The Finnish moons of Stepan Sarpaneva

The Finnish moons of Stepan Sarpaneva

PORTRAIT

February 2018
Stepan Sarpaneva is the Aki Kaurismäki of the watchmaking world. Aki Kaurismäki? Probably the “Stepan Sarpaneva” of movies! Both share a northern (…)

Aurélie Picaud

Aurélie Picaud

FABERGÉ

December 2017
In a few short years, Aurélie Picaud has managed to bring the Fabergé brand front and centre, with very creative, technically innovative watch propositions (…)

Vincent Calabrese

Vincent Calabrese

OBSESSIONS OF A NEAPOLITAN WANDERER

June 2017
Vincent Calabrese has just brought out a book that anyone gravitating around the watchmaking “ecosystem” should consider reading. Although it reads it like (…)

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht

CONTINUALLY FORGETTING IN ORDER TO START AFRESH

June 2017
Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, watchmaker and founder of Agenhor, may have no fewer than seven Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève awards to his name (for Best Watch (…)

 Severin Wunderman, the genius precursor of the fashion watch

Severin Wunderman, the genius precursor of the fashion watch

ARCHIVES

June 2017
In April 1993, Europa Star dedicated its cover to Gucci Watches, which at the time was licensed to the Severin Group, owned by Severin Wunderman.

Martin Frei

Martin Frei

TOOLS THAT INSPIRE IMAGINATION

March 2017
Martin Frei is the co-founder and principal designer at Urwerk. It is virtually impossible to separate his work from that of watchmaker Félix Baumgartner. (…)

Ludwig Oechslin

Ludwig Oechslin

“DR. LESS”

March 2017
“My pieces seem simple, but the intellectual path to a simple build is extremely complex. Making things simple is not the same as simplifying. For instance, (…)