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At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the IPR interviewed Morgan Maillard of Vacheron Constantin about his career and the brand’s new Concours d’Élégance Horlogère.

In 2005–06 the Untergunther secretly restored the Panthéon's 1824 Wagner clock in Paris, were taken to court and acquitted. The story of a remarkable restoration.

The Instituto Português de Relojoaria visits Azurea Portugal in Maia and talks to CEO Vincent Skrzypczak about high-precision watch components made in Portugal.

The story of the watches worn by World Cup referees and how the technology that now supports decisions on the pitch has evolved, from stopwatch to smartwatch.

A historical and technical study of marine chronometers: Harrison, Le Roy, Berthoud, Arnold, Earnshaw, escapements, the fusee and the GUB No. 7986 of the Sagres.

Jacquemart himself stands in Dijon: a bronze man in a wide-brimmed hat. The story of bell-striking automata and an 1810 gold repeater by Meuron & Cia.

Great complications: two triple calendar pocket watches and the history of calendar watches, from the Julian calendar to the perpetual calendar.

A brass pocket equinoctial sundial with compass: how it is used, how equinoctial (equatorial) sundials work, and the giant Samrat Yantra in Jaipur.

A unique 1915 gold pocket watch with jumping hours, double calendar and moon phases, an 1890s A. Kaiser, and the story of Pallweber's digital watches at IWC.

On World Watch Day, the IPR took its Little Watchmakers' Workshop to the Medeiros e Almeida Museum in Lisbon. From 2 pm to 7 pm we had our hands full.

A 1900 Levrette monopusher pocket chronograph in silver: technical sheet, photos and a brief history of the chronograph, from Louis Moinet to today.

In the early 19th century Jacob Kretz devised his own self-winding system. A rare 1810 gold pocket watch, a Loehr of 1880 and the history of the automatic.