Watchmaker Joshua Shapiro gripped the machine's worn handle with his left hand and exhaled. Standing at the helm of the 100-year-old "rose engine," he peered through a microscope at a small, square ...

In recent years, the giants of European horology have been locked in a heated battle to design the world’s thinnest mechanical watch. Luxury brands Bulgari, Piaget and Richard Mille have all, since ...

Bernhard Lederer says the escapement, the part of a mechanical timepiece that regulates the gears, has fascinated him for decades. By Rachel Felder In the almost five decades that Bernhard Lederer has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo illustration by Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; Photos courtesy of the Allison family) The miniature grandfather clock never ...

Welcome to “How I Became,” the Lifehacker series where I ask real people about how they really got their jobs. This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Matt Chapman, a modern watchmaker. The ...

In a surprise announcement, Swiss watch brand, Breitling, said Tuesday that it has acquired historic Swiss watchmaker, Universal Genève, marking a new chapter for the brand known for its horological ...