night: it asked everyone to slow down.

There are certain pairings that simply make sense, and exceptional watches and extraordinary automobiles have long been among them.

Recently in New York, I joined Hublot and American artist Jeff Koons at Studio 525 in Chelsea for the official celebration of their recently announced partnership and the unveiling of the new watches.

There are plenty of ways to launch a new watch, but having one presented to the Pope before it even goes on sale is certainly among the more unusual.

Long before Louis Vuitton made a serious push into watchmaking with the Tambour in 2002, the famed French luxury house had already tested the waters with a rather unusual pair of watches.

Sometimes a new dial color is enough to make a familiar watch feel entirely different.

Ulysse Nardin has spent much of 2026 celebrating the 25th anniversary of its groundbreaking Freak, the world’s most complicated time-only watch, with a series of new introductions, including the Super Freak released during Watches & Wonders Geneva.

Some collaborations make perfect sense.

It isn’t every day that an icon turns 50 — especially one that still knows how to move.

Some watches are instant successes.

San Francisco 49ers’ running back Christian McCaffrey has spent much of his life thinking about performance.

Geneva Watch Days ended this past weekend, and I needed a few days to digest everything.

The Richemont Group (think Cartier, Vacheron Constantin, Van Cleef & Arpels and a host of other luxury Maisons) made an important move toward its future yesterday, appointing Anton Rupert, son of longtime Chairman Johann Rupert, as Non-executive Co-Deputy…

The finalists are in for the 2026 Temporis International Awards and now watch lovers around the world get a chance to weigh in on which watches should take home the honors.

There are few watch brands capable of making a 1,000-year mechanical counter seem almost logical.

There are few watch brands that embody German watchmaking quite like A.

Watch Week Aspen (Photo: RBock) Geneva Watch Days officially starts tomorrow and there will be much news filtering from that around-the-city show.

Parmigiani Fleurier expands its Tonda PF collection with a new interpretation of the Tonda PF Skeleton, combining 18-karat rose gold with the brand’s signature Milano Blue.

For centuries, Vacheron Constantin has understood something that only the finest watchmakers bring to reality: the fact that a watch dial does not have to be merely functional.

Formula One watches tend to come dressed for the racetrack: carbon, titanium and, increasingly, plenty of team colors.

Omega is giving its Speedmaster 38mm collection a meaningful refresh, introducing seven new references that sharpen the family resemblance to the legendary Moonwatch while retaining the smaller proportions and more colorful personality that distinguish the

Some watch collaborations make you wonder what exactly the collaborators did besides put their names on the same timepiece and press release.

I’ve been traveling a bit too much lately and, admittedly, ATimelyPerspective has been a little too quiet.

Just in time for the final Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix at the Dutch Circuit Zandvoort later this month, TAG Heuer unveils two bright new Formula 1 Solargraph watches that capture the energy of racing while putting color and solar technology front and cente…

Roger Dubuis has spent more than a decade turning its Excalibur Knights of the Round Table collection into wearable sculpture, replacing traditional hour markers with miniature figures that transform each watch into a narrative.

For four days every August, Aspen becomes one of the most exciting destinations in American watch collecting.

Bell & Ross has built its reputation on watches inspired by aviation, but over the past several years the BR-05 collection has proven that the brand is just as comfortable navigating city streets as it is the cockpit.

As women’s watches continue to enjoy renewed attention across the industry, Citizen Watch Company remains one of the strongest contenders in the under-$1,000 category.

As the pendulum continues to swing toward smaller watches, Jaeger-LeCoultre is adding a perfectly timed new chapter to its feminine Rendez-Vous collection.

For decades, military-inspired watches have looked to the past, recreating the field watches worn during World War II, Vietnam or other defining moments in history.

The fireworks from the 4th of July may be over, but America’s 250th anniversary celebration is far from finished.

The Mirrored Force Resonance has long stood as one of the most technically intriguing watches in contemporary independent watchmaking.

When IWC reintroduced the Ingenieur collection in 2023, it wasn’t simply reviving an iconic watch—it was bringing back one of Gérald Genta’s most celebrated designs.

Oris continues to build on one of its most successful collections with the newest Divers Date, a watch that traces its lineage back to the brand’s first purpose-built dive watch introduced in 1965.

Swiss watch brand Corum, with a relatively young history, nonetheless challenges convention time and agin.

Founded more than 150 years ago in America by Joseph Bulova, the Bulova name has long been synonymous with American culture and growth.

Luxury sports watches have become one of the most competitive categories in watchmaking, and Vacheron Constantin holds a key space in that arena with its Overseas collection.

With the heat wave we’ve been experiencing, it’s time for something cool – really cool.

With America’s 250th anniversary celebrations bringing Tall Ships into New York Harbor and other ports across the country this summer, it’s a perfect time to take a look at watches inspired by life on the water.

With Fourth of July almost upon us, America’s 250th birthday celebrations are about to kick into high gear.

Physicist Albert Einstein, famed artist Andy Warhol, American industrial designer Nathan George Horwitt and pop artist Kenneth Scharf don’t have much in common at first glance.

Visitors to New York City’s famed Rockefeller Center now have a new landmark timepiece to admire.

I was there 30 years ago when Michel Parmigiani launched his eponymous watch brand.

The short is yes and no.

I’ve been fascinated by the Freak since the day I first saw it in 2001.