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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      How To Spend It In...
      An insider’s guide to Hong Kong

      Watch entrepreneur Austen Chu on what makes his birthplace tick

      Austen Chu on a Hong Kong street
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      HTSI
      Seven watches for modern adventurers 

      These timepieces are all-action heroes

      Longines stainless-steel and ceramic HydroConquest GMT, £2,550
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special Report
      Watches and Jewellery: November

      The rise of Middle Eastern editions out of Dubai Watch Week; the watch and jewellery industry’s sustainability efforts still leave ‘much to be desired’; watchmakers find harmony with musical partners; how traceability became the gold standard; Leonardo DiCaprio backs sustainable watch start-up; Montblanc underlines its luxury credentials

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Watchmakers hit a marketing note with musical tie-ups

      Collaborations are tapping into the rhythmic, mechanical and aesthetic properties of timepieces

      Tokio Myers in the Golden Ratio Musical Show for Jaeger-LeCoultre
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Montblanc high-end pens underline its credentials as luxury brand

      New bejewelled writing instruments aim to reinforce the brand’s identity in other product categories

      Montblanc’s Orient Express edition pen with case
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Brands unfold packaging ideas to cut carbon footprint

      From vegan leather to compostable seaweed, more sustainable options still provide a piece of theatre

      Several jewellery boxes and a paper bag neatly arranged
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Jewellers not out of the frame during Hollywood strikes

      Despite a lack of exposure on screen or on red carpets, designers have found fruitful ways to promote themselves

      Actress Lili Reinhart in a cream dress wearing Chopard jewellery to an evening event
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Leica trains its lens on luxury watch market

      The high-end camera-maker’s latest collection is priced to compete with the big Swiss brands

      A man  in a living room looks at the camera, holding a digicam on top of his watch
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      The UK school building local knowledge of watchmaking

      Swiss industry-standard training in Greater Manchester aims to help plug a gap of thousands of workers and improve customer service

      A mentor and his  students at the British School of Watchmaking
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      My Favourite Pieces: Alan Bloore on his passion for Panerai

      Finding a community of fellow enthusiasts for the Italian watchmaker helped the Australian former entrepreneur through difficult times

      Alan Bloore smiles as he sits on a wheelchair in what looks like his living room
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Deconstructed watch: Andersen Genève Tempus Terrae

      A world timer made under the auspice of Svend Andersen, whose complications include the thinnest such model ever made

    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Dubai Watch Week: brands dial into Middle East market with local special editions

      Pieces featuring Arabic or Hindi numerals, reflecting the region’s cultures, are gaining in popularity with collectors

      Watches on display inside the Dubai Watch Week fair
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      HTSI
      Horology in the UK

      What makes British watchmaking so distinctive?

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Luxury brands slow to improve transparency as consumer pressure grows

      Several industry names shun sustainability survey despite boards placing higher value on responsible practices

    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Leonardo DiCaprio’s next role: investor in sustainable luxury watchmaker ID Genève

      The Hollywood actor says the Swiss timepiece maker’s eco-innovative practices are an exemplar for the watch industry

    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      HTSI
      Why the watch world is dialling it back

      The historic complication back in fashion. But what is a retrograde watch indicator?

    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Hong Kong vies with Geneva for global top spot in vintage watch sales

      Local auction houses report an increasingly affluent and younger audience as rare OAK collection heads to Asia

      Man looking at a collection of watches displayed on a table
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Glasgow’s Argyll Arcade: ‘If you make it here, you can make it anywhere’

      The UK’s only remaining thoroughfare dedicated solely to watches and jewellery helps the city keep its position as the top centre for retail spend outside London

      Shoppers dwell on the windows of a glass roofed arcade filled with jewellery stores
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & JewelleryDeconstructed Watch
      Deconstructed watch: Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref 6002G-001

      The back of the 44mm watch features a secondary dial intricately decorated with a sky chart

    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Pininfarina accelerates into hybrid smartwatches

      Italian car designer taps into the expertise of Hong Kong-based Globics for the first in a series of sophisticated models

      Picture shows the right leg and arm of a man in a car driving
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      What does a sport ‘timing partner’ actually do?

      The team responsible for tracking the athletes’ performance during the World Athletics Championships shows us how they do it

      8 runners leap over the finish line at men’s 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Only Watch solidifies its position in auction calendar

      Launched in 2005 to raise money for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the event has created a market for one-off designs

      Only Watch event
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Rexhep Rexhepi inaugurates Louis Vuitton’s watchmaker collaboration programme

      The celebrated independent watchmaker has been working with the luxury brand to bring the €500,000 limited edition LVRR-01 chiming chronograph to market

      Two men looking closely at a timepiece held by the man in the centre
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
      Why brown watches are all the beige

      How an outlier trend went mainstream

      A collection of brown-dial watches
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Cartoon time: watch collectors dial into a century of Disney

      Highly prized pieces include Gérald Genta’s Mickey Mouse designs and Audemars Piguet’s Marvel limited editions

      Black and white photo of animator Walt Disney drawing at his desk
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