GRANDES MAISONS - The very radical Neo-Tourbillon under Three Bridges by GIRARD-PERREGAUX
March 2014
Girard-Perregaux iconoclastically proposes a new vision of its historic tourbillon with three bridges. In a quite radical break from the usually very (…)
GRANDES MAISONS - When H. MOSER & CIE goes wild
March 2014
The takeover of H. Moser & Cie by the MELB Holding family group is starting to bear fruit. Appointed to head the Schaffhausen-based manufacture a year (…)
GRANDES MAISONS - DEWITT - Imperial in style and innovation
March 2014
From day one, just over ten years ago, DeWitt watches were imbued with an inspired personality, a bold, architecturally structured appearance that made them (…)
GRANDES MAISONS - ULYSSE NARDIN, the joys of manufacture
There have been some big changes at Ulysse Nardin over the past few years. First of all, following the death of the brand’s charismatic boss Rolf Schnyder, (…)
GRANDES MAISONS - The beginnings of the new ETERNA
March 2014
Acquired in 2011 by Chinese group China Haidian (Ebohr, Rossini, Codex), Eterna has had its share of ups and downs over the past two years. The reins of the (…)
GRANDES MAISONS - CARL F. BUCHERER: Assertive but measured expansion
March 2014
The Lucerne-based brand presents its new Patravi ScubaTec at BaselWorld. Europa Star caught up with the company’s CEO, Sascha Moeri, to talk about this new (…)
MID-RANGE - RAYMOND WEIL, the legacy of a unanimously respected gentleman
March 2014
Mr Raymond Weil, founder of the eponymous brand, passed away on 26 January this year, at the age of 87. For the brand Raymond Weil, headed up by his (…)
MID-RANGE - FREDERIQUE CONSTANT - Manufacture for the masses
March 2014
The first thing you notice on entering the Frederique Constant factory is something that goes against most watch brands’ philosophy of keeping any kind of (…)
MID-RANGE - FOSSIL - the anthithesis of its name
March 2014
It is a big year for the Fossil Group, and not just because the company celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. While its competitors have been loudly (…)
MID-RANGE - EMILE CHOURIET, a new manufacture on the horizon?
March 2014
Emile Chouriet, owned by Fiyta of China (which produces close to a million watches per year), presents a talking piece as the standard-bearer for its 2014 (…)
MID-RANGE - Football to fuel ROTARY’s global expansion
March 2014
Hublot may have been the first watch brand to partner with a football club but the landscape has since changed with the Swiss brand substituted as the (…)
MIDE-RANGE - FOLLI FOLLIE - Creating and housing fashion
March 2014
The Athens-based Folli Follie Group operates in more than 28 countries and has a portfolio of brands that accompany a customer through all life phases. (…)