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Pierre-André Finazzi, the “impactor”

His life’s work has strengthened the roots of a universal Swiss made: from 1995, this designer turned entrepreneur added to the flagships of Swiss made, and to world markets, the…

Print versus cloud? The “clean” that soils paper

I am regularly struck by psychogenic dysphonia (that is, so stunned I lose my voice), when a company in the watchmaking industry that gratefully receives a carton of the Journal…

Henri Grandjean & Cie: new dialogue between enamel and sapphire

At Henri Grandjean & Cie, creation has never been about choosing between heritage and innovation. It has always been about allowing one to enrich the other.  Une sélection de Shaniah…

Henri Grandjean & Cie: The Ultimate Marine Chronometer

The pursuit of ultimate precision finds one of its finest expressions at the Le Locle museum, in the marine chronometer built by Grandjean Père & Fils in 1831: a remarkable…

Speake Marin, Introducing the New Ripples Portobello

With the Ripples Portobello, Speake Marin unveils a new interpretation of its contemporary icon, inspired by the singular atmosphere of Portobello, one of London’s most captivating and characterful districts. A…

WatchTime New York Watch Event Returns for 11th Year

WatchTime New York, North America’s largest luxury watch collector event, will return to Gotham Hall in New York City from October 16–18, 2026. The event’s eleventh edition will feature over…

Mechanical syringe pump, the BEMRC challenge

With this mechanical solution directly inspired by a mainspring barrel, the Noës-based engineering office embodies the growing permeability between watchmaking, micromechanics and medical technologies. Philippe Perret du Cray /  JSH®…

Lionel Busch, a Seat Among the Great

His sales table wins over one of the world’s most prestigious manufactures! It heralds his breakthrough at 20 as the youngest designer and builder of watchmaking booths ever called upon…

Petra Baptiste: Paris-St. Lucia and ‘Time Matters’

Once again, I skipped the ever-popular Paris’s Fashion Week for a trip to St. Lucia. Lost somewhere between Roadnay Bay and the Marina, the St. Lucian Daily Newspapers brings me…

Dominique Arpa-Cirpka: The Beating of Wings

Artist Dominique Arpa-Cirpka stands as an exception in the “Parallel Lives” series of the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH: in her journey, watchmaking came second, for her true calling has always…

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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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