Solar-powered watches have been around as a technology since the mid-1970s, when Japanese electronics whizzes made it ...

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 ...

A watch movement—also known as a “caliber”—is the internal mechanism that powers a timepiece and ensures its functions ...

Watch collectors have strong feelings about quartz versus mechanical watches: Battery-powered quartz is inexpensive, accurate and robust, but it lacks the je ne sais quoi of an electricity-free ...

Thomas goes hands-on with the Citizen Challenge Timer "Tsuno" chronograph ✓ A quartz-powered 1970s Bullhead throwback ✓ ...