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Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow: Winners Announced for the 28th Edition

Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow: Winners Announced for the 28th Edition

On 24 June 2026, the Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow celebrated the excellence and creativity of eleven young watchmaking apprentices and (…)

The thread of life: the secretive craft of creating the hairspring

The thread of life: the secretive craft of creating the hairspring

It is in the beating heart of a watch movement, where you find its “thread of life,” the hairspring. The hairspring controls the balance wheel’s (…)

The Alexander Awards - submissions are now open

The Alexander Awards - submissions are now open

The Alexander Awards are opening a new chapter. Following the announcement of their launch, submissions are now officially open. Watch brands, agencies, (…)

Antikythera: Hublot fuses ancient history, watchmaking innovation and pioneering exploration

Antikythera: Hublot fuses ancient history, watchmaking innovation and pioneering exploration

As part of its commitment to scientific research, innovation and heritage preservation, Hublot has partnered with Swiss content creator Anil Brancaleoni to (…)

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Ronda's mechanical revival

Ronda’s mechanical revival

Ronda is a Swiss family-owned company that has been manufacturing watch components since 1946. Originally rooted in mechanical watchmaking, it was swept up (…)

Piaget: the art of bringing stone to life

Piaget: the art of bringing stone to life

The Ateliers de l’Extraordinaire are at the heart of Piaget’s creations, embodying the Maison’s philosophy of “artisanal intelligence”. Rémi Jomard, (…)

How Hermès created two new decorative crafts in leather

How Hermès created two new decorative crafts in leather

At the heart of the Hermès Horloger leather atelier in Brügg, in the canton of Bern, six craftspeople have mastered two entirely new decorative arts: (…)

Bonniksen: the birth of a handcrafted watch – and a new independent brand

Driven by the Time Æon Foundation with the support of Greubel Forsey, the fourth chapter of the Naissance d’une Montre programme will not only culminate in (…)

Rexhep Rexhepi: craftsman and king of Geneva's Old Town

Rexhep Rexhepi: craftsman and king of Geneva’s Old Town

It is difficult today to walk through the heart of Geneva’s Old Town, along the Grand-Rue that runs through it, without stopping to admire the artisans at (…)

Awake: raising awareness through the beauty of craft

Awake: raising awareness through the beauty of craft

A new logo, a permanent collection and a mission to make artistic crafts more accessible: Awake has come a long way since its Kickstarter debut in 2019. Yet (…)

Anne de Pontonx: bringing a feminine perspective to watchmaking

Anne de Pontonx: bringing a feminine perspective to watchmaking

GPHG ACADEMY

As co-founder of vintage watch specialist Françoise Paris, Anne de Pontonx has built a platform designed to help women discover the world of vintage (…)

Patek Philippe: a tribute to Philippe Stern (1938–2026)

Patek Philippe: a tribute to Philippe Stern (1938–2026)

Philippe Stern, President of Patek Philippe from 1993 to 2009 and father of current President Thierry Stern, passed away on 14 June 2026, in his 88th year. (…)

The Maison Byrne pays tribute to its founder, John Byrne

The Maison Byrne pays tribute to its founder, John Byrne

With his wife Claire, John Byrne created a brand in their own image: singular, vibrant, inventive, and unapologetically free. His vision will be present in (…)

Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 3SPC

Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 3SPC

The aptly-named Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud, created by Karl-Friedrich Scheufele in 2015, takes inspiration from the celebrated chronometer-maker, and (…)

Debora Martinez: the new wave of miniature painting

Debora Martinez: the new wave of miniature painting

Her name is beginning to circulate among collectors, gradually breaking through a particularly enduring code of silence. Today, miniature enamel painter (…)

Introducing the 2026–2027 American Gem Society International Board of Directors

Introducing the 2026–2027 American Gem Society International Board of Directors

A new elected AGS Board of Directors consists of executives, committee chairs, directors-at-large who share the the values of knowledge, integrity and (…)

Phillips makes history by selling the highest value timepiece ever sold in Asia

Phillips makes history by selling the highest value timepiece ever sold in Asia

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is proud to announce the exceptional results achieved at The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XXII, held on 30–31 May. (…)

Ahmad Torkmany wins the Bucherer Fine Jewellery competition

Ahmad Torkmany wins the Bucherer Fine Jewellery competition

For the past four years, Bucherer has organised the Bucherer Fine Jewellery competition in association with the Arts vocational training centre (CFP Arts). (…)

Anglage fatigue

Anglage fatigue

EDITORIAL

At this year’s Watches and Wonders Geneva, we overheard a chap proclaiming that he was “sick and tired of all this talk about anglage and interior angles,” (…)

Turning Points

Turning Points

EDITORIAL

What will the watch world still be talking about ten or 20 years from now? At Europa Star, this is a question we ask ourselves constantly, as we focus our (…)

The Eagle returns home: Eberhard & Co. restores its historic symbol

The Eagle returns home: Eberhard & Co. restores its historic symbol

Eberhard & Co. announces the completion of the restoration of the eagle statue that crowns the building housing both the Maison’s headquarters and its (…)

1972: the Swissonic 100 Chronograph, a singular swiss solution

1972: the Swissonic 100 Chronograph, a singular swiss solution

At the height of the quartz crisis, the Swiss watch industry did not merely defend itself: it invented alternatives. Among them, the Swissonic 100 (…)

The fascinating face of time - Tissot in Chicago, 1893

The fascinating face of time - Tissot in Chicago, 1893

As an exhibitor and member of the international watchmaking jury at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Charles-Emile Tissot, the director of the watchmaking (…)

Greubel Forsey and the Tourbillon Cardan

Greubel Forsey and the Tourbillon Cardan

Established in 2004, part of the new generation of independent watch brands, Greubel Forsey is the first “indie” to systematically and scientifically (…)