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The Starrag Bumotec that seduces Felix Baumgartner

Upstairs, there is the showroom for the high-end automotive brand Lamborghini. On the lower first floor, the Swiss subsidiary of the Niru Group is machining components for the jewelry and…
10:101stBRANDS LIFEHISTORICAL FEATURES

Patek Philippe, remnants of an electronic timelessness

On auction websites, Patek Philippe radio-controlled timekeeping units are still in circulation. They can also be found from time to time in watch factories. Joël A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine &…
10:101stEVENTS & PEOPLEWHO’S

Safes never die! Jean Ferner’s lair

There is magic in this improbable universe at Crêt du Locle inhabited by safes. Certainly the biggest collection of safes in Switzerland, and maybe even in the world? A nightmare…
10:10EVENTS & PEOPLEMARKETS

VisioDome, from dematerialized exhibitions to workshops

Tomorrow’s retail? This “plug and play” device has already reached its peak during the 2021 Watches & Wonders dematerialized edition. It has been seen parading on improvised TV stages and…
MATERIALSSUPPLIERSW'NEWS

Gil Sertissage, a mysterious female bust entirely set

{Published on November 24, 2010} Who better than the Atrium studio, the Ziegler couple’s photo workshop in Le Landeron, could photograph the mysterious figurine stone set by Gil Sertissage in…
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EPHJ 2021: DIXI Cool+ revolutionises micro-milling

It is possible to be 75 years old and still have a start-up mindset. DIXI Polytool, a long-established manufacturer of precision tools for watchmaking and other microtechnologies, has just invented…
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From concept to production: AB, as in Aurélien Bouchet

ABConcept and ABProduct: nothing in the two company names hints at the vast space in which over 14 trades are carried on, the impressive fleet of machinery and the sudden…
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EPHJ News: Cadramont, bringing the dial into the third millennium

Moving from métiers d’art to micro-series of 250 units or more: that’s the vision of this fiercely independent dial manufacturer. It’s a place like no other, fired by a creativity…
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The+, the movement maker that has reinvented the in-house caliber

Any watch brand that doesn’t already have one dreams of owning its in-house caliber. In the world of independence and in the eyes of customers, this plus increases the brand’s…
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Haute-gainerie Vaudaux, useful and playful leather

Baby-foot entièrement recouvert de cuir par la haute-gainerie Vaudaux, à Genève. Walking through the EPHJ hallways, year after year, there is one stand that is worth a visit. It’ s…

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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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