Suddenly they are everywhere. A sign of the times, perhaps? Skulls emerging from the dark corners of our epoch to remind us that ours is a fleeting existence. Here are some of the most recent models to link arms with Death. Would you "die" for them?

Since its post-quartz crisis resuscitation, mechanical watchmaking has kept a strict distance from anything electrical. Electronic circuitry was a no-go… until the advent of smart watches.

From the red-carpet glamour to the on-screen action, there is so much to say about Cannes. However, the true festival-goer knows that the real excitement is the race against time.

Is walking the plank your idea of a walk in the park? As a kid, did you look under the bed hoping there'd be a monster? Then these watches are for you. Dare you… !

Fewer models, more subdued designs, and more watches at entry level. HH Journal looks at what Baselworld exhibitors have to offer in 2016.

The rotor, or oscillating weight, on a self-winding movement has looked much the same from the time it came into widespread use in the 1960s until only a few years ago. It is usually a solid, half-round mass, rotating on a central axis, often with Geneva stripes. Today, new design and placement variations have emerged, transforming the rotor into one of the more interesting elements of a mechanical watch.

With the countdown to the Basel watch and jewellery show under way, certain brands have already lifted a corner of the veil on the products they'll be launching there. As already seen at this year's Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, complications are a sine qua non for brands.

In which the watch industry finally answers the question: “What do women want?