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

Positive Coating, visual watchmaking poetry

Ultra-technical expertise sometimes generates poetry… To say that a blue is desaturated, smoky, klein, seram, dove or turquin, is to treat words as if they were raw ore crossed by emotions and polished by real life. Joël Grammson, JSH & Swiss Watch Passport (by JSH) Columnist Insta | Linkedin | Facebook | Insta JSH | Insta SWP | S’abonner à JSH Moonboards 2023 Also “this blue of your eyes”, the blues in your heart that turn to slate and cold…

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

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 York, he never sleeps. He is juggling the time zones of his large business territory…

Maurice Ditisheim, the Gaïa Award honours him

{Published on 27 May 2009} A great patron of the arts, Maurice Ditisheim (1901-1992) was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ‘Bureau de Contrôle des Ouvrages en Métaux précieux’. By BloggyTaG / Front picture by Mona Ditisheim (@Family Archives) As early as 1966, thanks to the privileged relationship between the Watch Museum and the Bureau de Contrôle des Métaux Précieux, Maurice Ditisheim was able to develop in La…

Between Elton John and Bono, Boris Petitpierre and his set of watchmaking tools

As head of his eponymous company, which has been added like a manufacturing gem to the industrial necklace of Acrotec Group, Boris Petitpierre in Cortaillod (NE) is still not believing it! Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / TàG Press +41 (News Agency) Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Par quel miracle, les VIPs du monde ont-ils entendu parler de ce coffret "Passion" personnalisable, fabriqué par Petitpierre à…

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…

WWF targets India’s wrists

{Published on September 22, 2008, bloghorloger.ch} India is turning to the green: Titan, the Indian manufacturer affiliated to Tata Holding, has just signed an agreement with the WWF to manufacture watches with dials depicting five protected animals in India. Proceeds from the sale of these models, which are on the market for between CHF 50.00 and 110.00 (or 2,000 to 4,500 rupees), will go to the association’s fund.

Décès de Carlo Lamprecht, ancien ambassadeur de l’horlogerie

“Carlo Lamprecht tire son horlogère révérence…” Ainsi débutait en 2018 son portrait pour le magazine Now. Aujourd’hui, à l’heure de son grand départ, ses “Questions de Temps” se chargent de reliefs… Condoléances. Par Joël A. Grandjean / Editeur et Rédacteur en chef de JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin   Vivre comme si on ne devait jamais mourir, mais…

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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…

Jura Made: the AstroLUNA turns to black aventurine

The sun has gone… Total eclipse. Secretly, Moon and Earth had a date. A deep night has fallen even in the subtle details of this watchmaking UFO on my wrist: my AstroLUNA Vicenterra turned to all-black, in a T2 black aventurine version. By Joël A. Grandjean / JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport Editor in Chief & Publisher Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin It…

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…

Career: Amande, young polymechanic

A future in watchmaking, working with it or for it, is not just a man’s choice. At a time when the industry is facing a shortage of vocations, Amande Berclaz is a shining example to follow… Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch ‘s Editor in Chief Follow us on Linkedin – Facebook – Insta JSH – Insta SWP – JSH Subscriptions As a model? That’s where you’ll find Amande,…

Figaro newspaper article: watchmaking, a world day?

The concept of a “World Watchmaking Day” is in the headlines thanks to a brand new article in Le Figaro. It reminds me of this topic posted on October 10, 2020 at 10:10 (!!!) on the bloghorloger.ch (now Swiss Watch Passport). Joël A. Grandjean, JSH® Magazine & Swiss Watch Passport’s editor in chief & publisher Insta SWP | Insta JSH® | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin 2025 update: new launch!Without…

Amazing: it was Louis Moinet who invented the chronograph!

March 21, 2013 (first posted). Incredible! Imagine if a video was released of a man walking on the moon ten years before Neil Armstrong and that the scientists of Houston were on these images talking to each other through iPhones! The news would be quite disturbing. The revelation made today in Neuchâtel is shaking up the entire watchmaking industry in equal measure. Ten years before the invention of Nicolas Mathieu…

GenevaWorld 2022, we’re still a long way from Basel, but it’s buzzing

More than a hundred watch brands will be exhibiting in Geneva between the end of March and the beginning of April. This is a far cry from the more than 1,200 that thrilled the world in Basel before the collapse, even if their number had already been considerably reduced beforehand… Who are they, where are they? Before discovering our practical guide, let’s have a look at some history… Joël A.…

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