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Origyn, moving towards a universal standard: “As Shazam, but for watches”

Vincent Perriard is among those watchmaking CEOs who regularly hit the headlines. As a former radio entertainer, hence his storytelling talent, he’s becoming the prophet of an unfalsifiable watchmaking industry.…

Krayon Wood

In Neuchâtel, overlooking the lake and a large garden filled with almond trees, Rémi Maillat, the genius watchmaker who has been able to mathematically capture the passing time and who…

Manufacto, the magic owl

I saw on social networks an ‘eye‘ on a dial. Almost disturbing, inquisitive, confusing… Didn’t he have a more soothing visual? Philippe Jacquin-Ravot, miniature artist and master enameller, a supporting…

Claude Meylan, an ethical showcase full of life

A new 100% recyclable display, made of wood with the specialized workshop Eric Dakkus. A space where watches, such as the latest Collection 66 or Sheherazade, two Lionesses tamed by…

EPHJ heralds the Swiss BtoB trade fairs season and contributes to the economic recovery

Register as a visitor at EPHJ, create your pass. From September 14 to 17, 2021 at Geneva-Palexpo, everything is being done to ensure that the exhibitors’ latest news will inspire their…

The Luc Tissot visionary, watchmaking-Medtech wisdom

Better than anyone else, the descendant of the Tissot brand dynasty embodies the ideal economic scenario: being able to use a second growth sector during a crisis, in order to…

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.…

“Time matters”: Rodolphe Cattin, a visual person

Before him, the designer’s job had never had a name in watchmaking. Those artists who did have a name used to sell their drawings anonymously to both the brands and…

Talent: the focus of Matthieu Allegre, designer

In a graduate style study, this watch designer explores the camera to the point of making it a design object. Amongst prototypes from his 3D printer, his drawings and some…

Thomas Baillod, Linkedin ambassador?

He regularly occupies the media spotlight, giving himself a few splashes that sometimes irritate, sometimes delight. Between two Webinars, including training sessions launched online long before the coronaïc age (“Watch…

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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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