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…
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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…
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…
Urwerk, EMC SR-71, rebirth of a legend
It swept the award board. It was a double winner at the 2014 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in the prestigious “Mechanical Exception” and “Innovation” categories. It was crowned “Watch…
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…
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…
Arinis, deep love at first sight on the lake bed
Like myself, a small thousand-year-old log, she is dreaming about seeing the sea. She has opened her heart and her dial to me, in the smooth depths of the Swiss…
Arinis from Elka Watch Co, the first lake diving watch!
Like treasure raised to the surface, the Arinis is a diver’s watch whose quintessential aesthetic enhances the historic waters of Lake Neuchâtel. A Tool Watch tested by a scientist, ready…
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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