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Rolex buys Bucherer: the crowning achievement of independencies

Until Rolex announced its takeover of Bucherer, the brand with the crown had only one boutique in the world, in Geneva, in order to comply with cantonal law allowing it…
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Philippe Perret du Cray, aka PPDC

Better known by his diminutive nickname PPDC, Philippe Perret du Cray, General Secretary of the JSH, Archives & Patrimoine association, fell into the watchmaking pot even before the 3rd millennium:…
WhoAreU Interview - Thomas Baillod & Amandine (@watch_it_with_amandine)

‘WhoAreU’ Interview: Ba111od founder, Thomas Baillod

My name is Amandine, I am 11 years old. I am keen on watchmaking and, since the age of 7, when asked what job I want to do, I answer…

“WhoAreU” Interview: Bergeon CEO Vladimir Zennaro

My name is Amandine, I am 11 years old. I am keen on watchmaking and, since the age of 7, when asked what job I want to do, I answer…

Micromechanics, a bright future for bar turners

Being young and in charge of a machine that’ s worth a million francs? It’s possible after training as a bar turner! Here in Tramelan, everything blends perfectly, just like…

“WhoAreU” Interview: Audemars Piguet’s CEO, François-Henry Bennahmias

My name is Amandine, I am 11 years old. I am keen on watchmaking and, since the age of 7, when asked what job I want to do, I answer…

“WhoAreU” Interview: Laetitia Hirschy co-founder of Watch Femme

My name is Amandine, I am 11 years old. I am keen on watchmaking and, since the age of 7, when asked what job I want to do, I answer…

Stop your watch, listen! Hey Geneva, your Jet d’Eau is Horlogical

Geneva’s internationally renowned symbol, the jet d’eau, celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2021. In the one Swiss city that perhaps owes the most to watchmaking, no-one has thought to recall…

Coffee talk with Pierre Maudet: a Geneva watchmaking museum?

Pierre Maudet returns to the ballots. Not a political party, just a movement. Just like a watch movement that puts together and on stage components from different horizons, “Libertés et…

Rossella Baldi, dossier: “Everywhere, archives treasures…”

In the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH Magazine  she wrote an authoritative and enlightening article on archives and databases. An in-depth piece, which highlights both the academic approach to archives and…

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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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