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Concepto Watch Factory and Bugatti: ‘Tourbillon’ partnership

The watch engine manufacturer from La Chaux-de-Fonds becomes exclusive provider to the prestigious French brand: development and production of the extraordinary mechatronic and retro-futuristic dashboard of the new “Tourbillon” automotive…

Ba111od Chapter 6: gem-set automatic ladies’ watches!

Two gem-set creations, available now. They embody the duality of the moon and the sun: the modernity of the “steel” model with its cut-out aventurine dial, and the classic refinement…
Vincent Calabrese and Amandine for the WhoAreU interview

“WhoAreU” interview with Vincent Calabrese, Co-founder of the AHCI

My name is Amandine, I am now 13 years old and keen on watchmaking. Since the age of 7, when asked what job I want to do, I answer “watchmaker-designer…

EPHJ 2024: record attendance and positive results

Geneva, 14th June 2024. EPHJ, the international high-precision trade exhibition, has closed its 22nd edition with an unprecedented attendance and a quality of Swiss and international trade visitors praised by…

WatchConnect network, what else?

Up to 150 enthusiasts enjoy these occasional get-togethers: independent watchmakers, brands, groups, co-suppliers, collectors, “world builders”… These gatherings are now an institutional affair, supported by the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH.…

Soul legend Azania was on EPHJ’s stage

Azania has performed on 11 June 2024 at the EPHJ exhibition in Palexpo: a sublime voice, incredible talent, humility and sheer charisma! Joël Grammson, JSH & Swiss Watch Passport (by…

Dave-W. Grandjean, writer in secret

He arrived home, opened his bag and said, “It’s for you! It’s a detective book with a special dedication that tears at my eyes. “Sur La Trace Des Diamants Perdus”…

Arinis, deep love at first sight on the lake bed

Like myself, a small thousand-year-old log, she is dreaming about seeing the sea. She has opened her heart and her dial to me, in the smooth depths of the Swiss…

“Moses, one of the rarest automaton watches

This rare timepiece, proposed by the collector Dr. Helmut Crott, embodies the quintessence of the watch’s complications, the good taste of Empress Eugenie and the top level of Geneva’s early…

Arinis from Elka Watch Co, the first lake diving watch!

Like treasure raised to the surface, the Arinis is a diver’s watch whose quintessential aesthetic enhances the historic waters of Lake Neuchâtel. A Tool Watch tested by a scientist, ready…

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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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