Independent Atelier debuts with Project Tai Yu ✓ A culturally specific homage rooted in Chinese independent watchmaking ✓ ...

A watchmaker examines a timepiece under magnification—symbolizing the precision, artistry, and passion that define the rise of independent microbrands in today’s collector market. Social media has ...

Shona Taine, a 27-year-old watchmaker, became the first woman to join the prestigious Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants this month. - Muriel Antille Watchmaking doesn’t feel like the most ...

In the past decade, Japan has risen in the ranks of independent watchmakers. Japanese artisans are now producing timepieces that can rival elite manufacturers from Switzerland. However, unlike the ...

Creating secondary lines that rely on style rather than mechanical elements gives designers a different kind of outlet. By Chris Hall The M.A.D.1 was a wild watch. The dial space of the MB&F model ...

The name of the independent Swiss watchmaker David Candaux’s technically and aesthetically ambitious new timepiece, the DC12 MaveriK, says it all. The watch is an homage to the 19 th-century Texan ...

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. Not long ago, Arthur Touchot, founder of Marteau & Co., a new ...

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.