Forget tourbillons or minute repeaters. High-end watchmakers are now showing off what they can do with sapphire crystal ...

Corning’s Gorilla Glass has been all the rage in a market dominated by growing smartphone touchscreen displays with its scratch-resistant and break-resistant properties, but there’s something even ...

MB&F is pulling out all the stops for its Horological Machine N°9 by outfitting its case in sapphire crystal for a full view of its mechanical fireworks. The Swiss watchmaker launched the HM9 in 2018 ...

Apple Watch Ultra is Apple's latest approach to pro athletes. With a bulkier 49mm size, it has a titanium finish and a tweaked design to help users during the wildest workouts. With a $799 price tag, ...

In 2005, Richard Mille was an extremely young luxury watch brand, but very much one that displayed immense promise given the competitive atmosphere. Aiming for ultra complexity and a close synergy ...

Who needs ice when you can have crystal? It may not seem like the obvious choice for a luxury material in comparison to blingy gems, but sapphire-crystal watches are the height of watchmaking art—and ...

Kyocera has published a new video of its Sapphire Shield smartphone cover in action, pitting it against standard impact-resistant glass in a few drop and scratch tests. As you might expect, the ...

Sapphire crystal, held up by analysts and industry watchers as a wonder material that's virtually indestructible, was a no-show as the display on the new iPhone 6. It's an anticlimactic end to months ...

Physicists often build experiments looking for a specific something. Maybe that something consists of dark matter, new kinds of particles, or new ways that particles might interact with one another.