Independent watchmaking

Introducing the Urwerk EMC TimeHunter X-Ray

Urwerk's unique, self-monitoring EMC TimeHunter that fuses tradition and electronics is endowed with a skeleton dial.

Introducing the DeWitt Academia Skeleton, Featuring a Jumping, Reversing Seconds

The DeWitt Academia Skeleton features a seconds that sweeps forwards and then backwards, thanks to clever, complex gearing.

Hands-On with the H. Moser & Cie. Swiss Alp Watch S – Apple Watch-Inspired & Blue Fumé

H. Moser& Cie's droll Apple Watch lookalike is now part of the Swiss watchmaker's line-up.

Introducing the Christian Klings Tourbillon Nr. 2, with Self-Starting Detent Escapement

German independent watchmaker Klings has perfected the chronometer escapement by making it self-starting.

Introducing the MB&F Balthazar Table Clock, a Giant, Two-Faced Robot

MB&F alleviates the drabness of ordinary timekeepers with Balthazar, an eight kilo robot table clock.

HYT Introduces “Bespoke” Programme For Custom-Made Wristwatches

Create the hydro-mechanical wristwatch of your dreams with a custom HYT.

Hands-On with the De Bethune Dream Watch 5 Meteorite

Made of a 4000-year old meteorite, the De Bethune Dream Watch 5 is no holds barred watchmaking that simultaneously remarkable and mystifying.

Introducing the Manufacture Royale Androgyne Royale Skeleton Tourbillon

Manufacture Royale's open-worked tourbillon is given a movement makeover with coloured galvanic treatment.

Introducing the Astor+Banks Pilomatic, an Affordable, American Aviator’s Watch

Powered by a Swiss-made ETA movement, the Pilomatic is put together in Chicago and costs under US$1000.

Hands-On with the Louis Moinet Memoris 200th Anniversary Chronograph

Inventor of the chronograph Louis Moinet marks 200 years since its landmark creation with an ornate limited edition wristwatch.


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