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ArtyA Geneve Complexity, impensable double-tourbillon

Presented for the first time at Watches & Wonders 2026, the Complexity is ArtyA‘s centrepiece for this edition. In watchmaking, certain feats transcend mere complication. Une sélection de Shaniah Asha…
Mr. and Mrs. Passing Time at the 200th Anniversary of the Geneva Watchmaking School

200 Years Later, Still on Time

Have you ever seen a woman on stilts walking around with a giant clock on her back? Because I have now. And somehow, that wasn’t even the most surprising part…
night view of the Lake Geneva Rade with its illuminated rooftop signs

On the top of the World… illuminated rooftop signs on the Lake Geneva waterfront.

Geneva, its symbols… Among the must-sees, the Jet d’Eau, the flower clock, and, ever-present, this crowd of advertising signs around the lake. At night, they light up and, when the…

Career: Amande, young polymechanic

A future in watchmaking, working with it or for it, is not just a man’s choice. At a time when the industry is facing a shortage of vocations, Amande Berclaz…

Major watch maker Henri Grandjean back to life thanks to after-sales service

The Association “Henri Grandjean, Valeurs & Héritage” has achieved a premiere: by assigning the after-sales service of a bygone brand to one of the 21st century’s most talented watchmaker-restorers, The…

In 1941, Universal in JSH: new factory in Les Pont-de-Martel

Just as the brand has been bought by Breitling, the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH digs up a historical treasure: this article appeared in its Basel Fair special edition of January-February…

Pierre Amstutz, Swiss watchmaking is in mourning

Sad news: Pierre Amstutz passed away suddenly on 2023 November 10th, in his 55th year. Director of the Geneva School of Watchmaking since September 2009, he was about to celebrate…

Jürgensen 250 years by Dr. Helmut Crott

Till November 4, 2023. These outstanding timepieces are not for sale! They are on display in an ephemeral exhibition at the La Réserve Hotel in Geneva, right in the hubbub…

Autour du Temps, the opening of sacred sites

From Thursday, October 12 to Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Plan-Les-Ouates watchmaking ecosystem will open its doors and its trades: tours of prestigious Manufactures, the Geneva School of Watchmaking, discreet…

Beyer launches the “Rolex Certified Pre-Owned” program

The world’s oldest watch shop is now able to offer second-hand Rolex watches with a certificate of authenticity and a warranty. With this programme, Beyer and Rolex are providing for…

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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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