One of the most solid (see what we did there) horological trends of the moment, watchmaking’s finest have been experimenting with stone dials. Once reserved for the finest haute horologie, the second ...

But recently, watches with hard-stone dials have experienced a surge in popularity, spreading far beyond their glam origins to populate every corner of watchmaking, from plucky start-ups to ...

Often these vintage watches feature dials made from slices of semiprecious stone like tiger’s eye and turquoise to further glam things up. You could call it a trend, if trend isn’t too broad a ...

Stone dials are not new to the watch business. The likes of Piaget and Dior have been using slithers of rock to bring colour and interest to their timepieces for decades. But they certainly had a ...