The season’s latest skeletonised timepieces are distinguished by compelling aesthetics.

In a quiet year, Patek Philippe delights collectors with a trio of high-complication watches.

When tastes can last an instant, trends a couple of days and creative directors at fashion houses no more than three years, these designs that have been around for at least a decade and still score on innovation (and double taps on IG) prove that age is indeed just a number.

The latest and most talked-about collections

Breguet’s new showstopper has everything horology buffs look for in a timepiece.

The latest and most talked-about collections.

A glittering canvas for artistic and creative expression, the encompassing Bohème watch collection is Montblanc’s answer to women’s horology desires.

Ten of our favourite watches from this year’s collections—and they couldn’t be more different from each other.

Watchmakers present their very best at this year’s Only Watch auction, which benefits research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

The Swiss luxury watchmaker’s centuries-spanning success is anchored to its relentless drive to improve.

The new chief of one of the world’s oldest watchmaking brands marks a fresh chapter in its history.

Make every second count with the sculptural beauty of some of our favourite tourbillon timepieces.

Its name is a handful, but the Blancpain Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Retrograde offers elegant simplicity with a twist.

Watch brands roll out highlights at Basel, even as fair looks to sync with SIHH to boost attendance next year.

At Lange, it’s all about doing things the hard way – a philosophy that suits this product development director just fine.

Could Tag Heuer’s latest experiment set a new benchmark for watchmaking’s trickiest component?

A showcase for new technologies, robots and a series of talks livestreamed to audiences around the world:

Welcome a year of affluence and good fortune with 2019’s batch of Chinese zodiac watches.

Vacheron Constantin debuts its new collection at Abbey Road Studios. The Peak drops into London to live up the chic retro.

Watchmaker Jaquet Droz showcases its remarkable journey of art through time.

Putting a new spin on vintage-inspired watches, Omega reaches into the past to give us a tangible taste of century-old horology.

With signs of recovery everywhere, following a dismal economic slowdown, brands are – understandably – playing it safe when it comes to launches.

EVERY YEAR, THE WORLD’S MOST PROLIFIC WATCH MAKERS GATHER AT WATCH FAIRS TO UNVEIL AN EXPLOSIVE SHOWCASE OF TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS, NEW STYLES AND POETIC STORIES. IT’S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM ALL, BUT THERE ARE UNMISTAKABLE PATTERNS THAT HAVE EMERGED FROM THE INDUSTRY’S DESIRE TO PLEASE ITS FANS. SO HERE ARE FIVE TRENDS WE’VE SPOTTED THAT YOU, READER AND TRENDSETTER, HELPED PROPAGATE.

Get the skinny on Bulgari’s latest record-breaker.

It remains the world’s largest watch and jewellery fair, but Baselworld has been hard hit by the changes sweeping through the watch industry in recent years, with just 650 exhibitors this year. This represents a stunning 57 per cent drop over the past two years, with big names such as Ulysse Nardin, Girard-Perregaux, Hermes and the Movado Group having left the fair. While some have chosen to show at rival Genevan fair, the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, others have opted to meet their retailers and press at different sites – or simply rely on digital means to do their business. This year, the duration of the fair was cut by two days, running for five days instead of seven.

Panerai’s first moon phase complication is packed into the manufacture’s most complicated watch yet.

WITH MORE PARTICIPATING WATCH BRANDS(35), MORE VISITORS THAN EVER (20,000) AND NEW DIGITAL INITIATIVES, THE SALON INTERNATIONAL DE LA HAUTE HORLOGERIE (SIHH) ANNUAL WATCH FAIR IS MOVING TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT TRICKY EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN EXCLUSIVITY AND HOLDING ITS OWN IN A NOISY DIGITAL-DOMINATED WORLD. HERE, OUR REPORT FROM GENEVA, FEATURING THE FAIR’S BEST BOOTHS, CELEBRITY SPOTTINGS, WATCH-CHIEF QUOTES, AND OF COURSE, WATCHES AND HOROLOGICAL INNOVATIONS.

Complications and customisation — what more could you ask for?

And, it has an interesting price.

With a new look comes new innovations for IWC’s revamped Da Vinci line.

Cartier’s latest offerings reveal the maison at its best, underscored by technical finesse in the twin arts of watchmaking and jewellery-making.

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Following sihh, watch connoisseurs had another event to look forward to, the week-long baselworld 2016 in its namesake city. Here are some of the most memorable pieces.

Typically, power reserves (how long a watch runs after it is fully wound) do not go beyond 50 hours. The watches on these pages have energy reserves of above 100 hours, so they keep on ticking on monday, even if you leave them over the weekend – or longer.

The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) returns with offerings for audiences old and new.

The watchmaker that holds several technical world records for tourbillons has yet another first – in price.

Sihh 2016 is yet another milestone for the french maison, one that witnesses a perfect marriage between its two savoir faires: high jewellery – along with its panache in gem-setting and craftsmanship – with its study in fine watchmaking, as exemplified by its attention to detail, innovation and eye-opening complications.

Having visited the recent Watches & Wonders 2015 fair in Hong Kong, Karen Kwa picks highlights from 12 brands that’ll make you want to invest in them – including a watch with the naughtiest messages.