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A selection of Europa Star articles on the Richemont watch brands: Cartier, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, IWC and more.

Vacheron Constantin: a show of strength

Vacheron Constantin: a show of strength

INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN SELMONI, STYLE & HERITAGE DIRECTOR

With the launch of a new women’s collection, Égérie, the introduction to the La Musique du Temps series of two “super-complications” and four one-off pieces (...)

IWC's Da Vinci through the Europa Star archive

IWC’s Da Vinci through the Europa Star archive

GUEST COLUMN

A watch enthusiast and tech professional based in the US, Stephen Foskett has been one of our most avid readers since we’ve started publicising our (...)

Cartier, jeweller of kings to luxury watchmaker

Cartier, jeweller of kings to luxury watchmaker

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

Today, Cartier is one of the leading Swiss watch brands. Along with Rolex and Omega, it occupies the highly coveted segment of “accessible luxury”, i.e. (...)

Montblanc's icy dream

Montblanc’s icy dream

WATCHES & WONDERS 2020

As the confinement of the last few weeks has given rise to a sudden desire for wide open spaces, Montblanc presents a blue capsule of neo-vintage watches (...)

Baume & Mercier: a trip down memory lane

Baume & Mercier: a trip down memory lane

INTERVIEW WITH GEOFFROY LEFEBVRE, CEO

The Richemont Group’s accessible brand has a new director, Geoffroy Lefebvre. And all you have to do is look at his private Instagram account to understand (...)

Richemont: more soul!

Richemont: more soul!

EDITORIAL

As a new edition of the SIHH opens, let’s say it right away: last year brought us some concerns about the evolution of the Richemont group’s watch brands, (...)

Vacheron Constantin bring archives back to life

Vacheron Constantin bring archives back to life

ARCHIVES AND HERITAGE

The Geneva-based watchmaker provides a highly original service: it restores and repairs its oldest timepieces before putting them on sale in its boutiques (...)

Baume, the gateway to Richemont

Baume, the gateway to Richemont

STRATEGY

Richemont’s determination, with the creation of its fashion brand Baume, to invest in affordable, generational watches is to be applauded – even if the (...)

Van Cleef & Arpels: an enviable achievement

Van Cleef & Arpels: an enviable achievement

Van Cleef & Arpels was one of the pioneers of watch complications with a poetic, floral touch, aimed at women. The path traced by this more than (...)

Interview with Laurent Perves, Vacheron Constantin

Interview with Laurent Perves, Vacheron Constantin

ARCADE EUROPA STAR

Vacheron Constantin’s launch of the Fiftysix line at the latest SIHH had its name on everyone’s lips. This coincided with a generational change at the helm (...)

Interview with Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC

Interview with Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC

ARCADE EUROPA STAR

He’s faced with the daunting task of succeeding Georges Kern. We meet Christoph Grainger-Herr, the young new CEO of IWC who comes to the engineering brand (...)

The intriguing fusion of Montblanc and Minerva

The intriguing fusion of Montblanc and Minerva

VINTAGEMANIA

Two different identities, two stories, one brand, and a questionable legitimacy. A vintage watch aficionado’s take on Montblanc’s incorporation of the well (...)

Vacheron Constantin: the 37 time zones

Vacheron Constantin: the 37 time zones

TRAVEL WATCHES

The time zones in reality total not 24 but 37. Because you also have to reckon with half-hours and even quarter-hours. Vacheron Constantin Traditionelle (...)

Montblanc, watchmaking in the design era

Montblanc, watchmaking in the design era

INTERVIEW WITH DAVIDE CERRATO

Why are vintage and tool chronographs so sought-after at auction? Is this minimalism a passing fad or a genuine groundswell? After years of mechanical (...)

Cartier: a century of design

Cartier: a century of design

EXHIBITION

The Cartier in Motion exhibition, curated by Lord Norman Foster at the London Design Museum, demonstrated how Cartier watches are objects of engineering (...)