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 (…)

GALLERY - Starlets, sparkle and limited editions

GALLERY - Starlets, sparkle and limited editions

January 2014
Galleries including Chaumet, Chopard, Jaquet Droz, Louis Moinet, DeWitt, Zenith and Raymond Weil.

HIGHLIGHTS - HERMES elevated to the ranks of haute horlogerie

HIGHLIGHTS - HERMES elevated to the ranks of haute horlogerie

January 2014
The Hermès boutique on Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the centre of Paris was chosen for the launch of the timepiece that signals the brand’s entrance into the (…)

HIGHLIGHTS - René Kriegbaum - The collector's dilemma

HIGHLIGHTS - René Kriegbaum - The collector’s dilemma

January 2014
What do you do if you’re an avid watch collector but you just can’t seem to find exactly what you’re looking for? Make it yourself is the idea that René (…)

HIGHLIGHTS - DARKO, the “philosigner”

HIGHLIGHTS - DARKO, the “philosigner”

January 2014
Let’s take a look at Darko Mladenovic’s watch, the Darko Geometric. It shines all over, it’s a sun. It seems evident, as if it had always existed. If we (…)

ANNIVERSARY - F.P. JOURNE - 30 YEARS AGO, a young rebel made his own tourbillon...

ANNIVERSARY - F.P. JOURNE - 30 YEARS AGO, a young rebel made his own tourbillon...

January 2014
Some 30 years ago, in 1983, a young man who had just turned 25 put the finishing touches to his first timepiece: a pocket watch with tourbillon. It took him (…)

MANUFACTURE - OMEGA enters a new era of manufacturing

MANUFACTURE - OMEGA enters a new era of manufacturing

January 2014
The first phase of the ambitious project to reshape the site of the headquarters of Omega is already under way, with the former Swatch headquarters (…)

MANUFACTURE - A new factory for VACHERON CONSTANTIN

MANUFACTURE - A new factory for VACHERON CONSTANTIN

January 2014
Forty professions grouped together over 9,000m2, 200 people today, eventually increasing to 350, 35 million Swiss francs’ worth of investment, gives you an (…)

STUDIES - Two spotlights turned on to THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWISS WATCH INDUSTRY

STUDIES - Two spotlights turned on to THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWISS WATCH INDUSTRY

January 2014
One after the other, two studies have recently been published that attempt to analyse the Swiss watchmaking industry. Credit Suisse has published its (…)

THE AMERICAN RE-REVOLUTION - Detroit, Shinola and the future

THE AMERICAN RE-REVOLUTION - Detroit, Shinola and the future

January 2014
The Detroit train station, Michigan Central Station, is a beautiful, iconic Beaux-Arts Classical building, but it is in complete disrepair, a symbol of the (…)

DETROIT SPECIAL - DARAKJIAN Jewelers

DETROIT SPECIAL - DARAKJIAN Jewelers

January 2014
Darakjian Jewelers opened in Detroit in 1964, then moved to the suburb of Southfield in 1970. This year, Darakjian Jewelers moved to Birmingham, another (…)

DETROIT SPECIAL - TAPPER'S Jewelers

DETROIT SPECIAL - TAPPER’S Jewelers

January 2014
Tapper’s Jewelers opened in Detroit in 1977 and the family business soon grew into a three-store chain with almost 100 employees. “As a team we work for a (…)