{"id":31159,"date":"2024-06-09T16:27:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/reseau-watchconnect-places-limitees-durant-lephj-horlogersuisse-l-horloger-suisse\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T18:55:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T16:55:04","slug":"watchconnect-network-at-ephj-almost-full-horlogersuisse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/watchconnect-network-at-ephj-almost-full-horlogersuisse\/","title":{"rendered":"WatchConnect network, what else?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up to 150 enthusiasts enjoy these occasional get-togethers: independent watchmakers, brands, groups, co-suppliers, collectors, \u201cworld builders\u201d\u2026 These gatherings are now an institutional affair, supported by the Journal Suisse d’Horlogerie JSH.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Albert-J. de Buttes-LaC\u00f4te \/ T\u00e0G Press +41 (News Agency)<\/em>
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( Front page pic ): Watchmaker Christophe Waelti (WatchConnect) taking a selfie. On the far left, Philippe Perret du Cray, alias PPDC, General Secretary of the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH, partner of the Fondue evening at Time to Watches at Head Geneva. (Photo above) Over 150 participants: a network of influence within the trend<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

So, who is behind the influential WatchConnect<\/a> network, and how did it start? From an informal need to get together initiated by Robert Kitto<\/a>, an Australian who returned to his continent in 2015, these networking events have become the \u201cPlaces to Be<\/em>\u201d during Watches & Wonders<\/a> or EPHJ<\/a> exhibitions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Up-and-coming watchmaker Julien Tixier, from the Vall\u00e9e de Joux, came to support the Geneva event organized by artist-designer Matthieu All\u00e8gre<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

\u201cWe owe this group to Robert Kitto<\/a>\u00a0who, when he was manager of the Richard Mille boutique in Geneva, was taking sales courses in Le Locle. While there, he would gather a few friends from the Neuch\u00e2tel watchmaking world at the Caf\u00e9 du Cerf, whose owner was the well-known watchmaker Stephen Mc Gonigle<\/a><\/em>\u201c, explain designer Matthieu Allegre<\/a> in Geneva and watchmaker Christophe Waelti<\/a> in Fleurier, the two \u201cspiritual disciples<\/em>\u201d appointed by the founder to keep the event going. And they remind us that the first meeting took place on September 27, 2012 under the name \u201cOn se voit \u00e0 Neuch\u00e2tel.<\/em>\u201d (editorial note: Let\u2019s meet in Neuch\u00e2tel)<\/p>\n

Anchored in this altruistic belief that moves mountains, the two \u2018take-overs\u2019, assisted by up-and-coming watchmaker Julien Tixier (Vall\u00e9e de Joux) and a handful of partners, naturally joined by the Swiss watchmaking journal JSH<\/a>, recently created quite a buzz: the Fondue evening, set up in the HEAD area of the Time To Watches<\/a> 2023 trade show, had to turn away quite a few people! It\u2019s in places like these that ideas flow and connections are made\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Robert Kitto, the Australian behind the WatchConnect network launched in Neuch\u00e2tel in 2012 under the name \"On se voit \u00e0 Neuch\u00e2tel\"<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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JSH Magazine, Page 101<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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Two prestigious guests: Agenhor's brothers Nicolas (l) and Laurent Wiederrecht celebrated the entry of Melb Lux (owner of H. Moser & Cie) into their capital on the same evening. This was during the Watch Connect Soir\u00e9e at the April 2023 Time to Watches exhibition<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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