There is a shortage of watchmakers in the U.S., which has vexed upstart American watch brands looking to grow. Rolex’s new school for watchmakers opened in Dallas last fall and includes 27 students in ...

Kelloseppakoulu, credited with boosting the country’s reputation within the watch industry, is creating an international program taught in English. By Penelope Colston Reporting from Espoo, Finland On ...

A well-worn adage of mechanical watchmaking is preserving tradition while driving innovation. Today’s brands take advantage of manufacturing technology that has advanced the state of the art without ...

Since its first class in 2017, the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative has provided free training to almost 80 former servicemen and women. By Janelle Conaway Photographs by Maansi Srivastava Reporting ...

In the digital era, when most of us tell the time almost exclusively by glancing at our smartphones, the historic craft of analogue watchmaking may seem like a relic of times gone by. But far from ...

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter to the best of the watch world. Sign up here. In the early 2010s, the world of independent watchmaking did not inspire ...

How many golden ages can a house live through? Three, if you’re Urban Jürgensen. The name may be unfamiliar to some, but certainly not to anyone who considers himself a serious watch enthusiast. For ...

Time has been standing still at the former Bowman Technical School building in downtown Lancaster. Forty-five years after the last student jewelers, watchmakers and clockmakers learned the trade in ...