Atelier du Bracelet Parisien, the Parisian watch strap emporium
October 2024
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 (…)
Eric Coudray, the movement constructor who “can’t stand watches”
GAÏA PRIZE
September 2024
Impossible to classify, mad about mechanisms, for a long time this hot-headed ex-rugby player was known for his fiery personality. Nineteen years at (…)
Jean Rousseau: the true worth of watch straps
August 2024
Compared with cases or movements, watch straps are still the “poor relation” of watch parts, often dismissed as simple accessories, ordered from third-party (…)
100-year-old Grovana holds its own in the entry-level segment
August 2024
In the Swiss watchmaking world, dominated by Haute Horlogerie titans with their long-standing traditions, not many hundred-year-old brands operate in the (…)
Draw me a dial!
May 2024
Whether admired or misunderstood, the watch designer is a key figure in any new project. Collectors often see them as artists, with a strong personality and (…)
The multiple talents of enamellist Anita Porchet
July 2023
A master of the time-honoured techniques of cloisonné, champlevé, paillonné and miniature painting, enamellist Anita Porchet’s years of practice and (…)
André Martinez: the dial as canvas
July 2023
Miniaturist André Martinez was instrumental in developing this decorative art in haute horology and has trained an entire next generation of artists. His (…)
A tribute to Peter Baumberger (1939-2010)
HOMAGE
May 2020
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Peter Baumberger (Koppingen, 1939-Bienne, 2010), a brilliant watchmaker who invested his passion in (…)
Jean-Claude Biver: past, present, future
A GIANT THROUGH OUR ARCHIVES
April 2019
As everybody knows, Jean-Claude Biver has stepped down from day-to-day operational responsibilities. An ideal opportunity for us – we have just digitised (…)
Pascal Raffy
BOVET
November 2018
Pascal Raffy was born and brought up a long way from the watch world, in Lebanon. He’s cosmopolitan; he has his head in the stars, but his roots go deep. (…)
A tribute to Helmut Sinn
PORTRAIT
September 2018
The German watchmaker, a great specialist in pilot watches, was 101 years old. And he still dreamed of relaunching a brand. Portrait.
Dominique Renaud
THE ROOTS OF A REVOLUTIONARY
February 2018
"I would like to open new horizons for mechanical watchmaking,” Dominique Renaud told us a year ago when he presented us with the first prototype of the (…)
