Quartz: the moment of truth
TECHNOLOGY
January 2019
Once a pioneer, yet now decidedly run-of-the- mill, the quartz movement is approaching a crucial point in its history. With mechanical watches becoming less (…)
Taming the light
SWISS SUPER-LUMINOVA®
September 2018
If you’re looking for something to brighten up your nights, this is it! Invisible during the day, Swiss Super-LumiNova® becomes apparent when the light (…)
HYT, the flow of time
A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY
September 2018
Inspired by the ancient water clock, fluid-driven time-telling required ten years of development to finally appear in the Neuchâtel-based brand’s watches. (…)
Franck Dubarry, code breaker
PORTRAIT
August 2018
Contractually he was supposed to stay out of the watchmaking sector for a decade after the sale of TechnoMarine. It was due to a series of circumstances, (…)
Urwerk: Breguet, atomic style
LABOS
August 2018
The most accurate clock in all of Baselworld was to be found on the Urwerk stand. Actually called AMC, short for Atomic Master Clock, it is a new, atomic (…)
CSEM and the pundits of materials research
INNOVATION
July 2018
It was in the Neuchâtel-based research institute that research workers developed watchmaking applications for a material that is fast gaining popularity: (…)
The magic of composites
NEW MATERIALS
July 2018
Author and co-author of over 180 scientific articles, two monographs and the holder of twelve patents, Professor Andreas Mortensen, vice president for (…)
Watchmaking materials: a historical primer
July 2018
Ever since the dawn of mechanical watchmaking, its base materials have been copper alloys and ferrous materials. As evidenced by the astrarium completed by (…)
Approaches to innovation
COMPARING THE EXAMPLES OF PANERAI AND ROGER DUBUIS
July 2018
Although both part of the same group, Officine Panerai and Roger Dubuis have two very different approaches to research and to innovation in general, (…)
Richard Mille: material boy
NEW MATERIALS
July 2018
The recurring theme at Richard Mille is the reconciliation of lightness and toughness. And that they achieve by bringing new materials to watchmaking, from (…)
New materials: a strategic challenge
June 2018
The Swiss mechanical watchmaking “revival” has essentially entailed a process of renewing existing mechanical skills. The task was to show that mechanical (…)
New materials: genuine progress or marketing hype?
EDITORIAL
June 2018
Suddenly, an anxiety installs: and if the multiples announcements about new materials, particular applied for watch casing, constituted actually a watch (…)
