Mid-range dilemma: quartz or mechanical?
INTERVIEW
September 2019
While volumes for quartz timepieces continue to decrease in the Swiss watch industry, Certina, one of the oldest brands in the mid-range segment, is (…)
Manager or entrepreneur?
EDITORIAL
July 2019
“Today, lots of brands are led by technocrats who talk about emotion,” says Jean- Claude Biver. We investigated in our archives to find how the figure of (…)
Glashütte Original, Saxon to the core
RETRO-PERSPECTIVE
June 2019
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 (…)
Order a watch... from your car
SWATCH
June 2019
Is it the «McDrive» of watchmaking? Swatch, with its usual facetiousness, has just opened a drive-thru store in its Swiss hometown. Presentation.
Jaquet Droz and the Grande “small second”
RETRO-PERSPECTIVE
May 2019
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
RETRO-PERSPECTIVE
May 2019
Like many brands in 2019, Blancpain is capitalising on its 20th century icons, and particularly on the adventure of the Fifty Fathoms.
Breguet’s unchanging codes
RETRO-PERSPECTIVE
May 2019
The imprint left by Abraham-Louis Breguet was so strong, technically and aesthetically, that the successive houses that bore his name have never deviated (…)
Omega: “A little more time”
INTERVIEW WITH RAYNALD AESCHLIMANN
September 2018
The “elder brother” of the Swatch family and the world number two watch brand, Omega has multiplied initiatives under the energetic leadership of Raynald (…)
Giving the orders… Walter Von Känel, CEO of Longines
INTERVIEW
September 2018
At 76, Walter von Känel still rules Longines with an iron hand. This colourful and charismatic former Swiss army colonel is affable, but firm. “The Boss”, (…)
Interview with Sylvain Dolla, CEO of Hamilton
September 2018
In this neo-vintage-crazed age, few brands can boast a past as glorious as that of Hamilton, considered the ultimate American brand before it took on a (…)
Swatch Group VS. Baselworld
ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS
August 2018
Seguimiento de la salida del Swatch Group de Baselworld por parte del CEO del grupo, Nick Hayek.
Swatch Group leaves Baselworld
BREAKING NEWS
July 2018
The world’s leading watch group leaves the world’s leading watch fair. Nick Hayek’s announcement raises the burning question of the future of specialised (…)
