Opinions

Opinions

Anglage fatigue

Anglage fatigue

EDITORIAL

At this year’s Watches and Wonders Geneva, we overheard a chap proclaiming that he was “sick and tired of all this talk about anglage and interior angles,” (…)

Turning Points

Turning Points

EDITORIAL

What will the watch world still be talking about ten or 20 years from now? At Europa Star, this is a question we ask ourselves constantly, as we focus our (…)

Precision is a never-ending quest

Precision is a never-ending quest

EDITORIAL

What progress is being made in chronometry? What potential is there for even greater precision? Where are brands focusing their research?

Whose hallucinations are they? Ours or AI's?

Whose hallucinations are they? Ours or AI’s?

EDITORIAL

A photograph in our previous issue, The Road to India, prompted a letter from an observant reader informing us of an error he had spotted “in the image (…)

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Editorial: To our readers and friends in India

Editorial: To our readers and friends in India

There are places, so it seems, where time is measured differently. This is the nature of great civilisations, which effortlessly resist attempts to impose (…)

23 minutes per hour

23 minutes per hour

EDITORIAL

23 minutes is, give or take, 39% of an hour. Trump’s 39% tariff deducts 23 minutes per hour from every Swiss watch. A ridiculous calculation, I admit, but (…)

On the shoulders of giants

On the shoulders of giants

EDITORIAL

History, like watchmaking, is a living subject, hence our aim in our latest issue has not been to paint an exhaustive picture but to recreate tableaux (…)

All too human

All too human

Aprosthetic limb worn by a soldier, possibly an officer, of the First World War.

“It's $TRUMP TIME” Really?

“It’s $TRUMP TIME” Really?

EDITORIAL

At the dinner attended by the biggest investors in Donald Trump’s $TRUMP meme coin, the top four each received their “Magnificent Trump Victory Tourbillon (…)

Get off the hamster wheel!

Get off the hamster wheel!

EDITORIAL

A magazine is a work of curation. Year-round, we are digital-first, reporting on new models, conducting interviews, and sharing our analyses and points of (…)

The artisan in us

The artisan in us

EDITORIAL

Rarely are they described as such, but publishing and writing are forms of craft. Or at least publishing and writing as we engage in them and have done for (…)

Hands, the making of humankind

Hands, the making of humankind

EDITORIAL

After Europa Star Jewellery, after Reloved with its focus on pre-owned and collectibles, we are getting ready to extend our portfolio of publications to (…)

Gagà Laboratorio, saluti dal Lago

Gagà Laboratorio, saluti dal Lago

COLUMN / LETTER FROM ITALY

The debut timepiece from Gagà Laboratorio, the Labormatic is a fabulous ambassador for Italian culture and lifestyle.

Who runs the world? Families

Who runs the world? Families

EDITORIAL

As Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, president of Chopard, points out in the interview he, together with his son, gave us for the Generations series that begins in (…)

Watchmaking and the centre of the universe

Watchmaking and the centre of the universe

EDITORIAL

Every member of the vast international watch “community” who walks the carpeted aisles of Watches and Wonders, is chauffeured to Geneva’s lakeside hotels (…)

Nuclear apocalypse or AI apocalypse?

Nuclear apocalypse or AI apocalypse?

IMD Business School in Lausanne has launched the AI Safety Clock. Its job is to alert the world to the potential dangers of uncontrolled artificial general (…)

Reviving Europa Star's “Letter from Italy”

Reviving Europa Star’s “Letter from Italy”

More than a decade ago, Paolo De Vecchi penned the final instalment of his “Letter from Italy” series for Europa Star. While it’s no easy task to follow in (…)

Wanderlust

Wanderlust

EDITORIAL

In our latest issue, we’re inviting you on a world tour, to meet watchmakers who are practising their art, plying their trade, inventing, innovating and (…)

Of dolphins and oils

Of dolphins and oils

EDITORIAL

“A massacre? They sell the heads to manufacturers who pay a fortune for dolphin brains because they’re essential. (...) With this appalling, explosive (…)

Ceralume or Purple Rain?

Ceralume or Purple Rain?

EDITORIAL

What these recently developed or reinvented materials have in common – as we explore in our latest issue 5/24 (read it here) – is that they show watchmaking (…)

The Greenwich Time Lady

The Greenwich Time Lady

EDITORIAL

Malcolm Lakin, whose column Freely Speaking (one of the very few humourous columns in the entire watchmaking press) occupied this page for many years, and (…)

A year of symbols for Japan

A year of symbols for Japan

EDITORIAL

An interesting development, perhaps even a major shift, is taking place in Japanese watchmaking. The Japanese watch industry has long set itself up to be (…)

Corsairs and pirates

Corsairs and pirates

EDITORIAL

It’s important not to confuse pirates, “outlawed freebooters who sailed and pillaged ships for their own personal gain,” with corsairs, “mandated by a (…)

Both sides of the border

Both sides of the border

EDITORIAL

In our latest issue (3/24), we bring you a comprehensive report on the French watchmaking industry, which has gained momentum in recent years – welcome (…)