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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Simply put, an automatic watch is powered by the motion of your body (think: walking, standing up, etc) ...

For many years, just about the only Swiss mechanical chronograph watches costing less than several thousand dollars ran on one movement: the trusty, old 7750. Or some variation of it. Or some copy of ...

Geneva-based Raymond Weil has produced the first proprietary automatic watch movement in its 41-year history. The new Freelancer 1212 watch's movement was designed and developed in-house by Raymond ...

Wearing a watch, especially in 2019, is as much an emotional choice as it is a practical one. A watch may help you resist your phone’s social-media siren call during the work day, for example, or, in ...

If you want a mechanical watch that feels grown-up but not stuffy, this is a nice lane to be in. The Timex Waterbury Dive ...

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 ...

The best automatic watches for men answer a whole lot of questions. See, you may find your way into watches through history, movies, or via the horological one-upmanship playing out in the world ...

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 ...

Reading about watches can often feel like cracking open a textbook. Browsing—and even buying—means being barraged with inscrutable words and phrases like "tourbillons,” “perpetual calendars,” “minute ...