Chief editor & publisher of the international watch magazine "Swiss Watch Passport® (by JSH®)" and of the Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie JSH® (the oldest Swiss Watch Journal 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 1876 News (formerly TàG Press +41T) contributes to some twenty media through a network of around ten journalists or experts. 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" established on the web 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
Posts by ✍ Joel A. Grandjean
Print versus cloud? The “clean” that soils paper
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
I am regularly struck by psychogenic dysphonia (that is, so stunned I lose my voice), when a company in the watchmaking industry that gratefully receives a carton of the Journal…
Henri Grandjean & Cie: The Ultimate Marine Chronometer
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
The pursuit of ultimate precision finds one of its finest expressions at the Le Locle museum, in the marine chronometer built by Grandjean Père & Fils in 1831: a remarkable…
China–Switzerland: the watchmaking micro-city everyone is talking about
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
[Published in the JSH, late 2025] Press trip: an abundance of bright offices, fitted with every comfort and convenience, working apartments for short stays. And modular spaces designed to house…
Petra Baptiste: Paris-St. Lucia and ‘Time Matters’
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
Once again, I skipped the ever-popular Paris’s Fashion Week for a trip to St. Lucia. Lost somewhere between Roadnay Bay and the Marina, the St. Lucian Daily Newspapers brings me…
A parallel life: the Grönefelds, clock winders
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
[Appeared in JSH, EPHJ 2024 edition] Tim and Bart, the Grönefeld brothers—watchmakers from northern Europe—are an independent brand steeped in Swiss tradition, tracing its roots back to a legend that…
RoyalPop since 1979, the ‘museum truth’ that tickles collectors
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
Beyond the current “AP x Swatch” buzz, with the perspective befitting the oldest Swiss watchmaking journal — celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026 — the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH reminds…
Jean-Marc Pontroué Named CEO of Breitling
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
The former head of Roger Dubuis and then Panerai steps into the Breitling’s cockpit. He succeeds in a move that also allows Georges Kern to focus fully on developing the…
GenevaWorld 2026, Independent Guide: Over 250 Brands
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
This independent guide, ‘GenevaWorld 2026, is the ’Watch Passport‘ for the brands exhibiting in Geneva from April 13 to 20, 2026: GPS links, official websites, and the “Swiss made” indication!…
JSH Editorial: ‘Say “stop” to the machine?’
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
The day will come when only a perceptive and forward-thinking CEO will be able—and indeed must—stop the quest for improvement! So that there may still remain, here and there, particularly…
Henri Grandjean Magician, The Floating Triple-Axis Tourbillon
✍ Joel A. Grandjean
In this video, we explore the Henri Grandjean & Cie Magician, a spectacular luxury watch featuring a floating triple-axis tourbillon. Discover its design, movement, case materials, complications, craftsmanship, and ultra-luxury…
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
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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