Who needs ice when you can have crystal? It may not seem like the obvious choice for a luxury material in comparison to blingy gems, but sapphire-crystal watches are the height of watchmaking art—and ...

Zenith is literally reaching for the stars. The Swiss watchmaker just debuted two new high-horology timepieces, the 46 mm Zero Defy 21 Tourbillon Sapphire ($180,300) and the 46 mm Defy Zero-G Sapphire ...

Apple Watch Ultra is Apple's latest approach to pro athletes. With a bulkier 49mm size, it has a titanium finish and a tweaked design to help users during the wildest workouts. With a $799 price tag, ...

Editor’s Note: Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) has moved online and Baselworld 2020 is canceled, but that hasn’t stopped watch brands large and small from debuting their new wares. Stay on top of ...

Sapphire glass is something we usually only see on the most expensive smartwatches, but the Galaxy Watch 5 brings the scratch-resistant glass down to a cost of under $300. And surprisingly, the ...

Sapphire is known for its toughness, and in the tech world has been used to cover phone screens and smartwatch screens due to its impressive scratch resistance. This, along with the beautifully unique ...

High-end watchmaker MB&F has released a limited edition of its Horological Machine No. 9 (HM9) wristwatch called the "Sapphire Vision, which sets the movement inside a specially engineered, ...

Welcome to Product Support, a series devoted to helping you get the most out of your stuff. A watch’s focal point is its dial — you don’t want to worry about the glass you’ve got to peer through. And ...

Girard-Perregaux has released the Quasar Azure, a new version of its original Quasar timepiece. This time the 46mm case is made of a transparent sky-blue colored sapphire crystal. It’s also made in ...

There is a quote in Alice Walker’s 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple where she writes, “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” ...