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Certina's multiple-choice watches

Certina’s multiple-choice watches

Swatch Group’s mid-range brand has launched the DS+ concept of interchangeable components for a watch that can be given multiple looks. The idea was (...)

HSNY announces $10K Award for School Watches

HSNY announces $10K Award for School Watches

The Horological Society of New York just announced a new financial aid initiative — the Simon Willard Award for School Watches — which awards watchmaking (...)

Feminine meets sustainable at Iris Alt.

Feminine meets sustainable at Iris Alt.

It could be argued that women still have limited options for their choice of timepiece. Gem-set iterations of men’s models or exuberant jewellery watches (...)

Norwegian explorer Børge Ousland becomes a Ulysse Nardin “Ulysses”

Norwegian explorer Børge Ousland becomes a Ulysse Nardin “Ulysses”

Traversing some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet, Børge has proven himself to be one of the most accomplished legendary polar explorers in (...)

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WatchTime Düsseldorf claims success for its new edition

WatchTime Düsseldorf claims success for its new edition

This year’s third edition of WatchTime Düsseldorf brought more than 35 brands from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France to the Rheinterrasse, and more (...)

Binghatti and Jacob & Co partner to develop ultra-luxury Dubai skyscraper

Binghatti and Jacob & Co partner to develop ultra-luxury Dubai skyscraper

Uniting their rich heritage and iconic architectural and horological codes, power brands Binghatti and Jacob & Co introduce their ultra-luxury Dubai (...)

Decoding Web3 solutions in watchmaking: Origyn

Decoding Web3 solutions in watchmaking: Origyn

CASE STUDY

Origyn is an emerging player in blockchain solutions for the luxury and watch industries. What benefits does its solution bring to the value chain? In this (...)

In Venice, Nardi revives the men's jewellery tradition

In Venice, Nardi revives the men’s jewellery tradition

ENCOUNTER

Nardi is an ambassador for Venice, capturing the city’s special beauty in its jewels, which now include brooches, rings and cufflinks for men, in the shape (...)

Decoding Web3 solutions in watchmaking: Aura Blockchain Consortium

Decoding Web3 solutions in watchmaking: Aura Blockchain Consortium

CASE STUDY

Aura Blockchain Consortium is a key player in blockchain solutions for the luxury and watch industries. What benefits does its solution bring to the value (...)

Decoding Web3 solutions in watchmaking: Arianee

Decoding Web3 solutions in watchmaking: Arianee

CASE STUDY

Arianee is a key player in blockchain solutions for the luxury and watch industries. What benefits does its solution bring to the value chain? In this (...)

Web3 and sustainability: reconciling the irreconcilable?

Web3 and sustainability: reconciling the irreconcilable?

Not a day goes by without news that a brand is releasing an NFT, harnessing the possibilities of blockchain or investing in the metaverse. Is this really (...)

The changing face of watch theft

The changing face of watch theft

IN-DEPTH

A few years ago Europa Star ran a special feature on security in the watch sector (available to subscribers in our archives: Switzerland 4/2015). We took (...)

GPHG 2022: MB&F wins the “Aiguille d'Or”

GPHG 2022: MB&F wins the “Aiguille d’Or”

Akrivia, Bulgari, Grand Seiko, Ferdinand Berthoud, Grönefeld, H. Moser & Cie, Hermès, Krayon, M.A.D. Editions, Parmigiani Fleurier, Sylvain Pinaud, TAG (...)

Record attendance at the 8th Salon of Exceptional Watches

Record attendance at the 8th Salon of Exceptional Watches

Almost three thousand people graced the splendid premises of the neo-Renaissance Žofín Palace in Prague with their visit. The reason was the 8th annual SEW (...)

Hervé Schlüchter's existential watchmaking

Hervé Schlüchter’s existential watchmaking

PORTRAIT

As independent watchmaking continues to make its mark, a new workshop – that of Hervé Schlüchter in Biel/Bienne – creates classically inspired watches with a (...)

Breitling: “Our goal is to use only accredited and traceable sources”

Breitling: “Our goal is to use only accredited and traceable sources”

INTERVIEW

From 2025, Breitling will use only artisanal gold and lab-grown diamonds for its gold and gem-set watches. Over recent years the brand has been promoting (...)

BA111OD gets to grips with the chronograph

BA111OD gets to grips with the chronograph

INTERVIEW

On 11 October 2022, three years after launching his own watch with the sole aim of proving that a gap existed in the traditional business model by (...)

“Speculating on series-produced watches is not viable”

“Speculating on series-produced watches is not viable”

Online sales have truly exploded in a burgeoning secondary market – giving rise to unprecedented speculation in the watch industry despite a market (...)

Monaco Legend Group has strong autumn sale with €17 Million Total result

Monaco Legend Group has strong autumn sale with €17 Million Total result

Monaco Legend Group demonstrated the healthy state of the watch market with its October 2022 Exclusive Timepieces sale that realised a €17 million total. (...)

Messika's success story

Messika’s success story

INTERVIEW

Unable to find jewellery to her taste, Valérie Messika founded her namesake brand in 2005. Messika, whose ethos is to create diamond jewellery as (...)

Watches and Wonders creates its own foundation

Watches and Wonders creates its own foundation

SHOWS

Rolex, Richemont and Patek Philippe have decided to create the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation (WWGF), a not-for-profit foundation based in Geneva. (...)

Who are the winners of the Luxury Innovation Awards 2022?

Who are the winners of the Luxury Innovation Awards 2022?

Five winners of the Luxury Innovation Awards 2022 edition were announced from 122 entries from 21 countries at the Summit, selected by an international (...)

Piaget's treasure hunter

Piaget’s treasure hunter

INTERVIEW

Guillaume Chautru, the head of Piaget’s gemmology department, is constantly on the lookout for rare stones to grace the brand’s jewellery. Sourcing the (...)

Are you ready for radical solutions?

Are you ready for radical solutions?

EDITORIAL

Only radical solutions can create real change. But how do you steer an iceberg the size of Ireland, for example, never mind the entire world? What are (...)