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Posts by ✍ Joel A. Grandjean
Publisher Watchprint releases two ‘Rolex Cosmograph Daytona’ volumes
After the success of 2014’s ‘Moonwatch Only‘, the Swiss publishing company is once again publishing its two authors Anthony Marquié and Grégoire Rossier: two books on the legendary Rolex model…
Legends & Myths, the Universal and the Spoiled Child
{Published in JSH 01-2020} Today, my Universal and I are in our 70s… It has never needed a repair or inspection service, and continues to tick off the hours without…
Fanny Queloz: craftsmanship at Concepto
Recipient of the Veuve Clicquot Bold Future Award 2022, former elite sportswoman Fanny Queloz was a panellist at the Arc Horloger roundtable of the Festival Suisse de l’Horlogerie 2024. She…
Miki Eleta’s mechanical universe
Artists like Miki Eleta are defying the limits of the imagination. In 2022, the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH devoted a double-page spread to him, which he discovered the following year…
Young columnist Amandine discovers the JSH archives
Amandine (watch_it_with_amandine), the youngest watch columnist, reviews her discovery of the historical archives of the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH. At Maison de l’Horlogerie, Geneva: from the very first issue in…
Journalist Charlotte Ollivier joins the JSH 1876’s editorial team
Journalist, Japanese and English speaking, she is a writer from Alsace and would like to move there thanks to work opportunities. She is part of the JSH swiss horological jounrnal’s…
Watchmaking cutlery began in Neuchâtel, at Les Halles
The ‘terroir’ approaches are made for getting along, and so are those that combine craftsmanship. Watchmaking and cutlery, cousins and accomplices. In Neuchâtel, Place des Halles, a knife that’s creating…
Concepto Watch Factory and Bugatti: ‘Tourbillon’ partnership
The watch engine manufacturer from La Chaux-de-Fonds becomes exclusive provider to the prestigious French brand: development and production of the extraordinary mechatronic and retro-futuristic dashboard of the new “Tourbillon” automotive…
Ba111od Chapter 6: gem-set automatic ladies’ watches!
Two gem-set creations, available now. They embody the duality of the moon and the sun: the modernity of the “steel” model with its cut-out aventurine dial, and the classic refinement…
The dial, by Dr. Helmut CROTT
The work of a lifetime, the book “Le Cadran” by Dr. Helmut Crott (edited by Joël A. Grandjean), the history of the dial in the 20th century, the prestigious history of the Stern dials and of a family that took over the Patek Philippe brand
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