The Watch Café ‘Think Tank’ at EPHJ
Instigated by freelance journalist Joël A. Grandjean, the WatCH Café is a ‘think tank’ of watchmaking professionals. For the first time, this monthly event is moving to the exhibition area.…
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Badeco: who said size doesn’t matter?
When you move from “Micro” to “Nano”, motor size matters a lot! That’s what Badeco Genève is explaining today which for over 50 years is producing micromotors for the leading…
Reservoir Watch: New GT Tour Racing and GT Tour Spring Lap watches
The new GT Tour Racing pays tribute to the codes and the world of contemporary motor racing sport, whose associated advanced technologies are constantly evolving. Une sélection de Shaniah Asha…
Louis Erard and Konstantin Chaykin: The Time Eater
Louis Erard delivers his regulator as a sacrifice to a very strange creature: a grotesque saw-mouthed cyclops. A mythological figure reinterpreted by the master watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin. Two color variations,…
Edouard Koehn: return to North America
During his tenure at Patek Philippe, the master Watchmaker Edouard Koehn (1839-1908) was responsible for the brand’s stellar growth in America as he undertook many trips there. Some 180 years…
Lady Tortue, so very feminine
Is it still possible to manufacture a pure ladies’ watch? Is this still possible without falling into the eternal so-called female reductions of male models? Women know what they want,…
The FHH comes into (re)focus
Geneva, 17 May 2023–Following the creation of the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation in February 2023, the Fondation Haute Horlogerie is refocusing on three of its historic areas of activity:…
Urwerk: the new UR-100V “Magic T”
After the black of carbon and the muted grey of raw titanium, Urwerk continues to explore these ‘cold’ colors that come to life under the light and enlighten the informed…
At Bergeon a lady called Mrs. Presto
Among the 70 employees, this is the nickname given to this woman who, through her skill and know-how, gives a little hand touch to this mythical Bergeon tool. The only…
The Ouagadougou watchmaker: authentic time
Travel diary. In the heart of the large market of Ouagadougou, I asked “I am looking for the watchmaker of Ouaga?” A man tells me, “ah yes, of course, I’ll…
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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