Watchmaking in grief: sudden passing of Boris Petitpierre

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Watchmaking in grief: sudden passing of Boris Petitpierre

26 Jul, 20:36

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An essential behind-the-scenes figure in Swiss watchmaking, Boris Petitpierre passed away suddenly and much too soon. Read the micro portrait that the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH dedicated to him, between Bono and Elton John.

Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s editor in chief
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Acrotec’s Press Release

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

{Released on November 1, 2022} 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!

By Albert-J. de Buttes-LaCôte / 1876 News Agency (suc. TàG Press +41)
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"Boris laisse derrière lui une épouse aimante, Christine, et trois enfants, Jules, Arthur et Lili, à qui nous pensons très fort, ainsi qu’une communauté professionnelle profondément marquée par sa disparition. Son absence crée un vide immense"

When his lot No. 15, an ultra-luxury box containing a complete set of watchmaking tools – the historic know-how of his company – was confronted with the red piano on which Elton John has just stood up and played, he thought he was living a wide-eyed dream. He was right there, in the heart of the world’s jet set, surrounded by stars including Bono, the charismatic leader of the band U2.

It is true that this case, which comes from watchmaking regions that have to remain in the shadows and discreetly as often demanded by the famous brands, had already been ordered in a leatherless version by the Dalai Lama himself, or in other equally customisable versions by international figures.

Watchmaking makes everything possible, even the red of the most starry carpets

Petitpierre (Official)

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Par quel miracle, les VIPs du monde ont-ils entendu parler de ce coffret "Passion" personnalisable, fabriqué par Petitpierre à Cortaillod? Qui existe aussi en version plus condensée, le coffret "Tradition".

✍ Joel A. Grandjean

Chief editor & publisher of the online watch magazine "Swiss Watch Passport® (by JSH®)" and of the Swiss watch journal JSH® (founded in 1876). Member of Impressum, PressTourim and Club Suisse de la Presse, this Ivory Coast-born Swiss, descendant of a family of watchmakers, co-founded the magazines Montres Passion & Uhren Welt at Ringier in 1993 with Kenan Tegin, as well as the Prix Montre de l'Année. Founded in 2005, his press agency TàG Press +41 contributes to some twenty media. These include Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie (2008-2014), Heure Suisse/Schweiz and Année Horlogère, F/D/E (2011-2014), Watchonista.com (2013-2019). In 2019, he founded and chaired "JSH Archives & Patrimoine" to relaunch the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH. Then in 2021, he built on his very first editorial venture, the "bloghorloger.ch" founded in 2003, to come back online with the Swiss Watch Passport® (by JSH®). Joël A. Grandjean is a member of the SSC, the Swiss Society of Chronometry, and of the jury of the Prix Gaïa, aka the "Nobel of watchmaking" awarded since 1992 by the MIH, Le Musée International de l'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

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