Movements: a progressive return to the 1950s?
2 September 2010 - Our publishing house, which was originally called Hugo Buchser SA after the name of its founder, used to publish (until 1986) the famous Le Guide des Acheteurs (The Buyer’s Guide).
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Is exclusivity the final frontier of luxury?
16 August 2010 - What does luxury really mean, after all? A few years ago, luxury seemed to be synonymous with really expensive watches, but being expensive isn’t enough anymore. After the crisis, people have re-evaluated what their definition of luxury is and, today, luxury is about high quality, attention to detail and uniqueness.
In fact, exclusivity could be the final frontier of luxury.
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The Pâté de Veillée and the Enterrement des Veillées
16 August 2010 - In his book published in 1942 called Les Cabinotiers Genevois, Eugène Jaquet, who was then Dean of the Geneva Watchmaking School, reminisced about his experiences as a young watchmaker during the latter part of the 19th century.
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Ladies’ complications fit for a princess
16 August 2010 - From Cinderella’s midnight minute repeater to a summer time/winter time indicator, feminine complications are bringing some mechanical magic to women’s watchmaking.
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The watch industry’s big powwow - Part 4
22 July 2010 - Twenty-five years ago, Seiko exhibited for the first time in Basel. This was not, however, the first time that the Swiss had heard about this Japanese giant.
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Sports watches 2010 - real value is back - Part 4
22 July 2010 - Sports and timepieces have a natural symbiosis, as many sports need to be timed. This year marked the announcement of many new partnerships and associations.
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The watch industry’s big powwow - Part 3
19 July 2010 - Across the aisle at Patek Philippe, in a completely different ambiance and in a segment even more prestigious, we were able to ‘cleanse the eyes’, in a manner of speaking.
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Innovations, intentions and interrogations - Part 3
19 July 2010 - Basel being Basel, not everything you want to see is in the confines of the BaselWorld halls. Such is the case of the new brand Berthoud & Pouzait, which launched its collection in private rooms in the restaurant Rollerhof, alongside the Basel Münster Cathedral.
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Spring buds and ladies watches blossom in Basel - Part 2
19 July 2010 - Talking about watches in terms of colour always seems to be a frivolous activity for a serious watch magazine. However, for retailers, especially those that don’t make it to BaselWorld, it is important to know what next season holds in terms of colour trends.
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Sports watches 2010 - real value is back - Part 3
19 July 2010 - There is still a strong portion of the sports watch market that focuses on watches for the professional, including specifications not needed, but often very much appreciated and desired, by the general population.
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The watch industry’s big powwow - Part 2
12 July 2010 - A sign of the times, Ferrier’s timeless watch (similar in certain respects to one from H. Moser & Cie) overshadowed almost all of the other spectacular propositions that were to be discovered elsewhere at the show.
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Innovations, intentions and interrogations - Part 2
12 July 2010 - One of the problems with visiting the Gc and Guess booths is that there are so many visitors – both buyers and browsers – that it takes an age to speak to one of the girls at the reception desk.
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Sports watches 2010 - real value is back - Part 2
12 July 2010 - Sports watches, just by their rough and rugged nature, tend to stick out from the crowd, while at the same time, some brands really strive to be distinctive and recognizable.
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The watch industry’s big powwow - Part 1
5 July 2010 - BaselWorld has become a ritual event. It is the big powwow that attracts watch tribes from all around the world who come to reaffirm their devotion to this vast clan that makes up the international industry of time.
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Spring buds and ladies watches blossom in Basel - Part 1
1 July 2010 - After months and months of unexciting line extensions, creativity has finally returned to the women’s watch segment.
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Part 1 of 3 – Innovations, intentions and interrogations
1 July 2010 - Attending BaselWorld is a unique experience. It’s something many of us do year after year with enthusiasm and great expectations, so I suppose by definition that makes ‘unique’ the wrong word to use for the world’s largest international watch and jewellery event.
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PART 1 of 4 – Sports watches 2010 – real value is back
1 July 2010 - Just like the watch industry itself, the landscape of sports watches has changed. Where in the past, flashy, not necessarily useful sports watches have dominated the spotlight, that’s no longer the case.
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TechnoMarine, the facelift before the transplant
9 June 2010 - The least one can say about Vincent Perriard is that he brings a high level of energy and uncommon gifts of persuasion to everything he undertakes.
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Armaan Swiss Diamond Watches – the right time at the wrong time
3 June 2010 - Armaan Swiss Diamond Watches launched in Las Vegas during the summer of 2007.
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Fundamentally Rado
27 May 2010 - Its code name is as minimalistic as its design is plain. We are talking about the r5.5.
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Bertolucci - romance for the girls, sport for the boys
20 May 2010 - Bertolucci has released two new attractive collections for 2010.
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Harry Winston’s Project Z6
17 May 2010 - “Stabilize the brand at the summit!” In a few words, this is the essential goal of Frédéric de Narp.
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Eterna and Porsche Design
12 May 2010 - Located in Grenchen, Eterna has been in operation since 1856, quietly making high quality mechanical timepieces that include real innovation.
