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

In Saint-Imier, the Froidevaux group’s steel

His CDH20.20 steel releases so little nickel that it cannot be allergenic. When it comes to sharing his knowledge of steelmaking, Henri Machwirth combines his specialist skills with a hefty dose of passion. Interview appeared in the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH, EPHJ 2022 edition. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s Editor in chief & Publisher Follow us on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – JSH’s…

The Gaïa Jury 2007 awards AHCI watchmaker Paul Gerber

Alongside the journalist Timm Delf, the following personalities were on the panel: Paul-André Harmann, director of the Cifom Technical School (Le Locle), Marc Pfister, director of the Cifom Art School (La Chaux-de-Fonds), Kurt König, director of the Embassy jewelry store (Lucerne, St. Moritz), Corrado Lafranchi, dean of the Industrial Design program at the University of Applied Arts (La Chaux-de-Fonds), Jean-Claude Sabrier, expert to the Court of Paris (Louvres/France), Nadège Soury,…

Krayon Wood

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 the secret. Polishing. And so that the polish is the most noble effect, it is…

SAPHIR is a historical episode, not a material

{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 cessions. Favre Leuba was still in family hands, before being sold several times in a…

Thomas Baillod, Linkedin ambassador?

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 Suisse de Chronométrie. This fiery agitator, whose expertise in watch sales and distribution allowed JSH…

The very secret metronomic second…

{Published on June 19, 2008} Metronomic Second. When you look at the dial of the automatic watch designed by Fabrizio Cavalca for Steinway & Sons, you can see through the dial an opening that shows a metronome that beats the measure at 60 of tempo. By BloggyTaG / bloghorloger.ch It is visually attractive. More than it seems, it is a challenging and new complication whose development was entrusted to Agenhor…

Homologated! The 356RE rewrites the Swiss made automotive

Romuald Cappelle has built his signature behind the scenes of the watchmaking industry and, more broadly, within the high-precision world as discovered at the EPHJ Fair. From Sierre (Switzerland), the BEMRC, his discreet mechanical engineering company, has never been so well renowned By Lee Warrien, TàG Press +41’s Contributing Editor for Swiss Watch Passport® Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Once again, the magical union…

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‘WhoAreU’ interview : Samuel Hoffmann, Brand manager Hautlence

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 AmandineGreat! They finally met each other in real life…
Selfie with Samuel Hoffmann Hautlence and Amandine

Micromechanics, a bright future for bar turners

Being young and in charge of a machine that’ s worth a million francs? It’s possible after training as a bar turner! Here in Tramelan, everything blends perfectly, just like the forests and waterways that are the very origin of bar turning and cutting. A little trip to the AFDT association… By Joël A. Grandjean / JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s Publisher and Editor in chief Insta SWP | Insta JSH®…

Tailor-made watchmaking training for collectors and companies

While running her own business creating watch casings, Angélique Chappuis is also involved in teaching future watch designers in La Chaux-de-Fonds. And is developing watchmaking culture courses. Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / JSH 1876 (News Agency) Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Aesthete, creative and intuitive, Angélique Chappuis ‘dresses’ movements or components, cases, bracelets, clasps and anything else that borders on luxury If you don’t dress…

11-year-old Amandine: our columnist in the New York Times!

This 11-year-old’s buzz, which is rooted in her passion for watchmaking, received a huge media boost with almost a full-page article in the New York Times. A pool of 10 million subscribers thus received on September 8, 2022, a fresh wave of watchmaking with disarming naturalness.. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch editor’s in chief & publisher Follow us on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP –…

Moonswatch, Nick Hayek’s true master stroke revealed

With the recently launched Moonswatch operation, Nick Hayek has achieved a “double strike” success while being the first in the watchmaking industry to provide a solution to ” recover ” the staggering revenues that kept slipping out of his hands. Let me explain… Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s editor in chief & publisher Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin In the…

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…

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