The following article was produced in partnership with Swatch. Consider the inherent qualities that make Swatch so iconic: daring, provocative, groundbreaking and endlessly creative. Sound familiar?

But unlike many makers from the cradle of high horology, Swatch didn’t have decades or centuries of history informing the way it did business. Instead, the new company was focused on innovation ...

Grippy, ridged edges are on both sides of the case, which also has four round titanium fasteners in the corners. The fastener on the lower right contains the Urwerk signature. A countersunk screw-down ...

Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire’s column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world. Four decades ago, the folks at Swatch decided to host the first-ever ...