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

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

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 1876.   Le commissaire-priseur Aurel Bacs, star incontestée des enchères horlogères pour la maison Phillips…

Gil Sertissage, a mysterious female bust entirely set

{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 Chaux-de-Fonds, whose family business is known to a large number of watch brands, judging by…

JSH Magazine’s Special SSC issue: “Transmission in every sense of the word”

Together with the Swiss Chronometry Society (SSC), the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH® (since 1876) is issuing a special edition devoted to the last International Congress of Chronometry at EPFL. And also to the next 2023 SSC events. By @TRP, Textes & Relations, Production – PR Cabinet Follow on Instagram & Facebook Afterworks RegistrationMichele Fazzone, current President of the Swiss Chronometry Society (SSC) (2021-2023), will elect his successor who will be in…

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…

Pilo & Co Genève, les armoiries du 10ème

[19 February 2011] A coat of arms to celebrate its first decade! Amarildo Pilo has celebrated the tenth anniversary of his brand Pilo & Co Geneva. A journey marked by 11 collections, including the latest Corleone, which stands out from the common watchmaking landscape by a sense of contemporary and seductive design as well as by a claimed accessibility. Its models range from CHF 200.00 to CHF 1,200.00, with the…

Badeco new MX-2 Carbon OLED control unit

Geneva based precision tools manufacturer Badeco SA presents its new MX-2 Carbon OLED hyper-compact micromotor control unit with speed display and dual motor output. In 2016, at the JCK show in Las Vegas, Badeco received the Innovation and Design Award for its new MX-1 Carbon controller. It was the first time a micromotor control box had been designed so that it could be integrated directly into the workbench or placed…
Nouveauté 2024 le contrôleur MX-2 Carbon OLED

Chopard: an unprecedented ethical Palme d’Or for the 75th anniversary of the Cannes Festival

After the historic Palme d’Or won in 2021 by Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau for her film Titane, Chopard is delighted to celebrate the 75th edition of the Cannes Festival, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of its partnership. To celebrate this double jubilee hand in hand, the Swiss jeweller is creating a unique trophy by placing the Palme d’Or – of which two tiny leaves will be diamond-set – on a…
Palme d'Or 2022

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“WhoAreU” Interview: Bergeon CEO Vladimir Zennaro

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 Portrait Amandine | Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Insta Amandine | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Who are you at…

Off-centered watches that follow your gaze

October 28, 2009. Vacheron Constantin is awarded the Watch of the Year prize, conceived more than 15 years ago by the two co-founders of Montres Passion magazine, Kenan Tegin and Joël A. Grandjean. The model awarded Historiques American 1921, shows an asymmetry facilitating the reading of the time and borrowed from the history of the brand.   Seductive design effect An American customer, during the Roaring Twenties, would have expressed…

Summer and winter hours? 1907, already in JSH!

Once upon a time, the time change! In 2017 we were even talking about a possible last time. The TV journalist Nicolas Rossé had challenged me on this topic, in connection with the archives of the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie (JSH), the oldest Swiss watchmaking media. Replay. By Joël A. Grandjean / JSH® Magazine (Since 1876)‘s Editor in Chief Follow him on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP…

Stop your watch, listen! Hey Geneva, your Jet d’Eau is Horlogical

Geneva’s internationally renowned symbol, the jet d’eau, celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2021. In the one Swiss city that perhaps owes the most to watchmaking, no-one has thought to recall its watchmaking origins! Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Editor in chief Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Live webcam of the Jet d’EauOne of the next colorings of the Geneva Jet…

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

René Kamm, CEO de MCH et Baselworld, prévoyait “doubler” l’EPHJ avec la lancement à Beaulieu d’un salon concurrent Initially scheduled from May 28 to 31, 2013, the 2nd edition of Lausannetec is purely and simply cancelled. The bloghorloger, alerted by some exhibitors, announced a postponement in October. The latest information indicates a pure and simple cancellation. “It’s no use putting companies in a situation where they can’t be successful,” confirms…

The Cluses watchmaking and turning museum

First floor. Locate at 100 place du 11 novembre in Cluses, in Haute-Savoie, a daily shuttles from Geneva. At 45 minutes from Annecy and at 30 minutes from Chamonix, free parkings around. Charlotte Ollivier / JSH 1876 News’s journalist Insta Ch. O. | Linkedin | Facebook | Insta JSH | Insta SWP | JSH’s Subscription At first, a watch factory then a museum… A high satisfaction rate, Florence Jiguiet-Poirier is proud of her team. A technical establishment…

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Cisel, leader in IT outsourcing

August 2013. The company, a privileged partner of the watchmaking and jewelry industry, is developing SAP Business All-in-One, a solution…

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