Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Literary tracker of timepieces and luxury goods. There has been a great shift in buying habits for watches, with more and more ...

The most poignant stories involved the families of immigrants. “This watch was important enough for someone to put it in a small bag of possessions to emigrate,” Kivel says. “It was one of the very ...

He took over the family business his father inherited from his own father—a watch repair shop opened in 1952 in a cramped Grand Central space where his grandfather reportedly worked 10-hour days in ...