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The front page of the very first Swiss Watch Journal (Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie, JSH) published in July 1876

The Swiss press reveals Amandine to the masses

Amandine, the world’s youngest watch columnist, whose “WhoAreU” interviews are published on Swiss Watch Passport (by JSH) online magazine, is on the cover of the 20 Minutes national media. She is also featured in the latest issue of JSH Magazine. By Joël A. Grandjean JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Publisher and Editor in Chief Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Amandine sur Insta20 Minutes…

Coffee talk with Pierre Maudet: a Geneva watchmaking museum?

Pierre Maudet returns to the ballots. Not a political party, just a movement. Just like a watch movement that puts together and on stage components from different horizons, “Libertés et Justice Sociale” (List 4) is launching a campaign for the Cantonal Parliament of Geneva . Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor in chief Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin See alsoBecause…

Hats off, Christian Wipfli! Time To Watches moves to Villa Sarasin

Tuesday 1 to Sunday 6 April 2025: the ticket office for the Time To Watches exhibition is open! Behind this ever-growing event, organizer Christian Wipfli. His relationship to time and duration? He lends himself to the game of “Time Matters,” an interview bordering on being intrusive. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s editor in chief Follow JSH on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – Subscribe…

Rossella Baldi, dossier: “Everywhere, archives treasures…”

In the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH Magazine  she wrote an authoritative and enlightening article on archives and databases. An in-depth piece, which highlights both the academic approach to archives and the author’s personal expertise as the ex curator of the Musée international d’horlogerie’s study centre. To read, download and keep. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Publisher & Editor in chief  Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook…

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…

Gaïa 2021: the Prize of the Prizes, Carole’s tears…

An unprecedented conjunction of coincidences brought a unique breath of bliss to the 2021 ceremony. Like an improbable planets alignment above the venerable MIH’s Hans Erni Hall, there were tinglings with wonders. By Joël A. Grandjean / JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport Publisher & Editor in chief Jury member of the Gaïa Award Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Receiving a Gaïa is like…

Gaïa Prize, the 2024 ‘Nobels of watchmaking

The 2024 Gaïa Prize jury has delivered its verdict. Three new winners complete the impressive list of recipients of this prize often described as the Nobel Prize of the watchmaking world. Lee Warrien,  JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Journalist Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin | JSH’s subscription Since 1993, this award has been presented in recognition of extraordinary careers in the field of…

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Arinis, deep love at first sight on the lake bed

Like myself, a small thousand-year-old log, she is dreaming about seeing the sea. She has opened her heart and her dial to me, in the smooth depths of the Swiss largest lake. This diver is dreaming about salt and oceans… Textual Strory: Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s editor in chief Follow on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – JSH Subscriptions Arinis pre-salesThis is Arinis,…

LVMH Group: the Arnault children in control

What if Julien Tornare (photo below), the current CEO of Zenith, were to take over the management of TAG Heuer vacated by the departure for Bulgari of the almost thirty-year-old Frédéric Arnault, the second youngest son of Bernard Arnault? Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’ Editor & Chief, Publisher Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin This rumor is swirling. It comes from…

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…

200 Years Later, Still on Time

Have you ever seen a woman on stilts walking around with a giant clock on her back? Because I have now. And somehow, that wasn’t even the most surprising part of the day. By Amandine, the youngest Swiss Watch Passport columnist Amandine’s portrait | Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Insta Amandine | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Celebrating the 200th Anniversay of the Geneva Watchmaking - © Sven RässSchoolI was invited to the 200th anniversary celebration of Geneva’s watchmaking school, and…
Mr. and Mrs. Passing Time at the 200th Anniversary of the Geneva Watchmaking School

Figaro newspaper article: watchmaking, a world day?

The concept of a “World Watchmaking Day” is in the headlines thanks to a brand new article in Le Figaro. It reminds me of this topic posted on October 10, 2020 at 10:10 (!!!) on the bloghorloger.ch (now Swiss Watch Passport). Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s editor in chief & publisher Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin 2025 update: new launch!Without…

Coco Chanel, Picasso: Exhibition in Madrid

The Thyssen Museum of Madrid presents until the 15th of January 2023 an exhibition exploring the relationship between these two 20th century creative geniuses from 1915 to 1925. By Xavier Comtesse / Special contributor JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin| See portrait Xavier Comtesse | Tickets pour l’ExpoArticle JSH en PDFMany portraits of Picasso’s first wife, the beautiful Russian ballerina…

Career: Amande, young polymechanic

A future in watchmaking, working with it or for it, is not just a man’s choice. At a time when the industry is facing a shortage of vocations, Amande Berclaz is a shining example to follow… Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch ‘s Editor in Chief Follow us on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – JSH Subscriptions As a model? That’s where you’ll find Amande,…

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