Museum Gift Shops Elevate Their Watch Lines
Recent designs include a collaboration with an award-winning architect and an elaborate pocket watch.
December 2024
January 2024
A New Space Elevates Scandinavian Watchmakers
Housed in a 17th-century bank building in Stockholm, Watches of Scandinavia features more than a dozen brands from the region.
October 2023
Prague Fair to Focus on Microbrand Watches
Organizers of the December event in the Czech capital want to attract local visitors as well as some of the city’s many holiday tourists.
August 2023
Jurmo Watches Make Customization a Selling Point
“Our goal is to make watches for people that are meaningful to them,” one of Jurmo Watches’ founders said.
March 2023
Norway Watch Fans Warm to Swap Meets
Organizers decided that it worked for cars and antiques, so it would work for watches. In February, their third show, 400 people came.
January 2023
An Alarm Clock Designed to Keep Smartphones From Bed
Inspired by her grandmother’s travel timekeeper, Lisen Bage makes pieces that restore no-digital, distraction-free spaces for sleep.
November 2022
She Loved a Watch, So She Sketched It
Now Xi Wang has an Instagram feed full of her renderings of high-end timepieces.
October 2022
If a Watch Says ‘Glashütte,’ It Actually Has to Be Made There
A regulation now requires local brands to ensure that at least 50 percent of a timepiece’s ‘added value’ is created in the town.