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‘WhoAreU’ Interview: Ba111od founder, Thomas Baillod

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 AmandineWho are you at the office? I am my…
WhoAreU Interview - Thomas Baillod & Amandine (@watch_it_with_amandine)

The Starrag Bumotec that seduces Felix Baumgartner

Upstairs, there is the showroom for the high-end automotive brand Lamborghini. On the lower first floor, the Swiss subsidiary of the Niru Group is machining components for the jewelry and watchmaking industries. This is Starrag’s Bumotec s191V manufacturing center. By Henri-Maxime Khedoud, Journalist Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Link between the achieved watch and the machine This workshop performs in the luxury sector, in…

Antiquorum’s Record! A splendid ultra-complicated watch of Henri Grandjean, founder of the Neuchâtel Observatory, hit the auctions market

It rocked! This gold pocket watch with eight complications rarely combined in a single piece is one of the most complex ever made by Henri Grandjean. This chronometric treasure was back at auction at the Beau Rivage in Geneva on 6 November 2022. A perfect opportunity to highlight one of Switzerland’s major master watchmakers, and to tickle the guardians of Swiss museum collections. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor…

Jojo Laplace’s vintage fragrances

Beyond this “Jim Carrey look” escaped without a mask from a flea market, Joël Laplace alias @jojolamontre on Insta, has been sharing for more than 15 years his sinful passion for an universe of vintage watches and unexpected watchmaking items. For sale… By Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s editor in chief & publisher Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin To come across…

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,…

Marton Radkai, Journalist and word wizard

Marton Radkai has been a loyal contributor to the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH Magazine for years. He wears a number of hats. First and foremost, he is a dedicated and independent journalist, editor of Wristwatch Annual, an annual publication on watches published by Abbeville Press, New York. He is also a top-notch translator from French and German to English. He also uses his experience as a former radio announcer and…

The+, the movement maker that has reinvented the in-house caliber

Any watch brand that doesn’t already have one dreams of owning its in-house caliber. In the world of independence and in the eyes of customers, this plus increases the brand’s desirability. Thanks to The+ team in Biel, it is now possible. To meet at EPHJ 2021. By Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport Editor in Chief   Le K2, le calibre qui suit le K1: fiabilité testée…

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Rolex buys Bucherer: the crowning achievement of independencies

Until Rolex announced its takeover of Bucherer, the brand with the crown had only one boutique in the world, in Geneva, in order to comply with cantonal law allowing it to use the city’s name in its branding. Today, it boasts over 100 points of sale… By Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor in Chief and Publisher Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter…

AstroLuna and the Qlock hours

Swiss online retailer Qoqa, founded by Pascal Meyer from the Jura region, has entered the watchmaking market, adding hundreds of thousands of consumers to its community. More than 50,000 watches have already been sold!! By Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / TàG Press +41 (News Agency) Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Read also: “How she fell in love with the AstroLUNA by Vicenterra”Charles Defrance (l) and…

Jürgensen 250 years by Dr. Helmut Crott

Till November 4, 2023. These outstanding timepieces are not for sale! They are on display in an ephemeral exhibition at the La Réserve Hotel in Geneva, right in the hubbub of its Phillips auctions. Mythical timepieces patiently collected by Dr. Helmut Crott, an expert collector and father-founder of watch auctions. The finest connoisseur of this Danish dynasty with roots in Le Locle. By Joël A. Grandjean / JSH® Magazine &…

“Moses, one of the rarest automaton watches

This rare timepiece, proposed by the collector Dr. Helmut Crott, embodies the quintessence of the watch’s complications, the good taste of Empress Eugenie and the top level of Geneva’s early 19th-century craftsmanship. Auction in Geneva on May 11th 2024. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’ editor in chief Follow on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – Subscription JSH Place bidCalled “Breathing life into Machines“, this…

ArtyA Son of Sound ‘Union Jack’ chronograph appears in Paris Match French Magazine

It needed to be daring! This shape embodies the upper end of an instrument’s neck, where everything is harmonized and tuned. Yvan Arpa, a rock’n’roll figure of an inventive and no-limit watchmaking, touched by street culture, is here cultivating his penchant for music. He who used to collect, on the floor of their studio, the plectrums of the band Kiss to make dials, tries here to iconize this rupturist aesthetic.…

Audemars Piguet and the Montreux Jazz Festival, already since 2010

This communicational partnership began back in 2010, with the archives, at a time when the major Montreux event seemed impervious to any watchmaking involvement other than its historic sponsor, the Parmigiani Fleurier brand. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s editor in chief Follow on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – JSH’s Subscription Picture ©Marc-Ducrest“Debuted in 2019, Audemars Piguet’s music programme supports rising music talents through…

Bennahmias speaks out in favor of suppliers and… of Swiss Made

He is a regular of verbal punchlines! With his leather jacket, he sets the record straight, he turns up the heat and becomes the spokesman for Swiss Made. And he’s throwing down the hammer, taking advantage of the podium provided by the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix ceremony where he was just awarded the supreme distinction, the famous “Aiguille d’Or“. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor in…

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{August 22, 2013} For over 30 years in the precision industry, this Biel-based company has been a market leader in…

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