by Roberta Naas | Jul 25, 2014 | Features & Interviews, Watches & News, Watches News, Women's Watches Styles
Today’s finest watch brands are bringing the mechanical magic of timepieces to ultra-feminine levels, with a move toward women’s watches with tourbillon escapements. One of the most complicated and coveted horological feats, the tourbillon (“whirlwind” in French) is a highly precise mechanism...
by Roberta Naas | Jul 8, 2014 | Watches News
Recently, I had the grand opportunity to visit Chopard in Geneva to see the one thing I had not yet seen in watchmaking: Gold melting for case making. While it is not the most glamorous portion of watchmaking – melting gold and mixing the colors of gold is one process that few brands actually do...
by Roberta Naas | Jul 7, 2014 | Watches News
Welcome Women – to the wonderful world of watches. Time surrounds us — on our clocks, our computers, our dashboards and — for those of us savvy enough to shine — on our wrists! While men typically receive all the attention when it comes to fine timepieces — generally...