The watch industry, Switzerland and the USSR under Stalin
December 2023
In February 1941, after hard-fought negotiations, Switzerland and the USSR signed a trade agreement that floundered on the rock of anti-communism.
It’s raining icons
COLUMN
December 2023
After “Haute Horlogerie”, Pascal Brandt takes on another twenty-first-century buzzword: “icon”. His starting point is again one of his past articles for (…)
Will the real Haute Horlogerie please stand up (again)?
FEATURE
October 2023
In the 1990s, the respected journalist and watch expert Pascal Brandt was a regular contributor to Europa Star. Three decades later, he’s back to review (…)
1933: The origins of Nivarox and Incabloc
October 2023
Two revolutionary technologies emerged nearly simultaneously in 1933. Nivarox and Incabloc addressed the key shortcomings of watches in daily use: accuracy (…)
Hunting Treasures: Zenith’s Heritage Department
October 2023
Zenith’s Manufacture in Le Locle holds many treasures: its staff, for one, its buildings, which have stood on the same ground since 1865, its collections, (…)
Olivier Laesser: the great escapement
July 2023
At the end of an unprecedented investigation, this doctor in horology has drawn a “family tree” of the escapement through the centuries, introducing some (…)
1900-2000: A history of watch advertising
June 2023
A history of watch advertising: 1990-2000
June 2023
A history of watch advertising: 1980-1989
June 2023
A history of watch advertising: 1970-1979
June 2023
A history of watch advertising: 1960-1969
June 2023
A history of watch advertising: 1950-1959
June 2023
