In the small world of independents, MELB Holding stands out as a beacon of hope for the future of brands that may be too fragile to stand alone against the (…)

A series of portraits to illustrate the various difficulties encountered by independents, Europa Star has chosen a series of particular cases. You’ll find (…)

Slyde presents itself as a ‘luxury digital manufacturer’. Launched in 2012, the Swiss brand proposes an original concept: transforming movements and (…)

With thirty models released in 2014 and prices around 200,000 francs each, Cabestan has situated itself firmly in the ultra-luxury sector. Lionel Betoux, a (…)

The highly respected watchmaker Laurent Ferrier decided to launch his own brand in 2010. Today, he describes this period of his life as “euphoric”. In the (…)

A beacon of hope amid the difficulties that are assailing the independent brands today, Louis Erard proves that, with time, it is possible to break through, (…)

The ‘Grand Siècle’, which saw the art of engineering reach a pinnacle of refinement, still echoes down to us three centuries later, in the second decade of (…)

While no more than twenty years ago, tourbillons were a rarity, today they have invaded watchmaking to the extent that they now risk seeming mundane. The (…)

In an uncertain world facing wide-scale upheaval, a back-to-basics aesthetic, prizing simplicity of form, purity of line, discretion and elegance that (…)

Is it a sign of our troubled and uncertain times? Or just a passing fad? The fact remains that the skeleton watch, a distant mirror of the ‘vanities’ of the (…)

If there is one complication that never seems to go out of fashion, it has to be the chronograph. Who really uses this function, intended to measure the (…)

We are used to hearing about ‘ladies’ watches’, as if a watch for women should be as worthy and dignified as a ‘Lady’. But watchmaking, when it approaches (…)