They’re the traveler’s best friend–world time watches and their near-cousins, two time zone watches. They are designed to help jet-setters keep track of local time and the time in one or more other time zones. Their invention and development follows the evolution of travel itself, as a multiple time zone watch depends on the existence […]

This week, Greubel Forsey opened its first Time Art Gallery on the Bund in Shanghai, China.  The elegant space displays watches that Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have created since their company debuted 13 years ago.  Also on display are timepieces by independent master watchmakers that Robert and Stephen admire, and a collaborative contemporary art […]

The ”GMT” marks a significant milestone for Greubel Forsey, as it is the brand’s first timepiece to feature a complication other than a tourbillon. The GMT is distinguished by an eye-catching rotating globe offering an intuitive view of the time all over the world, as well as a 24 Seconds Tourbillon. With this remarkable timepiece, Robert Greubel and […]

To a watch connoisseur, the name Greubel Forsey (well, names, actually –Stephen Forsey and Robert Greubel, the two founders, met while both were working at Audemars Piguet’s high complications lab, Renaud & Papi) has thus far meant one thing: the fanatically single minded pursuit of one of the most quixotic goals in horology.  That goal […]

“Micro-decoration” (as I call it) is a thing of love. It is the process whereby fine watches are made even finer because of an enormous amount of time spent on making the movement look pretty. There are functional uses to decorating a movement – such as corrosion prevention and ensuring that parts fit together properly, […]

To say that the first decade of the 21st Century was a boom time for the watch industry would be an understatement. This period totally reshaped the watch industry forever, with its surge of new styles and high-end pieces. While the effects from this period have been prematurely cut-short by the era end’s economic slump, […]