Editor’s Note: Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) and Baselworld 2020 are canceled but that hasn’t stopped watch brands large and small from debuting their new wares. To stay on top of this year’s best ...

Hodinkee, a respected watch website, has collaborated with Swatch on an inexpensive, limited edition Sistem51 automatic watch. The price is $150 — no premium on the current Sistem51 tag. The design ...

Swatch got mechanical watch enthusiasts’ attention when it introduced a totally machine-assembled automatic movement using only 51 components made mostly of plastic. Called Sistem51, it makes for a ...

It’s the 1980s, and the Swiss watch industry, Switzerland’s lifeblood, was battling extinction. An innovation by Japanese watchmaker Seiko—a battery-operated quartz watch—kept time more accurately ...

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has been defiant in its smartwatch views, with chief executive Nick Hayek dismissing the Apple Watch as “an interesting toy, but not a revolution” and criticizing smartwatches ...

To mark its 30th birthday, Swatch has produced an automatic mechanical watch movement with exactly 51 parts, the same number of components used in the company's first quartz timepiece. That's a real ...

Swatch, the Swiss watchmaker, is trolling the 39% tariffs that the United States placed on its home country by selling a watch that flips the location of the 3 and 9 numerals. The tongue-in-cheek new ...

Chinese New Year officially starts on 29th January, and 2025 is the Year of the Snake. To celebrate Chinese New Year, many of the best watch brands have launched special and limited edition timepieces ...

Europe is home to some of the world’s most iconic companies. Many started small to quell a single person’s curiosity before exploding into a global phenomenon. As a new resident, stories of big, ...