EVENTS & PEOPLE

GenevaWorld 2022, a practical guide to over 100 brands exhibiting

Notice to watch suppliers and collectors. Swiss-Watch-Passport, the online and international affiliate of the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH (since 1876), takes stock of the watchmaking scene on show. Discover the…

Simodec 2022, a prelude to EPHJ? Bar turning and precision machining

From March 8 to 11, 2022, the Simodec Trade Show 2022 in La Roche sur Foron (Haute-Savoie) will focus on precision mechanical manufacturing. 227 exhibitors registered in early January on…

The “JC Biver” brand already stirs up envy

The news came over the airwaves of the Swiss national radio almost inadvertently, but it hit home: Jean-Claude Biver was invited to talk about a completely different subject, and he…

Expresso with Catherine Frioud Auchlin, businesswoman and Mayor of La Neuveville

If her electoral speeches do not have to be polished, the components that come out of the SME that this economist co-owns with Thierry Auchlin, are polished to perfection. Auchlin…

Gaïa 2021: the Prize of the Prizes, Carole’s tears…

An unprecedented conjunction of coincidences brought a unique breath of bliss to the 2021 ceremony. Like an improbable planets alignment above the venerable MIH’s Hans Erni Hall, there were tinglings…

Gaïa Award 2012: Eric Coudray, when the genius lets loose

1801-2021, le Tourbillon est plus que bicentenaire! L’invention d’Abraham-Louis Breguet a lancé à des générations de grands horlogers, notamment ces 40 dernières années, de véritables challenges. L’améliorer, le respecter au…

Nicolas Commergnat, the visionary watchmaker: holy Grail between watchmaking History and Big Data

With his eye always on the flea markets and his foot in the blockchain, while his golden fingers are manipulating the star timepieces of the world’s auctions, his ultra-scanner is…

Gaïa 2021, the supreme honor of watchmaking

The winners are Carole Kasapi (Craftsmanship Creation), Eric Klein (Entrepreneurship) and Anthony Turner (History Research). Registration for the award ceremony is open, on Thursday, September 16 at 6:30 pm at…

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…

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…

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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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