The (near-)perfect tourbillon is within reach
INNOVATION
December 2021
It has been an acknowledged fact for several decades that the tourbillon, invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet to offset the effects of gravity in pocket (…)
“In Switzerland, there is fintech and medtech but no luxtech”
INTERVIEW
June 2021
With Luxury Venture Group, Deependra Pandey wants to create an incubator and venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to supporting new companies in the (…)
Initium: the time is right for home watch assembly
HOROLOGICAL WORKSHOPS
December 2020
The events sector has been badly affected by the pandemic. A Swiss company that specialises in running introductory watchmaking workshops, Initium, is (…)
MicroLean Lab: an industrial breakthrough
INNOVATION
December 2020
MicroLean Lab, part of HE-Arc Ingénierie, based at St- Imier in the Jura Arc, is in the process of designing a genuine micro-factory that will fit into one (…)
Success story: a reorientation towards protective masks
PORTRAIT
December 2020
With the pandemic now a part of everyday life, mask production is becoming a huge industrial market. Thousands of factories have opened in China to produce (…)
Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo, behind the scenes
INTERVIEW
November 2020
To get a better idea of how the interaction between aesthetics and engineering came about in this collection, Europa Star met its masterminds Fabrizio (…)
Jacob & Co. The Astronomia Art Phoenix
WHEN INNOVATION MEANS EXTRAVAGANCE
October 2020
You have to actually handle this incredible timepiece at least once to fully appreciate its absolute extravagance.
Bovet 1822: The Brainstorm Chapter Two
WHEN INNOVATION IS A STAGE
October 2020
Back in 2016, Bovet introduced into their collections a highly innovative, asymmetric case in the shape of an antique writing slope. Here comes a new (…)
A Swiss R&D team introduces “hosted watch manufacturing”
NEW CONCEPT
October 2020
Becoming a “manufacture” is the dream of many smaller and even large watch brands hoping to differentiate themselves, especially in the middle of a global (…)
Mauron Musy: a new sealing technology
WHEN INNOVATION IS WATER-RESISTANCE
October 2020
Born as a spin-off of a Swiss sub-contractor specialising in exteriors and precision machining for watchmakers, Mauron Musy has built its reputation as much (…)
Romain Gauthier: The Insight Micro-Rotor Squelette
WHEN INNOVATION IS DECORATION
October 2020
Exactly 350 hours of anglage and polishing per watch. Or, as one of the anglage specialists at Romain Gauthier puts it, “a genuine test of mental strength. (…)
Girard-Perregaux: The Cosmos Infinity
WHEN INNOVATION MEANS TWO GLOBES
October 2020
A solar day contains 24 hours. A sidereal day, the exact measurement of celestial time, lasts 23 hours and 56 minutes. To do full justice to this minute but (…)