In 1960, when Bulova launched Accutron, a retro-futuristic timepiece powered by an inventive, proprietary tuning fork movement, it set the record as the world’s first fully electronic watch. Now a standalone brand infused with history, Accutron continues to teleport legends of its past into its tech-forward future. The latest release, the Accutron Astronaut, is a limited edition revival of a 1962 milestone that commemorates the brand’s …
To attend an esteemed timepiece extravaganza like Watches and Wonders in Geneva is to have an opportunity to become enmeshed in the world of fine watchmaking, to study the industry’s movements and to draw intriguing connections—between disparate brands—that represent something bigger (and perhaps even societal). For 2023’s milestone iteration, exhibitors debuted show-stopping chronographs, unveiled imaginative and playful wristwatches and embraced the allure of soft color beyond the …
In 1816, watchmaker Louis Moinet invented the first chronograph—a mechanical stopwatch originally used for astronomical measurement at sea—unaware that one century later it would become a sought-after function within wristwatches (initially, thanks to Longines). This past week in Geneva, at the headline-making 2023 Watches and Wonders trade show, dozens of the novelties (an industry term to mean new watch releases) were chronographs—and some, for either …