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Dior’s Christal Mystérieuse gets the feminine touch
6 May 2010 - When Dior introduced its Christal Mystérieuse at BaselWorld 2009, the company obviously had the modern man in mind.
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Maurice Lacroix returns to the basics
4 May 2010 - For Maurice Lacroix, now led by Martin Bachmann, the year 2010 is one of a ‘return to basics’.
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The remarkable talents of Vincent Bérard
29 April 2010 - Last autumn, Vincent Bérard inaugurated his new manufacture
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Hublot is a hive of activity
26 April 2010 - The past year has been a big one for Hublot, from opening its new manufacturing facility to sponsoring defender Alinghi.
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LOCMAN: Watchmaking away from it all
22 April 2010 - The story of LOCMAN, the independent Italian watchmaker is unique, in the true sense of the word.
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New steps in the renaissance of Vulcain
19 April 2010 - The Vulcain brand, whose rebirth started in 2002, is due essentially to the vision of Bernard Fleury.
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Omega’s watchmaking central
15 April 2010 - This year, Omega is really taking things to the next level.
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Century – A new campaign, the new men’s Elegance collection and much more
13 April 2010 - Century Time Gems has been making extraordinary watches with unique sapphire crystals for 44 years.
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Ventura returns to life
8 April 2010 - Ventura is a unique kind of watch brand, which made a great impression thanks to its mix of avant-gardism and pure and hard design.
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Strategic changes at Bulgari – An exclusive interview with Francesco Trapani, CEO of Bulgari
6 April 2010 - In a watchmaking landscape that is seeing a shuffling of cards, what is Bulgari’s strategy in terms of products?
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The ARM09 by Armin Strom, the brand’s first in-house movement
31 March 2010 - Europa Star learned earlier about the creation of a new manufacture, small in size, certainly, but very well designed and organized—the Manufacture Armin Strom, in Bienne.
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Ernest Borel is moving and shaking
29 March 2010 - Things have certainly been busy at Ernest Borel these last few months.
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Hautlence rebuilds and retools
25 March 2010 - In the face of a worldwide downturn of interest in so-called ‘boutique brands’, Hautlence is shaking things up.
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Letter from Moscow – Russia: Winners and Losers
25 March 2010 - A view on the Russian market by Viacheslav Medvedev, Watch Media publisher.
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Carl F. Bucherer – More Patravi EvoTec models and Smart SimPlexity defined
22 March 2010 - Last year, Carl F. Bucherer made a tremendous impact at BaselWorld with the introduction of its in-house movement, the CFB A1000.
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TAG Heuer celebrates 150 years, introduces the 1887 chronograph and the Silverstone
21 March 2010 - 2010 marks 150 years of TAG Heuer, which was founded in 1860.
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Raymond Weil – The American dream
19 March 2010 - Raymond Weil has been present on the American market since 1978 and it is estimated that some 2.2 million Raymond Weil watches are being worn in the United States today.
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Retrospective-Perspective 2009/2010
18 March 2010 - My, how time passes! And, what a short collective memory we have. But, let’s close our eyes and look into the past for a minute. Oh, not too far back. Say, only three years back. Three years? Only a drop in the ocean of watchmaking history and yet. . .
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The Chanel J12 Rétrograde Mystérieuse
18 March 2010 - The presentation of the new complicated J12 watch by Chanel was like a small explosion.
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Zenith returns to the workbench
18 March 2010 - At Zenith, the time has come to return to basics, to concentrate on the manufacture and the El Primero movement.
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First collections by Pequignet to be equipped with the Calibre Royal
17 March 2010 - Europa Star has already presented in detail the new and very innovative automatic movement developed by Pequignet under the code name of EPM01.
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Corum, increasing the desire
17 March 2010 - After having come to Corum five years ago, Antonio Calce, now Corum’s CEO, seems to be legitimately proud of what he has accomplished at the brand.
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The pros and cons of in-house movements
27 February 2010 - One of the clear trends in the watch industry today is towards in-house movements.
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Enamel – the witchcraft of watchcraft
26 February 2010 - There is something rather mystical about the art of enamel. Maybe it’s due to its ancient origins, or because it’s one of watchmaking’s best-guarded secrets, or…
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Mid-range brands during crisis
26 February 2010 - No question, 2009 was a tough year for everybody. Did some brands, however, have it easier than others? Did mid-range, more affordable watches suffer less than other segments of the watch industry?
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From Switzerland to space – Fortis’s journey
16 February 2010 - Fortis Watch Company, based in Grenchen, Switzerland, was founded in 1912 by William Vogt.
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Péquignet’s innovative and amazing EPM01 movement – well on its way towards mass production
3 February 2010 - Last year in its BaselWorld issue, Europa Star was the first to present a very innovative movement, the EPM01, that was being developed by the Emile Péquignet brand.
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