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Time Matters: Alexis Sarkissian of Totally Worth It: “Watch Distribution great again”

9 March 2021

About North America, including the Caribbean, he knows all the players, all the features and even, from the handlebars of his motorcycle, most of the side roads. His latest conquests? SwissKubik et OneOf! Interview by Joël A. Grandjean, editor-in-chief JSH® Magazine (Swiss Watch Journal – follow on Instagram) This man is like New…

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Watch-Spare.com, a global platform for spare parts and more…

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

7 August 2021

While the market of pre-owned watches is booming, this new website – which offers some timepieces for experienced collectors – is a killer! It inventories and offers via its online store, the worldwide state of the watch components stocks… By Ollivier Broto, journalist et antique watch expert | TàG Press +41 (News Agency) To be…

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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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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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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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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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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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Pentagonal rupturist design, the new Tzoumy Geneva watches on Kickstarter

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

14 October 2021

Nothing new under the sun in the watch design scene. Except for a particularly wearable pentagonal style created by the Geneva watchmaker Yvan Monnet. An affordable Swiss Made watch for wrists that resist mainstream conformity… By Joël A. Grandjean, editor in chief & publisher of Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch & JSH Magazine Insta SWP | Insta JSH® |…

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Milus nominated for GPHG: Archimédes Orange Coral, adopt a coral

Albert J. de Buttes-LaCôte

6 October 2021

“We corals are like your most beautiful memories: dangerously exposed to existential pollution, to the vicissitudes of life, we struggle to survive!” With an orange background, an historic Swiss watch brand is rescuing the corals. By Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / TàG Press +41 (News Agency) Insta JSH® | Insta SWP | Twitter | Facebook |…

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The BA111OD system gives birth to a CHF 3’920.00 tourbillon!

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

14 October 2021

Thomas Baillod, now the “tourbillon troublemaker”, is throwing a spanner in the works! His entirely Swiss Made tourbillon for less than CHF 4’000.00 brings complicated watchmaking to the masses. And as its name suggests, The Veblen Dilemma challenges the foundations of “perceived value”. By Joël A. Grandjean, Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch & JSH Magazine editor in chief Insta…

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Mathey-Tissot brand introduces the San Antonio Signature watch

Public Relations @TRP Cabinet

8 September 2021

Watchmaking: tribute to the famous writer Frédéric Dard who would have been 100 years old in 2021. A limited edition Swiss Made watch numbered 1921 pieces, is celebrating the memory of the most prolific of all French-speaking authors. Available in three versions. @TRP, Texts & Relations, Production 1921-2021. All over the world, the French-speaking world…

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Origyn, moving towards a universal standard: “As Shazam, but for watches”

Albert J. de Buttes-LaCôte

2 August 2021

Vincent Perriard is among those watchmaking CEOs who regularly hit the headlines. As a former radio entertainer, hence his storytelling talent, he’s becoming the prophet of an unfalsifiable watchmaking industry. By Albert J. de Buttes-LaCôte, TàG Press +41 (News Agency) Read this article on JSH Magazine (Since 1876) Technologic approach to track down counterfeiters? It’s…

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Gil Sertissage, a mysterious female bust entirely set

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

27 May 2021

{Published on November 24, 2010} Who better than the Atrium studio, the Ziegler couple’s photo workshop in Le Landeron, could photograph the mysterious figurine stone set by Gil Sertissage in La Chaux-de-Fonds? Mysterious brilliances… Who is behind this face, whose haughty attitude brings to mind some pharaonic figure? The artwork is by Miguel Gil in La…

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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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The Luc Tissot visionary, watchmaking-Medtech wisdom

Albert J. de Buttes-LaCôte

13 July 2021

Better than anyone else, the descendant of the Tissot brand dynasty embodies the ideal economic scenario: being able to use a second growth sector during a crisis, in order to survive. By Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / TàG Press +41 news Agency Article published in JSH Magazine, since 1876. Subscribe CHF 18.76 / 2 editions This is…

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The BA111OD system gives birth to a CHF 3’920.00 tourbillon!

Pentagonal rupturist design, the new Tzoumy Geneva watches on Kickstarter

Milus nominated for GPHG: Archimédes Orange Coral, adopt a coral

Nicolas Commergnat, the visionary watchmaker: holy Grail between watchmaking History and Big Data

Patek Philippe, remnants of an electronic timelessness

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Pentagonal rupturist design, the new Tzoumy Geneva watches on Kickstarter

14 October 2021

Gaïa 2021, the supreme honor of watchmaking

31 August 2021

The winners are Carole Kasapi (Craftsmanship Creation), Eric Klein (Entrepreneurship) and Anthony Turner (History Research). Registration for the award ceremony is open, on Thursday, September 16 at 6:30 pm at the MIH, (la Chaux-de-Fonds). Congratulations to these new “nobelised” and to Nathanaëlle Delachaux who receives the Horizon Gaïa grant. By Joël A. Grandjean / JSH Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor in Chief Member of the Gaïa Award Jury The…

Pellaton-Favre, Albert – Histoire du tourbillon.

14 March 2007

She told me ‘Around Five’… The clock of coincidences

15 May 2021

Code 41, the irritating lessons giver: false gurus are out!

9 April 2021

EPHJ heralds the Swiss BtoB trade fairs season and contributes to the economic recovery

18 July 2021

Patek Philippe, remnants of an electronic timelessness

3 September 2021

AstroLUNA T2 Black Aventurine by Vicenterra: two series of 25 astronomical timepieces

12 September 2021

Flacons de poudre d’émail chez Anita Porchet

Calme et pleine campagne, le repaire d’Anita Porchet

Célèbre émailleuse face à ses secrets

Anita Porchet, émailleuse légendaire

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

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

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The BA111OD system gives birth to a CHF 3’920.00 tourbillon!

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Milus nominated for GPHG: Archimédes Orange Coral, adopt a coral

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Origyn, moving towards a universal standard: “As Shazam, but for watches”

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The Submarine 1917 on the wrist of the Black Star skippers!

14 July 2021

Summer 2021, swiss sailing above water level: adrenaline and watchmaking. The Tavannes Watch Co. partnership with the 2020 European M32 sailing champions is boosting the first ever waterproof watch to follow in the tracks of man’s great achievements: waterproofing, wind control, the high-tech magic of ocean prowess… By @TRP, TheRightPlace Public Relation Cabinet Summer 2021. This partnership is meaningful. From the watchmaking cradle of the Jura Arc, where…

From concept to production: AB, as in Aurélien Bouchet

17 April 2021

ABConcept and ABProduct: nothing in the two company names hints at the vast space in which over 14 trades are carried on, the impressive fleet of machinery and the sudden appearance, on a detour during the visit, of the largest 3D printer on the market. An interview with Aurélien Bouchet while waiting to visit him at EPHJ 2021 in September. Joël A. Grandjean / Editor-in-Chief of JSH® Magazine, for…

Watchmaking, a hybrid craft at Century

13 July 2021

For more than half a century, it has been necessary to invent a profession for which there is no training elsewhere than within the Century Manufacture in Bienne. By Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / TàG Press +41 news Agency Article appeared in the JSH Since 1876 Magazine – Subscribe for CHF 18.76 / 2 issues Is it a cutter or a polisher who, after many months of in-house training, will be…

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6 April 2021

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Two 2019 versions of the Snow Star: the centenary Milus brand pays tribute to a legendary watch

2 April 2021

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Cyma’s 150th anniversary

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

7 September 2009

{September 2009} In three years, the 150th anniversary. Let’s hope that the Locle-based brand, born in 1862, which was somewhat deprived of its past and its historical wealth by several years…

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