Portraits

Portraits

THE WATCH FILES

Portraits

A selection of Europa Star portraits of widely known or widely unknown personalities of the watch industry.

Venezianico: utopia as a watchmaking method

Venezianico: utopia as a watchmaking method

In less than ten years, Venezianico has gone from being a micro-brand born out of the Kickstarter era to a credible player in European independent (...)

Frederique Constant: democratic activism

Frederique Constant: democratic activism

Niels Eggerding, CEO of Frederique Constant, shares his strategic vision with us, covering growth in the United States thanks to the local presence of (...)

Arnold & Son, exploration watchmaking

Arnold & Son, exploration watchmaking

Arnold & Son structures its vision around three pillars: chronometry, astronomy, and world time. Each of these themes finds a direct expression in the (...)

From la Côte-aux-Fées to celebrity circles: a conversation with Yves G. Piaget

From la Côte-aux-Fées to celebrity circles: a conversation with Yves G. Piaget

A fourth-generation heir, Yves G. Piaget transformed the family firm into an iconic brand by daring to fuse watchmaking with jewellery. Creator of the (...)

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Albishorn: Sébastien Chaulmontet's alternative history of watchmaking

Albishorn: Sébastien Chaulmontet’s alternative history of watchmaking

A lawyer turned watchmaker, a collector turned designer, a history buff with a frank personality turned inventor of watchmaking alternate histories. From (...)

“Leica is more than a brand: it’s a way of seeing the world”

The “Rolls-Royce of cameras” has been developing a discreet yet ambitious watchmaking division for several years. At the head of this strategic entity, (...)

“Girard-Perregaux does not need to be reinvented, but rather revealed”

“Girard-Perregaux does not need to be reinvented, but rather revealed”

Giving the Manufacture founded in 1791 the recognition it deserves: the roadmap set out by Marc Michel-Amadry – who who took over as head of (...)

Christopher Ward: the story behind a transformation

Christopher Ward: the story behind a transformation

An e-commerce pioneer run from both Biel in Switzerland and Maidenhead in the UK, this Anglo-Swiss brand has undergone a patient rise to prominence. This (...)

Roamer stands firm on affordable Swiss watches

Roamer stands firm on affordable Swiss watches

An ambassador for truly affordable Swiss-made watches, Roamer is exporting its production from Turkey to India. The brand remains resolutely rooted in its (...)

Franco Cologni, a devil of a man

Franco Cologni, a devil of a man

Alongside Nicolas Hayek and Günter Blümlein, Franco Cologni is one of a triumvirate of personalities who rebuilt and redefined the contours of Swiss and, (...)

Victorinox, testing to the max

Victorinox, testing to the max

In an industry that likes to emphasise the quality and reliability of its production, Victorinox takes testing to the next level, building on its expertise (...)

Shining a light on Swiss Military Hanowa

Shining a light on Swiss Military Hanowa

Established in 1963 and one of the few to be officially accredited by the Swiss armed forces, the brand helped celebrate the centenary of the Association (...)

Christophe Hoppé, watchmaking as a lifestyle

Christophe Hoppé, watchmaking as a lifestyle

After honing his skills at Technomarine and later supplying watch hands, the entrepreneur left it all behind in 2010 to start a new life in Australia. Yet (...)

Caran d'Ache draws a line between generations

Caran d’Ache draws a line between generations

Headed by the fourth generation of the Hubscher family, the Geneva-based pencil and writing instrument manufacturer shares many traits with its watchmaking (...)

Dubois Dépraz: keep it in the family

Dubois Dépraz: keep it in the family

GENERATIONS

Dubois Dépraz is a family enterprise and an exception in a contemporary landscape which, in the company’s almost 125 years, has been significantly reshaped (...)

An afternoon with the Preziusos

An afternoon with the Preziusos

GENERATIONS

Antoine, the father, May, the mother, Laura, the daughter and Florian, the son. The watchmaking flame burns bright among the Preziuosos and has been passed (...)

Jean-Claude and Pierre Biver: “If youth knew, if age could”

Jean-Claude and Pierre Biver: “If youth knew, if age could”

GENERATIONS

Having revived mechanical watchmaking with Blancpain, boosted Omega’s global presence, put Hublot on the map, restructured TAG Heuer and shaken up Zenith, (...)

The Scheufeles happy dynasty

The Scheufeles happy dynasty

GENERATIONS

Karl III, Karin, Karl-Friedrich, Christine, Caroline, Caroline-Marie, Karl-Fritz and Katarina Scheufele: a Chopard watch or jewel can be conceived of and (...)

“When you join a family business, you're on the front line”

“When you join a family business, you’re on the front line”

GENERATIONS REPORT

Three generations have so far taken turns at the head of Raymond Weil in its half-century existence, and already Elie Bernheim – born in 1980 – is (...)

Franck Muller, mystery and exuberance

Franck Muller, mystery and exuberance

Established in 1991, the brand multiplies new releases and customisation options in a market that seeks to rationalise production. It continues to put its (...)

Speake Marin, reaching maturity

Speake Marin, reaching maturity

The Genevan brand is now 23 years old. Europa Star met with Christelle Rosnoblet, who has been at the helm of the company for over a decade. She shares how (...)

Epos, against the grain

Epos, against the grain

As the quartz crisis raged, Epos was founded as a brand making only mechanical watches. Today, in a luxury-dominated space, it refuses to move upmarket, (...)

Edox: “We built the brand back from almost nothing”

GENERATIONS REPORT

Founded in 1884, Edox was a thriving concern that fell victim to the quartz crisis. The family that bought the brand, a century after it was established, (...)

Atelier du Bracelet Parisien, the Parisian watch strap emporium

Atelier du Bracelet Parisien, the Parisian watch strap emporium

Tucked along the side of Place du Marché Saint-Honoré, a stone’s throw from Place Vendôme, Atelier du Bracelet Parisien is the place to go for a watch strap (...)