You may recall Vacheron Constantin’s Berkeley Grand Complication from last year, a grapefruit-sized timepiece made on commission that contained a whopping 63 complications; it’s still the world’s most ...

Not long ago, the conventional wisdom among Swiss watchmakers was that a complicated watch had to be housed in a setting befitting the expertise required to manufacture it. In other words: round case, ...

At Watches & Wonders on Thursday, Vacheron Constantin revealed the world’s most complicated mechanical watch. Known as the Berkley Grand Complication, this one-off custom order will belong to W. R.

In horology a “complication” is an additional function on a watch beyond timekeeping. The more complicated the watch, the more impressive the skill of the artisans and engineers who created it. With ...

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Some timepieces contain as many as 40 functions, but how many do their owners understand? By Anders Modig Davin BASEL, Switzerland — With 1,155 parts in the movement and 40 functions, including 23 ...

Blancpain just unveiled the most complicated watch in its history. The watch was co-designed with the drummer from KISS. When you imagine a watch designed in partnership with the drummer from KISS, I ...

A pocket watch made in Coventry in 1907 has set a new world record after being sold at an auction in Switzerland. Carl Player, 31, from Coventry, said the antique, which was made by his ...

Audemars Piguet’s “Grosse Pièce,” which sold for $7.7 million with fees over a $1 million high estimate. Courtesy Sotheby's “The record-breaking result achieved by Audemars Piguet’s ‘Grosse Pièce’ is ...

[LE BRASSUS] When Marc A. Hayek took over Blancpain in 2002, he was a young executive with a storied watchmaking surname – but an even stronger conviction about what the craft should stand for. More ...