Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Beta 21 quartz movement. A ...

I understand mechanical watch purists who dismiss quartz movements as a totally different medium, somehow less pure and marvelous. However, there are some top-tier electronic analog watches that use ...

SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG, CHINA, February 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The subtle click of a polished jewelry clasp and the ...

The watch industry has undergone gradual but important change over its centuries-long history, and a big part of that change ...

The Grand Seiko Spring Drive is a mechanical movement exclusive to the Japanese watch company. It mimics the accuracy and operation of a quartz movement without a secondary power source. It was a ...

Just recently, luxury giant LVMH Group purchased a minority share of Japanese-owned Swiss watch movement maker Manufacture La Joux-Perret SA (which, until now, was a fully owned subsidiary of the ...