The technique, which Jaquet-Droz used to decorate his trademark singing bird boxes and pocket watches, begins with a gold dial embellished with guilloché work. With every layer of translucent enamel, ...

Patek Philippe has long been celebrated for crafting some of the most exquisite and technically remarkable timepieces in the ...

Rosanna Polizzotto spends many of her days restoring tiny portraits and landscapes on fine enamel pieces -- vases, pendants, pocket watches. It’s fitting, then, to find her inhabiting a miniature ...

The great majority of watches propose a conservative color palette. This is perhaps because the timepiece has to suit numerous outfits, styles and occasions. Therefore, it makes commercial sense for ...

The Lady Arpels Zodiac Lumineux is a collection of 12 watches, each featuring a dial with a Zodiac sign in an artistic interpretation and in a night sky depiction of the individual star constellation.

Collectors who have always wanted a taste of watchmaking’s rarified and historical decorative arts will now have a chance to indulge without the customary strain on the bankroll. The new ...

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A moon phase, if well-designed, can be one of the most charming watch complications, and the engineering that goes into one is incredible in and of itself. However, the complication is by no means a ...

Modern artisans strive to re-create the past brilliance of flinqué enamel. Shortly after Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Kremlin received a peculiar request from a German ...