Quartz or manual-wound movements used to be the only option for small watches, but now brands such as Bulgari, Piaget and Chopard are putting automatic mechanisms in them.

Seiko introduced the 4R family in 2011 as its new workhorse automatic movement. It powers most of the 5 Sports and lower-end Presage watches, along with some Prospex models. The 4R family comprises ...

Manufacture Royale Androgyne Royale. A watchmaker skeletonizes a watch by carving away the metal from the bridges and plates to the bare bones, revealing the tiny gears and levers that make a ...

And, when subjected to electricity, quartz vibrates. This vibration is what regulates a watch movement – in other words, it ensures the battery and movement keep precise time.

The movement is the thing that makes the watch go, function, operate, run. Movements come in several different varieties, some of which are made up of a complicated chain of distinct parts.

In a stunning display of fire and ice, a new video shot on Friday shows hikers walking in the snow-covered ground set beside an erupting Mount Etna in Italy.

The openmovement foundation is a case in point– a watch case, to be specific. The “movement” in Openmovement is a fully open-source and fully mechanical watch movement.

Luxury Watches My favourite watch movement is now paired with a stunning magenta dial The Biver Automatique Echoes of this Moment is stunning – but you won't get one ...

This background motion draws the eye, creating compelling images even when no one is moving or even on screen. Next, the video examines both the movement of groups and that of individuals.

Swiss watch movement maker ETA supplies much of the horological world with movements and ébauches (partial movements in need of finishing). Then in 2002 Nicholas Hayek, then chairman of The Swatch ...