The watch world is full of highly technical, often highly French terms that any normal person, reasonably, doesn’t know. Welcome, then, to Horology in a Hurry, a semi-regular column where we’ll break ...

Louis Erard has dropped a second, limited edition entry into its artisan series, that focuses on offering traditionally high-end crafts at more accessible prices, with the Excellence Guilloché Main.

Decorative horology techniques can sometimes come across as a luxury add-on, a veneer of value to an otherwise ordinary watch dial. But the truth is, manual methods can produce results that programmed ...

Louis Vuitton joins the ranks of LVMH brand watches introducing all gold watches this week at its collection launches in Milan. The Tambour Convergence Guilloché and the Escale Tiger’s Eye combine the ...

L’ORIENT, Switzerland — Of all the techniques employed by the luxury watch industry to make its products beautiful and special, guillochage is one of the most obscure. To the eye, it seems to be ...

If I ask you to name a Greek deity, what’s the first one that comes to mind? Probably Zeus or Athena or Apollo or Aphrodite. Probably not, say, Zelos (also spelled Zelus). Of the four Helica watches, ...

The Awake Guilloché main atelier, and tools of the trade. — Photos: Awake Awake reached a significant milestone with the launch of its new 38mm collection, combining two centuries-old artistic ...

Jochen Benzinger’s atelier in Pforzheim, Germany, a sunlit room filled with intricate antique rose engine machines, is more reminiscent of a museum than a workshop. But such an atmosphere seems ...

A form of what is termed, allochromatic glass, enamel is used to apply coloured, high shine detail to a metal object, and even in the hands of a master it is notoriously difficult work. It’s a mixture ...