Dexel, fostering intuitive ingenuity
With a team of 120 “Innovation Craftsmen” at his side, Dexel founder Elio Granito dedicates his life as an innovator to making the complexity of his buckles and clasps invisible…
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Dexel, a new manufacture promising a bright future
In November 2019, the foundation stone was celebrated in the presence of Erich Fehr, Mayor of Biel, and Silvia Steidle, his finance director. The opening to staff was on August…
Alatron, mural, secretive and omnipresent
The history of this family company can be traced back to the heyday of the Messe Basel, and is still to be found on the most contemporary, trendiest and most…
Swissness: Swiza au sommet
“This is the world’s highest luxury boutique”, confirms Stéphane Linder, CEO of the Kirchhofer Group, one of Switzerland’s leading watch distributors. It’s also the place to find Swiza knives. Joël…
La Fille de Diamant: A watchmaking thriller by Geneva-based author Olivier Rigot
A must-read! For a Genevan like me, casually meeting a wealth manager at a dinner is nothing unusual—unless that person has just released their latest novel about watchmaking… By Philippe…
Joray Wyss: the unfindable “concentricity tester”
{Appeared in the “Joray & Wyss 80 years” JSH’s Hors-Série}. A little rummaging in the attics of Joray & Wyss history has yielded a unique machine that will delight vintage…
H. Moser & Cie: A Streamliner in Gold and Black
Following on from the all-steel version, H. Moser & Cie. is releasing a red gold Streamliner equipped with the manufacture’s automatic calibre with flying tourbillon. The streamlined aesthetic of this…
Chronometry: two Kerbednanz patents in the Maximus GR8
Already awarded “World’s Largest Tourbillon” title, the Maximus GR8 also conceals two patents which testify to this micro-mechanical marvel’s status as part of the history of inventive chronometry. A Shaniah…
Mad auction: Derek Pratt’s Oval Pocket Watch sold for 3 millions
Phillips Reloaded, record! This unique, historic No.1 platinum pocket tourbillon by Derek Pratt for Urban Jürgensen und Sønner had even the most discerning collectors in a frenzy. The watch, estimated…
Audemars Piguet and the Montreux Jazz Festival, already since 2010
This communicational partnership began back in 2010, with the archives, at a time when the major Montreux event seemed impervious to any watchmaking involvement other than its historic sponsor, the…
Le cadran, par le 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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