Watchmaking doesn’t feel like the most 21st century profession. The job requires unwavering patience and a delicate touch, with watchmakers taking months or even years to create a single timepiece.

There are only two watch companies in the world considered to be fully and truly vertically integrated. One is Rolex. The other: Seiko. In case you find yourself tempted to compare Seiko to the Big R, ...

There’s a reason you don’t hear the term “Asian watchmaking” often: watchmaking in the East, though powerful, is most easily grouped into Japanese, Chinese, and other country-focused categories.

Cartier was one of the first luxury houses to introduce its signature style to the world of watchmaking, and recently Tiffany & Co. signalled an intention to shift more of its focus to horology ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Swiss watch exports continue to slide and parts of the industry retrench, some of its most powerful brands ...