When humans counted on their fingers, everyone had a state-of-the-art (at the time) calculator at all times. But as we got smarter about calculation, we missed that convenience. When slide rules were ...

As the Quartz Crisis took hold in the 1970s, family-owned Piaget was nimble enough to read the writing on the wall: Signing on with a consortium of Swiss watch brands, it helped develop the electronic ...

Beneath the polished cases of vintage Swiss watches lies a world of hidden history—tiny mechanical “engines” that tell stories of craftsmanship, innovation, and time itself. This video explores what ...

The 1950s was a time of tremendous change, and not just because of the advent of rock and roll and the spread of television. The Allied victory in World War II had transformed the United States into ...

Containing between 132-136 grams of gold, this was a model that put the “luxury” in “luxury sports watch.” Indeed, while quartz technology was putting entire watchmaking concerns out of business, it ...