Why Richard Mille’s RMS05 Fountain Pen Costs $105,000

A mechanical movement at its core makes for an unusual collectible

Fans of luxury Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille would not hesitate when reaching for their wallet for a timepiece with a price tag over $100,000. What happens, then, when the brand’s artisan watchmakers take their mechanical know-how and apply it to another functional, heirloom collectible? This is what they’ve done with the new RMS05 fountain pen. A complex, visible movement within the pen’s barrel allows for …

IWC’s New, Smaller Pilot’s Watches

A return to smaller watches with refined details

For almost 150 years now, IWC Schaffhausen has produced some of the most popular and well-received Swiss-made watches. Over the last few years, and simultaneous with a global consumer trend toward bigger-is-better, IWC began producing timepieces with larger cases—some of which referenced the larger-cased watches from their heritage. In fact, their original Pilot’s watches from the ’30s and ’40s (built for the military) were 55mm …

H. Moser’s Swiss-Made Apple Watch Look-Alike

Independent watchmaker H. Moser seems to be taking at jab at Apple (and the rest of the smartwatch industry) with the release of its latest time-keeper. Called the Swiss Alp Watch, the hand-finished, hand-assembled and completely Swiss-made movement is contained within a watch case that looks exactly like an Apple watch—complete with wire lugs that imitate those of higher ends Apple Watches. Only 50 pieces …