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 (…)

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 (…)