JeanRichard arrives in Xi'an, China

JeanRichard arrives in Xi’an, China

January 2014
JeanRichard celebrated the new year with a new presence at the Harmony World Watch Centre in Xi’an, China that was announced together with famous actor Xia (…)

Watch Industry in 2014: THE AIR is getting thinner

Watch Industry in 2014: THE AIR is getting thinner

January 2014
Is it a strong signal, a simple symptom, an “industrial accident” or collateral damage? Whatever the verdict may be, the fact that the GTE (Geneva Time (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - MUSEUMS, CLOCKS, PLANES and a shirt

LAKIN@LARGE - MUSEUMS, CLOCKS, PLANES and a shirt

January 2014
One of the problems of semi-retirement is that you have so much time to do things that there is a tendency to forget organisation with the result that, (…)

EUROPA STAR, the seismograph of the world's watch market

EUROPA STAR, the seismograph of the world’s watch market

January 2014
Europa Star occupies a unique position in the galaxy of watchmaking media: that of the indispensable business magazine of reference. We speak to the entire (…)

SIHH 2014 - Form and function from CARTIER

SIHH 2014 - Form and function from CARTIER

January 2014
It is perhaps because she was born into a family of watchmakers that Carole Forestier, head of fine watchmaking at Cartier, makes her team’s innovative (…)

SIHH 2014 - GREUBEL FORSEY, feet in tradition, head in invention

SIHH 2014 - GREUBEL FORSEY, feet in tradition, head in invention

January 2014
In 2014, the Greubel Forsey manufacture officially celebrates 10 years of existence but Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have been working together for (…)

SIHH 2014 - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - An horological narrative

SIHH 2014 - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - An horological narrative

January 2014
The Poetic Complications of Van Cleef & Arpels are a unique example of an horological narrative. In order to achieve this, different kinds of complex (…)

SIHH 2014 - PIAGET and the constraints of size on the watch and the company

SIHH 2014 - PIAGET and the constraints of size on the watch and the company

January 2014
Legitimacy is an important concept in fine watchmaking and the finer and older the brand, the more important the question of legitimacy becomes. Piaget has (…)

SIHH 2014 - PANERAI - Radiomir in the spotlight

SIHH 2014 - PANERAI - Radiomir in the spotlight

January 2014
Officine Panerai is one of relatively few watch brands to offer timepieces whose power reserve is measured in days rather than hours. This is the legacy (…)

SIHH 2014 - ROGER DUBUIS - The year of the tribute

SIHH 2014 - ROGER DUBUIS - The year of the tribute

January 2014
Despite the Quatuor models taking 2,400 hours to produce and despite the hefty price tag, Roger Dubuis plans to deliver 35-40 more pieces this year, all of (…)

SIHH 2014 - The “missiles” fired off by RICHARD MILLE

SIHH 2014 - The “missiles” fired off by RICHARD MILLE

January 2014
Tactically, Richard Mille operates in a non-conformist way. As he explains, he regularly “launches an ultra-technical missile in order to be able to retreat (…)

SIHH 2014 - MONTBLANC “To share passion for watchmaking” - An interview with Jérôme Lambert

SIHH 2014 - MONTBLANC “To share passion for watchmaking” - An interview with Jérôme Lambert

January 2014
Appointed CEO of Montblanc at the start of the summer in 2013, Jérôme Lambert left the management of Jaeger-LeCoultre and A. Lange & Söhne to move to (…)