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Print versus cloud? The “clean” that soils paper

I am regularly struck by psychogenic dysphonia (that is, so stunned I lose my voice), when a company in the watchmaking industry that gratefully receives a carton of the Journal…

Henri Grandjean & Cie: The Ultimate Marine Chronometer

The pursuit of ultimate precision finds one of its finest expressions at the Le Locle museum, in the marine chronometer built by Grandjean Père & Fils in 1831: a remarkable…

Petra Baptiste: Paris-St. Lucia and ‘Time Matters’

Once again, I skipped the ever-popular Paris’s Fashion Week for a trip to St. Lucia. Lost somewhere between Roadnay Bay and the Marina, the St. Lucian Daily Newspapers brings me…

Dominique Arpa-Cirpka: The Beating of Wings

Artist Dominique Arpa-Cirpka stands as an exception in the “Parallel Lives” series of the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH: in her journey, watchmaking came second, for her true calling has always…

A parallel life: the Grönefelds, clock winders

[Appeared in JSH, EPHJ 2024 edition] Tim and Bart, the Grönefeld brothers—watchmakers from northern Europe—are an independent brand steeped in Swiss tradition, tracing its roots back to a legend that…

RoyalPop since 1979, the ‘museum truth’ that tickles collectors

Beyond the current “AP x Swatch” buzz, with the perspective befitting the oldest Swiss watchmaking journal — celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026 — the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH reminds…

Jean-Marc Pontroué Named CEO of Breitling

The former head of Roger Dubuis and then Panerai steps into the Breitling’s cockpit. He succeeds in a move that also allows Georges Kern to focus fully on developing the…

JSH Editorial: ‘Say “stop” to the machine?’

The day will come when only a perceptive and forward-thinking CEO will be able—and indeed must—stop the quest for improvement! So that there may still remain, here and there, particularly…

From the positive shadow to the GPHG’s spotlights

At a time when his sister Ophélie is officially joining the senior management team of their family business, Lucien Steinmann is bringing Positive Coating‘s signature colours to the forefront. Joël…

Saint Lucia: Konrad Wagner, Swiss consul with a sea view

Honorary Consul of Switzerland in Saint Lucia, Konrad Wagner is also the owner of one of the island’s most authentic hotels, the Calabash Cove Resort & SPA. Joël A. Grandjean,…

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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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