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The Ouagadougou watchmaker: authentic time

Travel diary. In the heart of the large market of Ouagadougou, I asked “I am looking for the watchmaker of Ouaga?” A man tells me, “ah yes, of course, I’ll…

A breakthrough? Silmach brings MEMS to watchmaking

This “deep tech” company from Besançon, located in the heart of the Temis microtechnology and science park, is offering PowerMems, a disruptive technology for watchmaking.. Laurent Sage /  JSH® Magazine’s…

Auction: L. Leroy et Cie, Paris n°18902, unique Observatory chronometer 1st prize, gold medal

Antiquorum, November 6th 2022. Specially crafted for scientific purposes to measure several intervals to the 10th of a second at the same time, this precious timepiece endowed with a high-frequency…

First successful Franco-Swiss Forum of the Arc Horloger project

The first Arc Horloger Education Forum was held on Thursday, December 16, 2021, one year to the day after the registration by UNESCO of the know-how of watchmaking and art…

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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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