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From Bulova to Omega: 50 years of lunar adventures

From Bulova to Omega: 50 years of lunar adventures

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

Today, we tend to associate the conquest of space with the Omega Speedmaster – the only watch worn on the moon, as the Swatch Group manufacture emphasises (...)

2003: Horology hit by SARS (from our archives)

2003: Horology hit by SARS (from our archives)

CORONAVIRUS

The comparison is not 100% accurate, obviously. But we wanted to find in our archives the impact that the first pandemic of the 21st century, SARS, had on (...)

Time to reflect on the fate of the watch industry

Time to reflect on the fate of the watch industry

EUROPA STAR CLUB

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 (...)

Treasures from Enicar's golden age

Treasures from Enicar’s golden age

The legendary Swiss watch company founded in 1913 comes to life again in a beautiful book by Dutchman Martijn van der Ven. The author used illustrations (...)

1950-2020: The voices of my ancestors... and mine

1950-2020: The voices of my ancestors... and mine

EDITORIAL

As wishes are in order for 2020, I succumbed to the temptation to look at what my predecessors had written as Europa Star entered each new decade since (...)

Discovering Backes & Strauss

Discovering Backes & Strauss

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

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 (...)

An exclusive interview with Philippe Stern

An exclusive interview with Philippe Stern

PATEK PHILIPPE

Europa Star was granted the rare privilege of being able to discuss with Philippe Stern himself. Although in 2009 he moved aside to allow his son, Thierry (...)

A new resource for watch professionals and aficionados

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

The history of Enicar in an upcoming book

LEGENDS OF WATCHMAKING

‘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 (...)

Zenith El Primero: a retrospective

Zenith El Primero: a retrospective

EUROPA STAR ARCHIVES

We are lucky enough (or old enough!) to have had the chance to witness in real time the birth of the El Primero chronograph at Zenith in 1969. For the (...)

One giant leap for Omega

One giant leap for Omega

EUROPA STAR ARCHIVES

For 50 years, Omega has been capitalising on the extraordinary adventure that made its Speedmaster the first watch to be worn on the Moon. In our July 1969 (...)

TAG Heuer nostalgia

TAG Heuer nostalgia

EUROPA STAR ARCHIVES

Back in 1998, we highlighted in our pages the “power of the past” in the watch industry as TAG Heuer, a pioneer of the “vintagemania” trend, revived the (...)

Glashütte Original, Saxon to the core

Glashütte Original, Saxon to the core

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

Glashütte Original draws its inspiration from its roots in 1845, from the 1920s with the work of Alfred Helwig, from the 1960s, from its rebirth in the (...)

Over 90 years of Europa Star archives

Over 90 years of Europa Star archives

1927-2019

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 (...)

Jaquet Droz and the Grande “small second”

Jaquet Droz and the Grande “small second”

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

It was only in the mid-2000s that Jaquet Droz regained a strong identity by delving into its archives and rediscovering a watch from 1785 – a model whose (...)

Blancpain: The unsinkable Fifty Fathoms

Blancpain: The unsinkable Fifty Fathoms

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

Like many brands in 2019, Blancpain is capitalising on its 20th century icons, and particularly on the adventure of the Fifty (...)

Breguet's unchanging codes

Breguet’s unchanging codes

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

The imprint left by Abraham-Louis Breguet was so strong, technically and aesthetically, that the successive houses that bore his name have never deviated (...)

Jean-Claude Biver: past, present, future

Jean-Claude Biver: past, present, future

A GIANT THROUGH OUR ARCHIVES

As everybody knows, Jean-Claude Biver has stepped down from day-to-day operational responsibilities. An ideal opportunity for us – we have just digitised (...)

Watchmaking soon to be recognised by UNESCO

Watchmaking soon to be recognised by UNESCO

HERITAGE

An application has been officially submitted by Switzerland and France to UNESCO. Beyond its symbolic significance, the decision to include watchmaking as (...)

The quest for an everlasting story

The quest for an everlasting story

ARCHIVES AND HERITAGE

Never has the watchmaking heritage of watch brands been so well-documented. The fashion for vintage has had a hand in this, forcing watchmakers to (...)