If you care about mechanical watches, hairsprings matter more than you might think. They’re the tiny coiled spirals at the heart of a movement, regulating time itself. And now, TAG Heuer reckons it’s ...

There’s change afoot in the watchmaking world, and TAG Heuer is leading the charge. At Geneva Watch Days 2025, the brand debuted a new hairspring (the spring in a watch attached to the balance wheel ...

In 2001, Ulysse Nardin launched the Freak, the world’s first watch to feature silicon components in its escapement. A quarter century later, and silicon is the hairspring material du jour for most ...

Luxury brands continue to explore the possibilities of nanotechnology in haute horlogerie, allowing updates in increased miniaturisation, precision and reliability in its designs Zenith’s Julien ...