Watchmaking, a hybrid craft at Century
For more than half a century, it has been necessary to invent a profession for which there is no training elsewhere than within the Century Manufacture in Bienne. By Albert-J.…
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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…
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…
“Time Matters”: Nikolaus Hirsch, The Young Face of Watch Straps
Although he may have one of the most famous names in the watchmaking world and he may already holds the title of Vice President of Sales and Marketing at a…
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…
Rubel & Ménasché, diamantaire à la pointe de l’innovation
Rubel & Ménasché keeps on surprising. The only Parisian diamond manufacturer to have raised its expertise to levels of industrial technicality, in addition to supplying the great Houses of Place…
Akyalis, the microfiber breakthrough
January 2013. The press release has just been issued. In the world of ultimate care for precious objects, watches or jewelry, microfiber according to Akyalis, suitable for any form of…
Historic relief: Tissot’s new caliber
{Released on July 8, 2010, bloghorloger.ch} The new C01-211 calibre, an automatic chronograph exclusively developed for Tissot (and Swatch) in collaboration with ETA, has arrived in Tissot’s high-volume production… By…
In 2008, Chromalight, the luminescence according to Rolex
{04 November 2028} In addition to the many improved performances of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller Deepsea, the famous professional deep-sea diving watch relaunched by Rolex, the Chromalight is a…
Pamp, the gold refinery
{Posted on bloghorloger.ch on 16 November 2007} Pamp is both a watch brand and a gold refinery located in Castel San Pietro, Ticino. Both entities are under the umbrella of…
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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