VINTAGEMANIA - Chronographs for collectors: in praise of diversity

VINTAGEMANIA - Chronographs for collectors: in praise of diversity

August 2016
Chronographs from the 1950s and 1960s are currently among the most highly prized by collectors. World leaders such as Omega Speedmasters, Breitling (…)

VINTAGEMANIA - My own private frankenwatch

VINTAGEMANIA - My own private frankenwatch

August 2016
By browsing the many vintage watch websites, it’s possible to select exactly the elements you want, and build your very own unique Frankenwatch.

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - High-quality watches at hard prices?

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - High-quality watches at hard prices?

August 2016
The latest study carried out by the Mainfirst banking institute, published in April 2016 and entitled “Hard luxury goods: Short-term pain, long-term gain” (…)

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Jean-Claude Biver: “Lower prices will not break the market”

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Jean-Claude Biver: “Lower prices will not break the market”

August 2016
A few years ago, Jérôme Lambert took an enormous amount of flak in watchmaking circles for having launched a tourbillon at CHF 40,000, which people said (…)

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Frederique Constant, Peter Stas “Affordable luxury has always been our philosophy”

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Frederique Constant, Peter Stas “Affordable luxury has always been our philosophy”

August 2016
In answer to Montblanc’s Meisterstück Heritage Perpetual Calendar, which was launched in 2014 at a price of €10,000 in steel and €16,900 in rose gold, (…)

ENTRY-LEVEL - Entrepreneurs

ENTRY-LEVEL - Entrepreneurs

August 2016
Following in the footsteps of the Ice-Watch with a fiercely on-trend, elegant and vintage touch, brands like Daniel Wellington, Shinola, Briston, Nixon and (…)

ENTRY-LEVEL - Chez Maman, an Aladdin's cave of watches

ENTRY-LEVEL - Chez Maman, an Aladdin’s cave of watches

August 2016
When a vintage furniture store in the Marais in Paris starts selling watches, you’d expect no less than an affordable, varied and quirky selection. And (…)

ENTRY-LEVEL - Lip is back !

ENTRY-LEVEL - Lip is back !

August 2016
The tumultuous history of Lip, once a poster child of French industrial excellence, was marked in the 1970s by a series of spectacular breakdowns and false (…)

FRÉDÉRIC JOUVENOT - The “Little Prince” of watchmakers

FRÉDÉRIC JOUVENOT - The “Little Prince” of watchmakers

August 2016
When you meet Frédéric Jouvenot, the first thing you notice is his vitality, he who could so easily boast of a watchmaking career which has been both rich (…)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: Jacob & Co. - The sky is not the limit

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: Jacob & Co. - The sky is not the limit

August 2016

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: ZRC Resurfaces

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: ZRC Resurfaces

August 2016
Rebirth of a legend in the French watchmaking industry! Last year, ZRC relaunched its scuba diving model Grands Fonds 300M, first seen in 1964 and used by (…)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: PIERRE DEROCHE setting its watches to japanese time

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: PIERRE DEROCHE setting its watches to japanese time

August 2016
Carole and Pierre Dubois have been navigating the tricky waters of watchmaking in the Vallée de la Joux for the past twelve years.