The Timepiece Journal

A lion dance watch puts the most festive tradition in Chinese folk performance onto a mechanical dial — and Lucky Harvey's version does something no conventional watch does: the lion's eyes are the...

An owl automaton watch stages a complete day-and-night scene on the dial every hour — the owl's eyes open, a field mouse darts across, the moon rises and sets. Here is how the mechanism works, what...

What the serpent means on a watch, how Lucky Harvey's automaton tongue and 100-piece enamel chiming snakes work, and which of the five dials to choose.

Spinning roulette wheels, dragons that release gold beads, owls whose eyes open on the hour — every type of watch with moving parts on the dial, explained.

2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse. Meet the 100-piece Lucky Harvey Titanium Chiming Horse — the watch whose silver horse strikes a gong every hour.

How a 3D dragon automaton watch works: a hand-engraved 925 sterling silver dragon that releases a solid 24K gold bead every hour. All four Lucky Harvey dragon colourways compared.

What a guilloché dial is, how wheat ear guilloché is hand-engraved on a rose lathe, and a full guide to Lucky Harvey's five limited-edition titanium guilloché chiming watches.

The best automatic watch brands for men in 2026 aren't only the Swiss giants — Britain's independent watch scene has boomed, Japan still owns value, and a new wave of complication-focused independe...

A chiming watch is a mechanical watch that marks the hour with an audible chime — a hammer physically striking a gong inside the case — with no batteries, speakers, or electronics involved. For thr...