Horlogerie

Cutting tools and machines

{August 22, 2013} For over 30 years in the precision industry, this Biel-based company has been a market leader in cutting tools and machine equipment in Switzerland. Its new entity…

Cisel, leader in IT outsourcing

August 2013. The company, a privileged partner of the watchmaking and jewelry industry, is developing SAP Business All-in-One, a solution that meets the high requirements of this sector. Among the…

Vericut update, iconic software

August 2013. It’s impossible to separate CGTech from its flagship product Vericut. Much more than just software, it’s the perfect solution for joining a partner network involving a large number…

The iconic Bichrono from LaCour has joined Geneva’s watchmaking heritage

{July 2013} The urban designer Pierre Koukjian, also known as an artist and sculptor, sees everything in double. Because none of his clients would purchase his Bichrono model, he created…

Women fall in love with the Calatrava 7200

Fifty percent of the Patek Philippe novelties presented at Baselworld 2013 were dedicated to women. Increasingly, women are making great strides in the world of mechanical timepieces. Privileging primary values,…

2013, MCH’s flop. Lausannetec cancelled! The market has (finally) chosen

René Kamm, CEO de MCH et Baselworld, prévoyait “doubler” l’EPHJ avec la lancement à Beaulieu d’un salon concurrent Initially scheduled from May 28 to 31, 2013, the 2nd edition of…

ArtyA, shooting live bullets in the luxury target

February 2013. Inspired by a street culture that transforms its unique pieces into real happenings, Yvan Arpa ventures an improbable wedding: high-end watches and firearms.   Yvan Arpa détourne les…

Akyalis, the microfiber breakthrough

January 2013. The press release has just been issued. In the world of ultimate care for precious objects, watches or jewelry, microfiber according to Akyalis, suitable for any form of…

SAPHIR is a historical episode, not a material

{Published on January 10, 2013} At a time when sapphire has just celebrated its eighty-year introduction in watchmaking, who remembers this holding firm grouping together the companies LeCoultre, Jaeger LeCoultre…

Günter Blümlein, tribute and memory

Soon in Geneva in January, the SIHH 2013. Which is largely thanks to one man. Flash back. In 1980, two companies had no idea what they would become. IWC and…

Recents posts

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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