The advances in mass production pioneered by the likes of Hamilton, Waltham and Timex were envied and replicated by the Swiss. Today, some American watch brands still enjoy household-name status, but ...

In 1930, Swiss businessman César de Trey was attending a polo match in India, when he discovered that players’ watches were being destroyed during the games. As the story goes, de Trey returned ...

Detroit watchmaker Shinola has been in the mix for almost 15 years now and. As most of us do in our first decade and a half ...

Antiques: International Watch Company makes Swiss watches with an American twist. ... As it happened, an American with the decidedly imported name of Florentine Ariosto Jones founded IWC in 1868.