EVENTS & PEOPLE

Auction in Hong Kong: Neuchâtel deprived of three heritage treasures?

On April 25, 2021, under the auspices of Antiquorum, three gousset watches of priceless heritage value for the canton of Neuchâtel may evaporate in Hong Kong: Ditisheim, Breguet, Grandjean, three…

Dr. Helmut Crott: Horological auctions owe him their hundreds of millions

Although less well known than Antiquorum founder Osvaldo Patrizzi, expert collector Dr. Helmut Crott is, like Patrizzi, the forerunner of worldwide watch auctions. We owe him the first thematic auction…

Bennahmias speaks out in favor of suppliers and… of Swiss Made

He is a regular of verbal punchlines! With his leather jacket, he sets the record straight, he turns up the heat and becomes the spokesman for Swiss Made. And he’s…

“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…

Time Matters: Alexis Sarkissian of Totally Worth It: “Watch Distribution great again”

About North America, including the Caribbean, he knows all the players, all the features and even, from the handlebars of his motorcycle, most of the side roads. His latest conquests?…

October 10 in 2020, the first World watchmaking day?

Today is the 10th of October 2020, and it’ s 10.10 am. That’ s the time I chose to share with you a crazy dream: what if, starting from the…

Geneva Watch Shows: are ‘other’​ brands prohibited at Palexpo? What if the reason were juridical?

On May 7, 2020, on my Linkedin profile, the bomb was posted. It took a confined summer before it exploded in September, on the national television RTS and on the…

Diane Kruger: “My relationship with Jaeger LeCoultre is organic”

(September 2012) Yes, the most famous stars are also sensitive targets for Swiss watch beauties. So history and products work for brands, much more than their marketing and PR departments.…

Rolex Awards, a series of records (2011)

{Published on July 15, 2011} In late 2012, the winners will be revealed at a special ceremony and on the Rolex Award website. Already, in September 2011, the members of…

Audemars Piguet and Montreux Sounds Digital Project

One might have thought that when it comes to communications, everything to do with the Montreux Jazz Festival and Claude Nobs was the preserve of Parmigiani Fleurier. Well, almost everything,…

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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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