VINTAGEMANIA - “Collecting vintage watches is making us more demanding”

VINTAGEMANIA - “Collecting vintage watches is making us more demanding”

August 2016
An interview with two young collectors

VINTAGEMANIA - Chronographs for collectors: in praise of diversity

VINTAGEMANIA - Chronographs for collectors: in praise of diversity

August 2016
Chronographs from the 1950s and 1960s are currently among the most highly prized by collectors. World leaders such as Omega Speedmasters, Breitling (…)

VINTAGEMANIA - My own private frankenwatch

VINTAGEMANIA - My own private frankenwatch

August 2016
By browsing the many vintage watch websites, it’s possible to select exactly the elements you want, and build your very own unique Frankenwatch.

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - High-quality watches at hard prices?

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - High-quality watches at hard prices?

August 2016
The latest study carried out by the Mainfirst banking institute, published in April 2016 and entitled “Hard luxury goods: Short-term pain, long-term gain” (…)

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Jean-Claude Biver: “Lower prices will not break the market”

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Jean-Claude Biver: “Lower prices will not break the market”

August 2016
A few years ago, Jérôme Lambert took an enormous amount of flak in watchmaking circles for having launched a tourbillon at CHF 40,000, which people said (…)

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Frederique Constant, Peter Stas “Affordable luxury has always been our philosophy”

HAUTE HORLOGERIE - Frederique Constant, Peter Stas “Affordable luxury has always been our philosophy”

August 2016
In answer to Montblanc’s Meisterstück Heritage Perpetual Calendar, which was launched in 2014 at a price of €10,000 in steel and €16,900 in rose gold, (…)

ENTRY-LEVEL - Entrepreneurs

ENTRY-LEVEL - Entrepreneurs

August 2016
Following in the footsteps of the Ice-Watch with a fiercely on-trend, elegant and vintage touch, brands like Daniel Wellington, Shinola, Briston, Nixon and (…)

ENTRY-LEVEL - Chez Maman, an Aladdin's cave of watches

ENTRY-LEVEL - Chez Maman, an Aladdin’s cave of watches

August 2016
When a vintage furniture store in the Marais in Paris starts selling watches, you’d expect no less than an affordable, varied and quirky selection. And (…)

ENTRY-LEVEL - Lip is back !

ENTRY-LEVEL - Lip is back !

August 2016
The tumultuous history of Lip, once a poster child of French industrial excellence, was marked in the 1970s by a series of spectacular breakdowns and false (…)

FRÉDÉRIC JOUVENOT - The “Little Prince” of watchmakers

FRÉDÉRIC JOUVENOT - The “Little Prince” of watchmakers

August 2016
When you meet Frédéric Jouvenot, the first thing you notice is his vitality, he who could so easily boast of a watchmaking career which has been both rich (…)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: Jacob & Co. - The sky is not the limit

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: Jacob & Co. - The sky is not the limit

August 2016

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: ZRC Resurfaces

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: ZRC Resurfaces

August 2016
Rebirth of a legend in the French watchmaking industry! Last year, ZRC relaunched its scuba diving model Grands Fonds 300M, first seen in 1964 and used by (…)