Carbon-neutral gold: reassuring ingots!
This article appeared in the June 2023 issue of JSH. A mechanical watch? It’s easy to repair over 50 years after manufacture, and we’re reluctant to throw it away because…
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Pierre Amstutz, Swiss watchmaking is in mourning
Sad news: Pierre Amstutz passed away suddenly on 2023 November 10th, in his 55th year. Director of the Geneva School of Watchmaking since September 2009, he was about to celebrate…
Ballon d’Or for Messi! Vallorbe is in a frenzy!
For the eighth time, Lionel Messi has deservedly been crowned Ballon d’Or winner! In Vallorbe (Switzerland), there’s exultation: the award-winning timepiece was manufactured by ec Group watchmakers, including Gaïa award-winning watchmaker Eric…
From watch straps to the birth of a group
Appeared in the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH in 2021. Operating in the production of steel wristbands and supplying numerous watch brands, the Promotion group has established its commercial headquarters in…
SilMach: the fifth element
Giving the time using a disruptive technology from the secrets of silicon – that’s what SilMach presented at Micronora in September 2022. Creative people hit your marks! Laurent Sage /…
Mineral glass, the last wizard
His craft is under threat, and the material he works with is becoming more and more elusive. Christian Calas is looking forward to retirement, and would like to pass on…
The truth according to ChatGPT, it’s quite scary!
I did an experiment: I questioned this “prototype conversational agent.” Does it know about the Swiss Watch Passport? His answer astounded me! Not only does it claim to know, but…
Positive Coating, visual watchmaking poetry
Ultra-technical expertise sometimes generates poetry… To say that a blue is desaturated, smoky, klein, seram, dove or turquin, is to treat words as if they were raw ore crossed by…
Autour du Temps, the opening of sacred sites
From Thursday, October 12 to Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Plan-Les-Ouates watchmaking ecosystem will open its doors and its trades: tours of prestigious Manufactures, the Geneva School of Watchmaking, discreet…
SSC Journée d’Etudes: expresso avec Michele Fazzone
Comme le veulent les statuts de cette vénérable société fondée en 1924 et dont le journal suisse d’horlogerie JSH fut l’organe officiel durant plusieurs décennies, la présidence change chaque trois…
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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