My mom recently gave me the watch my grandfather wore much of his adult life. Some of my memories of him were wearing that watch and playing mahjong as I would quietly observe. Timepieces, like humans ...

In the vast world of watchmaking, where established brands reign supreme, a Taiwanese microbrand is making waves with its unique approach to timepiece creation. Havaan Tuvali, founded by Eric Yeh, has ...

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 ...

A journey through Switzerland’s ‘Watch Valley’ offers travelers a rare insight into how this complicated craft is alive–and ticking–in the Jura mountains. Visitors to Switzerland‘s “Watch Valley” can ...

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David Begnaud is a CBS News contributor and previously served as the lead national correspondent for "CBS Mornings," based in New York City. Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the ...

In Switzerland, for example, they have long been a large proportion of the industry’s work force. But that hasn’t meant recognition. By Anders Modig Davin Reporting from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland ...

In the grand bastion of watchmaking, the words TAG Heuer and innovation are rarely far apart. For more than 160 years, the La Chaux-de-Fonds-based luxury watchmaker has built a reputation for pushing ...

Spencer Torok, 25, a watchmaker at J.N. Shapiro Watches in Torrance, recently graduated from Rolex's Lititz Watch Technicum. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Ever since watches began bringing ...

Ever since watches began bringing order to the ephemeral passage of time, they also started doing something else: breaking. Own one long enough and something will probably go wrong. It'll run slow. Or ...