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JSH (1876) has acquired all of The Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie’s archives

Rescued from a Kafkaesque journey that could have extinguished them forever, the whole archives of JSH, the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie founded in 1876, have just reappeared. The information is relevant to the entire watchmaking sector. Une sélection de Shaniah Asha Gibson / @TRP, Public Relations Cabinet Insta | Linkedin | Facebook | Insta JSH | Insta SWP | S’abonner à JSH Régis Huguenin, Curator of the MIH, the Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, is opening the first bound volume…

Amazing: it was Louis Moinet who invented the chronograph!

March 21, 2013 (first posted). Incredible! Imagine if a video was released of a man walking on the moon ten years before Neil Armstrong and that the scientists of Houston were on these images talking to each other through iPhones! The news would be quite disturbing. The revelation made today in Neuchâtel is shaking up the entire watchmaking industry in equal measure. Ten years before the invention of Nicolas Mathieu…

Tailor-made watchmaking training for collectors and companies

While running her own business creating watch casings, Angélique Chappuis is also involved in teaching future watch designers in La Chaux-de-Fonds. And is developing watchmaking culture courses. Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / JSH 1876 (News Agency) Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Aesthete, creative and intuitive, Angélique Chappuis ‘dresses’ movements or components, cases, bracelets, clasps and anything else that borders on luxury If you don’t dress…

The ‘No Brand’ trend: under pressure, the Commergnat mystery

Appeared in the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH®. This ” golden fingers ” watchmaker has released his “Level One” in the most discrete way. This is the ultimate “no-brand” embodiment that, under constraint, nevertheless lives up to his name. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s editor-in-chief Follow us on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – JSH’s subscription Subscribe to JSHWorld premiere in watchmaking: quarters indication. Level…

Auction: L. Leroy et Cie, Paris n°18902, unique Observatory chronometer 1st prize, gold medal

Antiquorum, November 6th 2022. Specially crafted for scientific purposes to measure several intervals to the 10th of a second at the same time, this precious timepiece endowed with a high-frequency Guillaume balance and split-seconds chronograph – 30 minutes counter – is sure to appeal to the most sophisticated collectors. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor in chief Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter…

Micromechanics, a bright future for bar turners

Being young and in charge of a machine that’ s worth a million francs? It’s possible after training as a bar turner! Here in Tramelan, everything blends perfectly, just like the forests and waterways that are the very origin of bar turning and cutting. A little trip to the AFDT association… By Joël A. Grandjean / JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Publisher and Editor in chief Insta SWP | Insta JSH®…

Eric Othenin-Girard, RIP!

{2020, May 20} And now you have left to join Nicolas Hayek Senior, to whom you had the attention and the friendship…! May you rest in peace, dear colleague and companion.   Joël A. Grandjean, Editor-in-Chief JSH Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport Subscribe to JSH Magazine   It was a great pleasure to have you on board with me when I was Editor in Chief of Watchonista. Rest in peace. So, I’m…

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‘WhoAreU’ interview with Zenith CEO, Julien Tornare

My name is Amandine, I am 12 years old and keen on watchmaking. Since the age of 7, when asked what job I want to do, I answer “watchmaker-designer at Bulgari”… In the meantime, I interview people in the industry. Let’s see today who is Zenith CEO, Julien Tornare. By Amandine, the youngest Swiss Watch Passport columnist Amandine’s portrait | Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Insta Amandine | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Who are you in the office? As the…
Julien Tornare, Zenith CEO, and Amandine during the "WhoAreU" interview

History of watch design: an espresso with Xavier Perrenoud

Three never-before-seen images in this 2013 interview: as part of a research project for ECAL, the University of Art and Design in Lausanne, the founder of Atelier XJC, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, explores his profession’s roots. Interview by Joël A. Grandjean JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Publisher & Editor in chief Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Xavier Perrenoud, un designer référence, aussi dans le domaine…

2010: the facial oscillating rotor, already invented in 1995…!

In March 2008, bloghorloger.ch tracked down patent No. CH 685363, issued on 30 November 1995 and relating to the first self-winding timepiece with a facial rotor (not to be confused with the Perrelet double-rotor). The technical study and production of an initial functional prototype were entrusted to watchmaker Jean-Claude Nicolet (winner of the first Gaïa prize in 1993, renowned for his watchmaking innovations) by Eric M. Grandjean, a well-known figure…

‘WhoAreU’ interview : Samuel Hoffmann, Brand manager Hautlence

My name is Amandine, I am 11 years old. I am keen on watchmaking and, since the age of 7, when asked what job I want to do, I answer “watchmaker-designer at Bulgari”… In the meantime, I am interviewing people in the sector. By Amandine, the youngest Swiss Watch Passport columnist Amandine’s portrait | Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Insta Amandine | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin All the WhoAreU interviews, by AmandineGreat! They finally met each other in real life…
Selfie with Samuel Hoffmann Hautlence and Amandine

Textual Story, 10 years of fiction format in 2024

Watchmaking, medias. The “textual story“, which casts a watchmaking object in didactic fiction, appeared on October 10, 2014 under the writing of specialist journalist Joël A. Grandjean. It is still going on today in the online magazine Swiss Watch Passport (by JSH). Lee Warrien, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Columnist Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin | S’abonner à JSH {Front picture’s caption}: “She…

LTM, an apart Manufacture: great ambitions and… small calibres!

{Article originally featured in JSH 2022}. Only a few professionals know it as LTM, an industrial pearl from Fleuris dedicated to watch movements. Behind this initials stands Le Temps Manufactures, the most discreet movement maker on the market. By Vincent Daveau, watchmaker, journalist and historian Read it on the Swiss Watch Journal JSH®, special issue SSC Société Suisse de Chronométrie Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin…

The Cluses mediators, entertainment service

They make the difference at the museum with their multiple roles.Events, workshops and special days. Emilie and Mathilde organize and amuse in an educational way. Charlotte Ollivier / JSH 1876 News Journalist Insta Ch. O. | Linkedin | Facebook | Insta JSH | Insta SWP | JSH’s Subscription For families, children, a twinning with Germany Light on activities Once a year, a philosophy workshop is organized. First, a time for observation, the participants pick one piece that question…

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Lady Tortue, so very feminine

Is it still possible to manufacture a pure ladies’ watch? Is this still possible without falling into the eternal so-called…

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