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May
2013
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The Türler family watch retail business celebrates its 130th anniversary this year, having been established as a company in Biel, Switzerland at 8.30am on 5th February 1883…
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May
2013
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The horologically-inspired Bridge from the Geneva watchmaking brand TF Est. 1968 combines the art of fine handwriting with pure workshop
craftsmanship: a genuine mechanism with real moving parts to accompany the calligraphic gesture.
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May
2013
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TAG Heuer, the world’s Number 1 Manufacturer of luxury timepieces inspired by sport, has signed on as Official Timekeeper, Official Watch and Chronograph and Founding Partner of the new FIA Formula E Championship to start in September for the 2014.
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May
2013
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The Board of Directors of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA announces its intention to propose amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation at the annual general meeting to be held on Thursday, 12 September 2013 in Geneva (‘2013 AGM’).
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May
2013
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The Breitling Jet Team completed its tour of Japan by visiting the people of Fukushima. It was a priority for the team to visit the area and offer its support and encouragement to the region still bravely recovering from the catastrophic effects of the March 2011 Tsunami.
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May
2013
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The exclusive new addition to the Tazio Nuvolari–Vanderbilt Cup cult collection by Eberhard & Co., dedicated to one of the legendary driver’s most prestigious victories, will add a touch of elegance and even greater temperament to one of the house’s most beloved timepieces for sportsmen thanks to the dial with total black look.
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The figures are there, impressive, unmistakable: in 2012, the Swiss watchmaking industry passed the historic barrier of CHF 20 billion at export (figures declared at customs), reaching 21.418 billion. This is a growth of nearly 10 per cent compared with 2011 and 32.5 per cent over 2010. To this we have to add the Swiss domestic market, then multiply everything by a factor of 3, 4 or 5… depending on the margins that vary greatly from one brand to another to estimate the global turnover of the Swiss watchmaking industry. Let us say, for the sake of argument and for want of any means of measuring the statistics more precisely, that this is around CHF 60 billion…
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1932. The Stern family buys Patek Philippe. The same year, Reference 96 is launched and is promised a great future under the name Calatrava. And so the story of a collection starts. Yet nothing appears more "simple" than this Reference 96, whose round shape and absolute sobriety are dedicated entirely to a single function: that of displaying the time with the greatest possible perfection, in a timeless form.
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In 2010, Maurice Lacroix launched its Roue Carrée, an innovation that was spectacular in its “simplicity”, offering an interplay of shapes and movement on the dial that had never been seen before. This year the Saignelégier-based manufacture returns with another astonishing way of reading the time…
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Chopard launches a major automobile offensive, taking its inspiration directly from the world of the motor car for two of its flagship launches: a new collection called Superfast and an “aesthetic hybrid”, the L.U.C Engine One H…
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Did you know that the first G-Shock was presented in April 1984? Almost 30 years later tens of millions of these watches have been sold worldwide but the G-Shock does not seem to have aged one bit. Has it become a quartz icon?
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Since 2009 Citizen has been producing Eco-Drive concept models to demonstrate its technological expertise and to show off new functions. This year the state-of-the-art technology is used in two new models, which, far from remaining concepts, will be launched worldwide from autumn 2013…
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Les Ambassadeurs, founded 1964, is one of Switzerland’s finest retailers. They bill themselves as “The Leading House of Leading Brands” and have four stores – Geneva, Zurich, Lucerne and St. Moritz…
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There is an impressive piece on show at Graham at BaselWorld: the Geo.Graham The Moon. A flying tourbillon shares room on the blue dial with an enormous high-precision, hand-pained retrograde moon phase…
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We know that Christophe Claret is one of the most sensitive watchmakers to sound, from innovative repeaters to cathedral gongs. Starting from a simple observation, he has developed a mono-pusher chronograph that sounds when it is activated…
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Just like the tortoise in the fable, Antoine Martin’s Slow Runner has arrived “just in time” for BaselWorld, but well before a number of hares that have exhausted themselves on the way there…
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In 2002, when Marc Hayek, the grandson of Nicolas Hayek, was put in charge of Blancpain, the brand that was relaunched by Jean-Claude Biver and Frédéric Piguet in 1982 was producing around 3,000 watches. Today, just over a decade later, Blancpain produces “in excess of 20,000 watches”…
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