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Caribbean Hours, Swiss brands at Sugar Beach

Sugar Beach, spa resort. Here, in “La Baie de Silence,” with their feet in the water at “Forbidden Beach” facing the Pitons—wonders of the world—celebrities get married or renew their…
10:101stEVENTS & PEOPLEJSH® PRINTMARKETSOPINION

Tom, watch distributor in Saint Lucia

Once a year, we used to meet up in Basel! Since the demise of Baselworld, I now have to visit him at his place, just outside Castries, on the way…
10:101stCOMMUNICATIONJSH® PRINTMARKETSOPINION

JSH on TV, in Rolex ‘s boss’s portrait

“The man who whispers in Donald Trump’s ear!” Thus begins the portrait of Jean-Frédéric Dufour, CEO of Rolex, on Swiss national television. Suddenly, in the middle of a report by…
10:101stECO NEWSPRESS REL.SUPPLIERS

LVMH acquires stake in watch movement manufacturer La Joux-Perret

Alongside this minority shareholding in the capital of the renowned La Chaux-de-Fonds-based movement manufacturer, a strategic commercial agreement has been signed to offer new production and innovation capabilities to all…
10:101stBRANDS LIFEFAMOUS WATCHMAKERS

Historic rediscovery: Henri Grandjean Observatory Tourbillon

Mentioned in a reference book devoted to the Tourbillon, Henri Grandjean’s “El Cronometro Torbellino” was a star attraction at the 1872 National Exhibition in Lima. It definitively links the name…
10:10EVENTS & PEOPLEW'NEWS

Swiss Chronometry Society (SSC) calls for conference speakers!

Tuesday, February 10, 2026, is the deadline for submitting a presentation for the Study Day on September 29, 2026. The theme: “The spark of movement: when an idea becomes a…
10:101stCRAFTSEVENTS & PEOPLEJSH® PRINT

In the midst of the Festival, “Emmanuelle Welfelé, enamel and miniature painting”

Festival Suisse d’Horlogerie 2025: because she almost always “liked” my posts on Linkedin and Instagram, she deserved to be featured in the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH. Thanks to the third…
10:101stEVENTS & PEOPLEFAMOUS WATCHMAKERSGaïa Awards

The prestigious Gaïa Award 2025 goes to Helmut Crott

“History, Research” category. Unique en son genre, le Prix Gaïa, surnommé le “Nobel de l’horlogerie“, The unique Prix Gaïa aka the “Nobel Prize of watchmaking, honours the very best: those…
10:101stEVENTS & PEOPLEGaïa AwardsJSH® PRINTW'NEWS

The 2025 Gaïa Awards, aka “Watchmaking’s Nobel Prizes” are given to…

Award ceremony on September 18, at the MIH in La Chaux-de-Fonds: the Gaïa Prize jury nominates Roger W. Smith, Helmut Crott, and Jean-Jacques Paolini in the categories “Craftsmanship, Creation,” “History,…
10:10EVENTS & PEOPLEJSH® PRINTOPINIONWHO’S

Crossed faces at the FSRM

Read in JSH: Sebastian Gautsch is leaving his position as director of the microtechnology department at EPFL to take over as director of the Fondation Suisse pour la Recherche en…

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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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