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Around Five clock, time in a sculptured streamlined mode

“When absolute Swiss-Made is taking hold in the heart of US interiors   Born in Switzerland from the unusual pairing of an artist-designer and a crazy innovation firm, the Around…

Auction in Hong Kong: Neuchâtel deprived of three heritage treasures?

On April 25, 2021, under the auspices of Antiquorum, three gousset watches of priceless heritage value for the canton of Neuchâtel may evaporate in Hong Kong: Ditisheim, Breguet, Grandjean, three…

From concept to production: AB, as in Aurélien Bouchet

ABConcept and ABProduct: nothing in the two company names hints at the vast space in which over 14 trades are carried on, the impressive fleet of machinery and the sudden…

Dr. Helmut Crott: Horological auctions owe him their hundreds of millions

Although less well known than Antiquorum founder Osvaldo Patrizzi, expert collector Dr. Helmut Crott is, like Patrizzi, the forerunner of worldwide watch auctions. We owe him the first thematic auction…

Bennahmias speaks out in favor of suppliers and… of Swiss Made

He is a regular of verbal punchlines! With his leather jacket, he sets the record straight, he turns up the heat and becomes the spokesman for Swiss Made. And he’s…

EPHJ, the first physical Watch Exhibition of 2021

Postponed! From September 14 to 17, 2021, the EPHJ exhibition will take place at Palexpo Geneva. More than 800 exhibitors are expecting nearly 20,000 visitors! Hope for the post COVID…

Code 41, the irritating lessons giver: false gurus are out!

Unashamedly spitting in the soup that has fed you? A former watch designer for brands that have added some prestige to his CV, Claudio d’Amore, founder of Code 41, exists…

The+, the movement maker that has reinvented the in-house caliber

Any watch brand that doesn’t already have one dreams of owning its in-house caliber. In the world of independence and in the eyes of customers, this plus increases the brand’s…

Haute-gainerie Vaudaux, useful and playful leather

Baby-foot entièrement recouvert de cuir par la haute-gainerie Vaudaux, à Genève. Walking through the EPHJ hallways, year after year, there is one stand that is worth a visit. It’ s…

Tavannes Watch is the birth father of the Chronomat

Amazing, this Chronomat model of Tavannes Watch from 1946 is very similar to the Breitling’s Chronomat reference 769. What if the history of the mythical calibers of Swiss watchmaking was…

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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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