Quartz or manual-wound movements used to be the only option for small watches, but now brands such as Bulgari, Piaget and Chopard are putting automatic mechanisms in them. By Carol Besler Automatic ...

Automatic movements – equipped with a self winding system that includes an oscillating weight powered by the movements of the wearer – are the most convenient option for everyday watches. Yet women’s ...

Sometimes, people ask me for advice on watches. Specifically, they ask that very important question: Which watch should I buy? Most times, such queries come from people who either a) don’t wear ...

Different colours pick out the features: light blue for the hours, minutes and small seconds; blue for the date and so on, while the winding mechanism is yellow and needs only 125 pushes to fully wind ...