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Print versus cloud? The “clean” that soils paper

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

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…

Mechanical syringe pump, the BEMRC challenge

With this mechanical solution directly inspired by a mainspring barrel, the Noës-based engineering office embodies the growing permeability between watchmaking, micromechanics and medical technologies. Philippe Perret du Cray /  JSH®…

China–Switzerland: the watchmaking micro-city everyone is talking about

[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…

Concepto Watch Factory: 20 ans de croissance, un avenir ouvert

Concepto fête les 20 ans de sa fondation par Valérien Jaquet. Deux décennies de co-création, d’invention, de croissance, appuyées sur une intégration verticale complète. Le résultat, une manufacture totale, du…

Dominique Arpa-Cirpka: The Beating of Wings

Artist Dominique Arpa-Cirpka stands as an exception in the “Parallel Lives” series of the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH: in her journey, watchmaking came second, for her true calling has always…

A parallel life: the Grönefelds, clock winders

[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

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…

Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier: new extra-flat caliber

2.60 mm thick. 65 hours of power reserve. 100% customisable and backed by an 8-year warranty. With the SEED VMF 5500, Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier pushes the boundaries of horological finesse…

Jean-Marc Pontroué Named CEO of Breitling

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…

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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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