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Protected: Swiss watchmaking: Henri Grandjean, the last great historical family name

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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…
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Swiss Parliament, the watchmaker Henri Grandjean on the National Council

As the official website of the Swiss Confederation states, the watchmaker and builder Henri Grandjean was twice elected to the National Council in addition to his Neuchatel political involvement in…
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Gaïa 2021, the supreme honor of watchmaking

The winners are Carole Kasapi (Craftsmanship Creation), Eric Klein (Entrepreneurship) and Anthony Turner (History Research). Registration for the award ceremony is open, on Thursday, September 16 at 6:30 pm at…
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The Luc Tissot visionary, watchmaking-Medtech wisdom

Better than anyone else, the descendant of the Tissot brand dynasty embodies the ideal economic scenario: being able to use a second growth sector during a crisis, in order to…
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“Time matters”: Rodolphe Cattin, a visual person

Before him, the designer’s job had never had a name in watchmaking. Those artists who did have a name used to sell their drawings anonymously to both the brands and…
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Auction in Hong Kong: Neuchâtel deprived of three heritage treasures?

On April 25, 2021, under the auspices of Antiquorum, three gousset watches of priceless heritage value for the canton of Neuchâtel may evaporate in Hong Kong: Ditisheim, Breguet, Grandjean, three…
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The Gaïa Jury 2007 awards AHCI watchmaker Paul Gerber

Alongside the journalist Timm Delf, the following personalities were on the panel: Paul-André Harmann, director of the Cifom Technical School (Le Locle), Marc Pfister, director of the Cifom Art School…
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Amazing: it was Louis Moinet who invented the chronograph!

March 21, 2013 (first posted). Incredible! Imagine if a video was released of a man walking on the moon ten years before Neil Armstrong and that the scientists of Houston…
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Pellaton-Favre, Albert – Histoire du tourbillon.

{Publié le 14 mars 2007} Albert Pellaton-Favre, père du célèbre James Pellaton, fut fabricant de tourbillons au Locle. Il construisit 82 chronomètres à tourbillon, tous munis d’un échappement à détente…

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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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