In the late nineteenth century, dividing the world into slices, even if only for time-keeping purposes, raised serious problems between nations and empires (...)

In 1952, the Swiss government took the controversial decision to restrict watch exports to Hong Kong. Watchmakers were obliged to respect quotas that cut (...)

The term ‘vintage’ appears to be invading the entire watchmaking world and yet it covers many very different realities from the authentically ‘vintage’ (...)

Although they differ greatly in appearance, the markets of the Middle Ages and today’s big watchmaking exhibitions share the same commercial ambitions. (...)

In 1974, Tissot sold precisely 919,200 watches with mechanical calibres of its own manufacturing. Ten years later, in 1984, the total number of watches (...)

Relief! Noticeable from the very first day, this was the general sentiment that prevailed among the players in the watch industry from around the world (...)