The ’80s is often considered a Dark Age of watchmaking as cheap quartz watches undercut historic brands — and people around the world made questionable fashion decisions. But don’t discount the decade ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Beta 21 quartz movement. A ...

Quartz or manual-wound movements used to be the only option for small watches, but now brands such as Bulgari, Piaget and Chopard are putting automatic mechanisms in them. By Carol Besler Automatic ...

Looking for an affordable watch for summer? Here are 14 budget timepieces I'd actually ...