Watch Q&A with... Dan Niederer – SevenFriday

Watch Q&A with... Dan Niederer – SevenFriday

June 2023
“Innovation in additive manufacturing/3D printing, with a new generation of products”

Watch Q&A with... Christophe Musy – Mauron Musy

Watch Q&A with... Christophe Musy – Mauron Musy

June 2023
“Sales are increasing and our new factory is coming”

Watch Q&A with... Coralie Charriol – Charriol

Watch Q&A with... Coralie Charriol – Charriol

June 2023
“Being one of the only female leaders in this space gives me a differentiating edge”

Watch Q&A with... Xavier De Roquemaurel – Czapek & Cie

Watch Q&A with... Xavier De Roquemaurel – Czapek & Cie

June 2023
“Keep up the pace of production with horizontal manufacturing and in-house capabilities”

Rudis Sylva: Watchmaking with family and friends

Rudis Sylva: Watchmaking with family and friends

June 2023
After a career with a number of big watch brands, Jacky Epitaux chose the path of independence, cofounding Rudis Sylva in 2006. The brand is named after the (…)

Morteau, home of watchmaking's new wave

Morteau, home of watchmaking’s new wave

April 2023
When meeting the new generation of young independent watchmakers, one name came up time and again: Morteau. Specifically, the watchmaking programme at Lycée (…)

Olivier Mory: industrial methods meet fine watchmaking

Olivier Mory: industrial methods meet fine watchmaking

April 2023
Olivier Mory was thirteen when he fell in love… with watchmaking. Fortunately the feeling was mutual and the two have been together ever since! What makes (…)

Shona Taine: “That's what I want to do!”

Shona Taine: “That’s what I want to do!”

April 2023
Remember the name! Shona Taine is one of the too few women independent watchmakers. At just 25, she has already accrued impressive technical skills and a (…)

Sylvain Pinaud: the origins of Origine

Sylvain Pinaud: the origins of Origine

April 2023
At the last ever Baselworld, in 2019, we had the good fortune to meet Sylvain Pinaud, who was showing his Chronographe Monopoussoir Artisanal – at that time (…)

Julien Tixier: independent but not isolated

Julien Tixier: independent but not isolated

April 2023
At just turned 30, Julien Tixier is considered to be one of the most gifted watchmakers of his generation; something he recently demonstrated with the (…)

Luc Monnet: freedom and sharing

Luc Monnet: freedom and sharing

April 2023
The Zen aphorism that “there is no goal at the end of the path, the path is the goal” could easily apply to Luc Monnet, a watchmaker, specialist in (…)

Portraits of a new wave

Portraits of a new wave

REPORT

April 2023
A new wave is coming to watchmaking. It’s not a tsunami and it won’t change the face of the industry, but it will have an effect. These are a new generation (…)