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Neuchâtel: the watchmaking community shaken by a case of poison-pen letters

16 June 2021

The man*, former co-founder of a high-end brand, CEO in sight, has confessed. Several criminal complaints have been filed and he has just been sentenced. The charges are extremely serious. In Neuchatel, there is relief. By Joël A. Grandjean, publisher & editor in chief of JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport – Linkedin / Instagram…

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Claude Meylan, an ethical showcase full of life

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

18 July 2021

A new 100% recyclable display, made of wood with the specialized workshop Eric Dakkus. A space where watches, such as the latest Collection 66 or Sheherazade, two Lionesses tamed by master watchmakers, can lurk or stand… On a background of beech tree nervures from the Vallée de Joux, which serve as a frame for this…

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Presque 20 millions pour une Rolex en acier: au-delà du placement!

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

17 April 2021

Les ventes aux enchères horlogères se sont-elles emballées? Pourtant utile à l’image de l’horlogerie mécanique, la course aux records risque d’éclipser l’intérêt du public pour les nouveautés ou le simple plaisir d’acheter. Surtout si la course s’appelle Daytona! Joël A. Grandjean, éditeur-rédacteur en chef de JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport. S’abonner à JSH…

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EPHJ News: Cadramont, bringing the dial into the third millennium

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

10 April 2021

Moving from métiers d’art to micro-series of 250 units or more: that’s the vision of this fiercely independent dial manufacturer. It’s a place like no other, fired by a creativity containing just a touch of madness… Joël A. Grandjean / Editor in chief JSH® Magazine pour EPHJ News Official EPHJ Website – German version…

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Günter Blümlein, tribute and memory

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

27 November 2012

Soon in Geneva in January, the SIHH 2013. Which is largely thanks to one man. Flash back. In 1980, two companies had no idea what they would become. IWC and Jaeger LeCoultre. Their owners invited Günter Blümlein (Gaïa Prize 1996) to their bedside, first as a consultant and then, from 1982, as director. Under his…

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“Time matters”: Rodolphe Cattin, a visual person

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

1 July 2021

Before him, the designer’s job had never had a name in watchmaking. Those artists who did have a name used to sell their drawings anonymously to both the brands and the case manufacturers. One day, there came the Rodolphe by Longines… Interview by Joël A. Grandjean, Editor-in-Chief of JSH® Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch | Linkedin | Facebook…

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

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

6 April 2021

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…

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François-Henry Bennahmias speaks out in favor of suppliers and …. of Swiss Made

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

15 April 2021

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…

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Diane Kruger: “My relationship with Jaeger LeCoultre is organic”

Albert J. de Buttes-LaCôte

26 September 2012

(September 2012) Yes, the most famous stars are also sensitive targets for Swiss watch beauties. So history and products work for brands, much more than their marketing and PR departments. And if a name, before becoming a brand, is that of a family, a watchmaker, a region, celebrities’ relationships with watchmaking can easily drift from…

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Crafts: Estelle Lagarde, gouache artist

Albert J. de Buttes-LaCôte

19 June 2021

She is a brush and color tubes fairy at a time when mouse-click artists have swept away the meticulous and polished renderings that some actors of the ultimate luxury are still endorsing. These customers are rare, busy as they are with expenses and time overruns. Because it takes an incredible amount of time and an…

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How she fell in love with the AstroLUNA by Vicenterra*

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

7 May 2021

There are women who ask you for the moon and pout when you bring them Mars. There are women who never ask you for anything and to whom you would like to offer everything: the sun, the moon and even a little more. Or, in the meantime, the latest AstroLUNA from Vicenterra… By Joël A.…

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Krayon Wood

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

24 July 2021

In Neuchâtel, overlooking the lake and a large garden filled with almond trees, Rémi Maillat, the genius watchmaker who has been able to mathematically capture the passing time and who is delightfully carried away by the world’s sunrises and sunsets, is working at his workbench on one of those manual operations for which he has…

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Thomas Baillod, Linkedin ambassador?

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

20 June 2021

He regularly occupies the media spotlight, giving himself a few splashes that sometimes irritate, sometimes delight. Between two Webinars, including training sessions launched online long before the coronaïc age (“Watch Trade Academy“), he will be on stage at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne on September 28, 2021, invited by the venerable SSC, the Société…

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Imagination watch exhibition in Neuchâtel, postponed to 2022

Public Relations @TRP Cabinet

23 July 2021

Grief-stricken, the event scheduled to take place on Lake Neuchâtel from September 1 to 6, 2021 has been postponed to 2022. With a heart full of gratitude to all the actors involved, the organizers communicate. By @TRP Cabinet, Textes & Relations, Production The Imagination event, announced as festive, convivial and sparkling with a return…

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SAPHIR is a historical episode, not a material

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

10 January 2013

{Published on January 10, 2013} At a time when sapphire has just celebrated its eighty-year introduction in watchmaking, who remembers this holding firm grouping together the companies LeCoultre, Jaeger LeCoultre and Favre Leuba, whose initials stood for Société Anonyme de Participation Horlogères et Industrielles Réunies? That was before the trend of acquisitions, takeover bids and family…

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EPHJ, the first physical Watch Exhibition of 2021

13 April 2021

Postponed! From September 14 to 17, 2021, the EPHJ exhibition will take place at Palexpo Geneva. More than 800 exhibitors are expecting nearly 20,000 visitors! Hope for the post COVID era is rising again in the most impacted ranks of the watchmaking industry and its terroirs. By Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor in Chief Founded by André Colard and Olivier Saenger, the EPHJ…

Rolex Awards, a series of records (2011)

15 July 2011

{Published on July 15, 2011} In late 2012, the winners will be revealed at a special ceremony and on the Rolex Award website. Already, in September 2011, the members of the Jury will be revealed. Among them will be scientists, explorers and environmental specialists who will be called upon to decide on the most entries ever. “It is exciting to see so many people formulating projects to improve life on…

Geneva Watch Shows: are ‘other’ brands prohibited at Palexpo? What if the reason were juridical?

7 May 2020

Neuchâtel: the watchmaking community shaken by a case of poison-pen letters

16 June 2021

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2013, MCH’s flop. Lausannetec cancelled! The market has (finally) chosen

20 February 2013

T-Touch and the Movie, thank you Angelina

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19 June 2008

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Calme et pleine campagne, le repaire d’Anita Porchet

Célèbre émailleuse face à ses secrets

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Suppliers: five wrong “good reasons” not to register your trademark!

7 April 2021

The talk starts with a thought related to an annual visit to EPHJ, in 2019. There I was surprised at the rarity of exhibitors who have trademarked their company name. By the way, is this really useful? Answers from the master. By Joël A. Grandjean, editor in chief JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport At a Watch Café in Geneva, I asked for help a professional IP lawyer, Marc-Christian Perronnet, a…

EPHJ News: Cadramont, bringing the dial into the third millennium

10 April 2021

Geneva Watch Shows: are ‘other’ brands prohibited at Palexpo? What if the reason were juridical?

7 May 2020

On May 7, 2020, on my Linkedin profile, the bomb was posted. It took a confined summer before it exploded in September, on the national television RTS and on the front page of the newspaper Le Temps. A milestone article, to be read again, which is in line with the DNA and mission of JSH Magazine for the sector, since this media was the official organ of the Basel Fair…

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Neuchâtel: the watchmaking community shaken by a case of poison-pen letters

16 June 2021

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Auguste Reymond in brief

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

16 July 2007

{published on July 16, 2017} Established in 1898, the Tramelan-based brand has cleverly moved away from its initial business, the private label, to build up a stunning collection of mechanical…

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