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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine you’ve just spent $3 million on a new Bugatti Chiron, and want an appropriately pricey and suitably unique watch to go along with it. Innovative watchmaker Jacob & Co. has exactly what you ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAPPHIRE is now one of the most in-demand materials in watchmaking, but a decade ago, Richard Mille seems to be alone in grasping its true potential for use on an entire watch case – where one was ...

Richard Mille is having fun again. The independent Swiss watchmaker is known for avant-garde designs and technical prowess, but in recent years, the company has also been having a blast playing around ...

During a recent interview, Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu showed off a modified version of the Ascend P7 smartphone, fitted with a sapphire crystal screen, and even encouraged people to try and scratch the ...

Few timepieces combine the past and the future of high-end watchmaking as elegantly as Girard-Perregaux’s new Quasar Azure, the latest version of its cutting-edge wristwatch, which comes encased in ...