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Tissot: connection without disruption

Tissot: connection without disruption

STRATEGY

It will be new CEO Sylvain Dolla’s first major project. Tissot’s connected watch, the T-Touch Connect Solar, has been eagerly awaited, as the new market (...)

Nomos, the radical art of nuance

Nomos, the radical art of nuance

PORTRAIT

This year, the German town of Glashütte celebrates 175 years of watchmaking history. And while A. Lange & Söhne and Glashütte Original are its traditional (...)

“Accutron becomes a brand in its own right”

INTERVIEW

For the 60th anniversary of the first fully electronic timepiece in history, Accutron has not just launched a commemorative limited series; it has (...)

Shanghai: our visit to a post-coronavirus watch show

Shanghai: our visit to a post-coronavirus watch show

WATCHES & WONDERS

Watches & Wonders, organised by the FHH, was held for the first time in Shanghai in September. Reserved for the Chinese market, it was an opportunity (...)

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A book on the most beautiful watch dials

A book on the most beautiful watch dials

LIBRARY

There are innumerable books devoted to watchmaking, but as astonishing as it may seem, until now there was no work, no comprehensive survey focused (...)

Tribute to Doris Maillard (1927-2020)

Tribute to Doris Maillard (1927-2020)

IN MEMORIAM

Doris Maillard-Buchser peacefully left us on 7 June 2020 at the age of 92. She was the daughter of Hugo Buchser, the founder of our publishing house. Born (...)

The intelligence service of the Swiss watch industry

The intelligence service of the Swiss watch industry

PORTRAIT

In the 21st century more than ever before, reliable information is the key to industrial success. As early as the 1960s, the Swiss watchmaking industry set (...)

The crisis-proof side of watchmaking

The crisis-proof side of watchmaking

INTERVIEW

While the turnover of the Swiss watch industry collapsed in the first half of the year, the online platform for rare watches A Collected Man announced that (...)

“We're facing the deepest crisis of our generation”

“We’re facing the deepest crisis of our generation”

INTERVIEW

Launched in 1996, Parmigiani Fleurier is one of those “millennial” brands whose resilience is currently being tested. Its CEO, Davide Traxler, is lucid about (...)

Is the luxury watch industry ready for Blockchain?

Is the luxury watch industry ready for Blockchain?

GUEST COLUMN

A new crop of start-up technology companies would have you believe so. But are the brands biting?

Soprod's bet: a new entry-level Swiss mechanical calibre

Soprod’s bet: a new entry-level Swiss mechanical calibre

MOVEMENTS

With both volumes and demand falling, the pandemic crisis has somewhat overshadowed the long-standing debate on the supply of Swiss mechanical movements to (...)

Towards a “deglobalisation” of watchmaking?

Towards a “deglobalisation” of watchmaking?

OPINION

The implosion of the industry’s calendar, with the prospects of a global event becoming ever more remote, is a symptom of the erosion of the globalisation (...)

Elie Bernheim, from watch to pen

Elie Bernheim, from watch to pen

PORTRAIT

“A life outside of watchmaking”: we start this special series on the little-known facets and passions of industry personalities with Elie Bernheim. Raymond (...)

Digital certificates enter the collecting scene

Digital certificates enter the collecting scene

BLOCKCHAIN

Digital certificates are about to infiltrate the world of collectors’ watches via an initiative by the authors of the famous “Only” watchmaking book series, (...)

MCH launches new concept to replace Baselworld

MCH launches new concept to replace Baselworld

WATCH FAIRS

Following the end of Baselworld, MCH is announcing a new concept for a global platform for the watch, jewellery and gemstone industries: “HourUniverse”. (...)

Watches & Wonders Shanghai 2020

Watches & Wonders Shanghai 2020

SEPTEMBER 9TH TO 13TH 2020

Watches & Wonders is coming to Shanghai for the first time. Eleven brands will exhibit at this leading watch fair, to be held September 9th to 13th, (...)

“Collectors won't be enough for Swiss watchmaking”

“Collectors won’t be enough for Swiss watchmaking”

FRANZ LINDER, MIDO

Mido, a Swiss volume brand specialising in automatic watches, plays a key role in the watchmaking ecosystem as a “transmission belt” between the bottom and (...)

Inhorgenta to come back in February 2021

Inhorgenta to come back in February 2021

OPEN LETTER

As all physical events are adopting new strategies following the Covid-19 pandemic, the European jewellery and watchmaking fair Inhorgenta has published an (...)

Behind the scenes: a watch design war

Behind the scenes: a watch design war

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

On an object that measures just a few centimetres across – a watch – the shapes and lines can sometimes end up looking disturbingly similar... even when (...)

Carl F. Bucherer launches new presentation concept

Carl F. Bucherer launches new presentation concept

STRATEGY

As Covid-19 has forced all watch brands to review the way they introduce their new timepieces, Lucerne-based Carl F. Bucherer has announced a series of (...)

“The creators of El Primero made me go beyond El Primero”

“The creators of El Primero made me go beyond El Primero”

JULIEN TORNARE, ZENITH

Since taking the reins of Zenith in 2017, Julien Tornare has been patiently moving ahead with the work of “refounding” the brand, to take it beyond its El (...)

Watch fairs are not dead!

Watch fairs are not dead!

EDITORIAL

At the height of the pandemic, when all physical events were cancelled, we asked our readers the fundamental question: what format should future (...)

Richemont: a corporate culture in question

Richemont: a corporate culture in question

CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES

The travails of the Richemont group more broadly reflect a corporate culture that seems somewhat out of sync with an ever more horizontal and complex (...)

GPHG: watch brands can submit their applications now

GPHG: watch brands can submit their applications now

It’s time to participate! Swiss and international watch brands are invited to enter the 2020 edition of the GPHG via a new digital platform. The cut-off (...)