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…
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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…
The Cluses mediators, entertainment service
They make the difference at the museum with their multiple roles.Events, workshops and special days. Emilie and Mathilde organize and amuse in an educational way. Charlotte Ollivier / JSH 1876…
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…
Young columnist Amandine discovers the JSH archives
Amandine (watch_it_with_amandine), the youngest watch columnist, reviews her discovery of the historical archives of the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH. At Maison de l’Horlogerie, Geneva: from the very first issue in…
An open access watchmaking encyclopedia, Chronospedia
In Lyon, François Simon-Fustier, one of the fondators, has trained 16 learners and has received about 200 interns. His ambition: saving heritage and preserving history. Charlotte Ollivier / JSH 1876…
The Cluses watchmaking and turning museum
First floor. Locate at 100 place du 11 novembre in Cluses, in Haute-Savoie, a daily shuttles from Geneva. At 45 minutes from Annecy and at 30 minutes from Chamonix, free…
“Moses, one of the rarest automaton watches
This rare timepiece, proposed by the collector Dr. Helmut Crott, embodies the quintessence of the watch’s complications, the good taste of Empress Eugenie and the top level of Geneva’s early…
JSH (1876) has acquired all of The Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie’s archives
Rescued from a Kafkaesque journey that could have extinguished them forever, the whole archives of JSH, the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie founded in 1876, have just reappeared. The information is relevant…
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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