A history of watch advertising: 1940-1949
June 2023
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CLUB
décembre 2020
Start off the year 2021 on the right foot. By subscribing now to Europa Star, you will not only receive our latest print issues wherever in the world you (…)
A new edition of the best-selling “Guide To Complicated Watches”
BOOKS
novembre 2020
Watchmakers all over the world agree that François Lecoultre’s reference book, first published in 1949, still helps them solve the problems they meet on an (…)
Time to reflect on the fate of the watch industry
EUROPA STAR CLUB
March 2020
Europa Star provides a unique resource to help you gain perspective on what is happening to the watch industry today, by looking through the lens of (…)
Discovering Backes & Strauss
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
November 2019
The timepieces crafted by Backes & Strauss are as rare as it gets. We have been following the brand for a long time, and for good reason: it is the (…)
A new resource for watch professionals and aficionados
EUROPA STAR CLUB
Europa Star is offering exclusive access to over 60 years of magazine archives. The Club, aimed at both watch professionals and watch lovers, grants access (…)
The history of Enicar in an upcoming book
LEGENDS OF WATCHMAKING
August 2019
‘Time for a change: Discovering vintage Enicar’ is a book written by Martijn van der Ven. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, it will be ready for (…)
Over 90 years of Europa Star archives
1927-2019
June 2019
A full journey through the history of watchmaking. Indeed, Europa Star has embarked upon the digitisation of a unique heritage: over 90 years of watch (…)
Watchmaking soon to be recognised by UNESCO
HERITAGE
April 2019
An application has been officially submitted by Switzerland and France to UNESCO. Beyond its symbolic significance, the decision to include watchmaking as (…)
Europa Star: 90 years of editorial adventure
RETROSPECTIVE
At the end of the Roaring Twenties, Swiss entrepreneur Hugo Buchser laid the foundations for the magazine Europa Star. Among tourist guides, a business trip (…)
The internet of the 1930s
ARCHIVES
August 2017
In 1930, Europa Star’s founder launched the Buyers’ Guide for the Watchmaking and Allied Trades.
Hugo Buchser and the origins of Europa Star
RETROSPECTIVE
January 2017
