Parmigiani Fleurier, which belongs to the Sandoz Family Foundation, was recently split into two separate units.

Another name from the past emerged at this year's BaselWorld - Gevril. Owned by an American-based Swiss with a love for mechanical timepieces, the (…)

As even Francesco Trapani, CEO of Bulgari, has stated, “the confusing positioning of Gérald Genta means we have to completely rethink the (…)

The founder of Paul Picot, Mario Boiocchi, consciously set out to avoid manufacturing watches for mass consumption, devoting his time instead to (…)

Another watch brand arose Phoenix-like from the past at Basel this year, its name - Alpina. Purchased last year from a German company that was doing (…)

Antoine Preziuso, Arnold & Son, Audemars Piguet...

First observation that we all agree upon is that 'too much is too much'. The abundance of tourbillons takes away from the value of this complication (…)

A few of the newspaper clippings that landed on my desk… “Hong Kong watchmakers refuse to exhibit at Zurich”(1); Watch industry in distress: 26 jobs lost at (…)

To accompany the new show title of Baselworld, we had the additional pleasure of the Swiss Government throwing a political spanner into the works by (…)

As Managing Director and representative of the family owners of this authentically Swiss enterprise specializing in automatic watches since 1919, Daniel (…)

Universal Genève has a long and glorious history that dates back to its creation in 1894. Without going into too much detail, the enterprise has (…)

There are mergers that apparently do work well. Such seems to be the case for the Swiss brand Victorinox and its American distributor, Swiss Army, (…)