From heirloom keepsakes to rare collector's pieces, watchmakers share the stories hidden inside the timepieces they've restored to life.

At Grand Central Watch, a watch repair shop in midtown Manhattan, owner Wilson Masache carefully inspects a Rolex Explorer II that was burnt up in an apartment fire. The watch is a tragedy: more ...

Formex just launched its Essence 41mm Space Ghost model, and it packs in some awesome features. That includes a new clasp – and a really old dial! It's often the little details that can separate our ...

Even by the standards of watch boxes — typically oversized for the objects they hold — Chopard’s latest leather case, unveiled at watch fair Watches and Wonders, is strikingly large. But the grandeur ...

It does pull your mind away,” said Alison Moriarty, who now fires dials and assembles watches for her own brand.

Nobody gets to choose their own nickname. Think George Ruth called himself “Babe”? Certainly not. Similarly, Rolex never used the term “California dial” to describe the watch faces it designed almost ...

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