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Europa Star welcomes you to BaselWorld 2007

April 2007


Visit us at our booth Hall 1.1 Stand A17 and discover our special show issue.

Here is the editorial contents list of Europa Star 2-07:

Editorial
Horological machines

Cover Story
The return of a legend, the Chronometro Gondolo

Retro-Perspective
Watchmaking runs the risk of excess

Salons
Basel 2007 and beyond
An encounter with Franco Cologni, fine watchmaking guru

Profiles
Faces for our 80th anniversary:
Jack Heuer, Philippe Stern, Dominique Baron, Jorg Hysek, Doug Harlocker, Roger Dubuis, Suryia Hill, Rudy Albers.

Haute Horlogerie
Jean Dunand – far from the madding crowd
The watch locomotive of Harry Winston
de Grisogono: a touch of daring
Pierre Kunz - five years and going strong
With the new ww.tc-Financial, Girard-Perregaux rises in the stock market
Concord gives a glimpse of things to come
Zenith the defy of the Defy
IWC’s DaVinci collection revisited
Parmigiani’s new Kalpa’graph
Paul Picot and the power of seduction
Audemars Piguet, Michel Jordi, Omega
Blu, Parmigiani, Lange & Söhne, Vacheron Constantin

De Luxe
Bulgari, style and technology
Piaget’s secret
Chanel – at the crossroads of Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie
Antoine Preziuso, the most ‘couturier’ of the master watchmakers
Hermès accelerates the movement
Bédat – can you keep a secret?
Milus reveals all for the ladies
Bertolucci, Dior, Elini, Hamilton, Pilo
Cartier, Charriol, Delance, Milus, Van Der Bauwede

Mechanical
Longines: nearly two centuries old and still ticking
Titoni introduces the Airliner Collection
Maurice Lacroix underlines its technical and creative prowess
Ebel – still more masculine
Montblanc moves upmarket with Minerva
Carl F. Bucherer’s new direction
Seiko launches the Spring Drive Chronograph
Chopard, Daniel Roth, Frederique Constant, Jaquet Droz, Perrelet
Giuliano Mazzuoli, Richard Mille, Vulcain, Zeppelin
Breitling, Daniel Mink, Fabergé, JeanRichard, Soyuz

Sports
Inspired timekeeping by TAG Heuer
Corum re-launches the Admiral’s Cup Tides 48
Raymond Weil highlights its strategic repositioning
Panerai unveils three new manufacture movements
Strom: from the skeletons of Armin to the cruisers of Daniel
Tissot watch gallery
Citizen, Graham, Officine Panerai, Scalfaro, World Chronos
Fortis, Jacques Lemans, Linde Werdelin, Nautica, Swiss Army

Glamour
The contemporary glamour of Glamrock

Contemporary
Bell & Ross brings colour and sophistication to the BR 01
Urwerk’s ‘bestial’ watch
Franc Vila, dynamic innovator
The return of the Gefica Safari
Wyler Genève begins new era
Bunz, Erhard Junghans, HD3, Ventura, Vianney Halter
Baume & Mercier, Catena, Hautlence, Louis Vuitton, Sinn

Fashion
Talking fashion with Giorgio Armani
Fashion first – watches for 2007

Sports
Entry-level sports watches

Letters
Ukrainian watch market 2006

WorldWatchWeb®
The WorldWatchReport 2007

The retailer Corner
How’s business? – World retailers respond

Freely Speaking
The Rock makes a monkey out of time

Spotlights
Greubel Forsey
Universal

Advertiser’s Spotlight
Doxa
Louis Chevrolet
Orient
Inhorgenta

Special Supplement
Jaeger-LeCoultre “Duomètre àChronographe”