An increased focus on watches for women and more attention to showcasing movements joined the continued trend of simple, clean design at Baselworld 2012. Read our full exclusive here.

Exclusive: As the world's largest annual luxury watch show opens in Basel, National Jeweler takes an in-depth look at the Swatch Group's decision to cut its supply of components to competing brands.

Sotheby’s auction of Important Watches here on May 15 achieved a total of $8.7 million, with strong prices seen for historical timepieces.

David Yurman has launched the Revolution Collection, a new line of men’s timepieces that feature Swiss automatic movements.

A Rolex Ref. 5512 Submariner once owned by the head of Israel’s national security agency sold for nine times its high estimate at Antiquorum’s auction held here on Sunday.

The Swiss Competition Commission ruled Tuesday that the Swatch Group’s current, reduced volume of ETA movements and Nivarox assortment supplies can continue through the end of 2013 as the commission continues to debate allowing Swatch Group to halt supplies entirely to some competing watchmakers.

Christie’s Hong Kong will hold a spring sale of Important Watches here on May 30, offering more than 500 timepieces in an auction that is estimated to total $16 million.

Sotheby’s Geneva will inaugurate its new day sales of Important Watches here on May 15, when the auction house will offer 388 lots estimated to total more than $10.9 million.

At its May 13 auction here, Antiquorum will offer a Rolex Ref. 5512 Submariner once owned by Isser Harel, the former director of Israel’s national intelligence agency, the Mossad.

Wednesday’s Antiquorum watch auction held here resulted in the setting of a new world record for a single-dial Patek Philippe Ref. 3974, the auction house reported.

This summer, Sotheby’s will auction timepieces that belonged to legendary collectors Henry Graves Jr. and Reginald H. Fullerton Jr., the grandfather-grandson duo who amassed two of the finest private collections of watches in the world.

Facebook fans of Raymond Weil have the chance to win tickets to a VH1 Save the Music Songwriters Music Series event, which will kick off in Chicago on April 26.

Watch experts from New York-based auction house Antiquorum are in the midst of a seven-city watch valuation tour where they are offering complimentary estimates on high-end Swiss timepieces from brands including Patek Philippe and Rolex.

Rolex opened its first boutique in New York on April 11 with partner and jeweler Wempe, located on 53rd Street in the city’s Fifth Avenue shopping district.

A U.S. man has been named the winner of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s “Mad About Reservo” Facebook contest, netting himself a “Grande Reverso Ultra-Thin Tribute to 1931” watch in the process.

Antiquorum will hold the first of a two-part auction of Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces here on April 25, offering a collection of Patek Philippe wristwatches.

A new world chronograph that uses atomic timekeeping and a ladies’ model surrounded by diamonds are among the introductions from Japanese watchmaker Citizen.

A “stronger focus” on complicated and extremely complicated timepieces, particularly among women, led to a trio of releases from Patek Philippe.

Red Dot has announced the winners of the 2012 Red Dot Design Awards, an international contest recognizing excellence in product design in a range of categories, including jewelry and watches.

Nostalgia influenced the design of new timepieces from Swatch Group brands Longines and Hamilton while Rado introduced more high-tech innovations in ceramic.

Bulova Corp. unveiled an Accutron watch that is equipped with what the brand is calling the “world’s first and only” system that allows the wearer to control the accuracy, without having to take the watch to a jeweler or technician for fine tuning.

A limited-edition chronograph, an expansion to “Terragraph” and a new line of dive watches were among the introductions from Wenger Swiss Watches, a maker of timepieces and outdoor equipment and one of two companies licensed to issue the official Swiss Army knife.

Fireworks inspired this year’s haute couture introduction from Geneva-based ladies’ watchmaker Bedat & Co.

Hermès introduced men’s and ladies watches equipped with the brand’s first in-house movement. Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, a Swiss company in which Hermès has owned a 25 percent stake since 2006, created the movement.

Sector, the line of sports watches that is part of the Colle, Italy-based Morellato & Sector Group that is distributed by Circa in the United States, unveiled new lines of both men’s and ladies’ watches.