What is Haute Horlogerie? ; Our ambassador in Haute Horlogerie… ; On the necessary industrialisation of Haute Horlogerie ; India: A land of contrasts, a destination for opportunities ; The world is our territory…
From record to record; 2006, a year of superlatives for the luxury watchmaking industry; Patek Philippe, the millenium census; Internet: Calm waters for watch surfing; Interview with Jeffrey Kingston…
The hairspring, or the importance of the spring ; Swiss watches set sail with the America’s Cup ; Distribution networks are a genuine open sesame for watchmakers ; A gold medal for the makers of chronometers ; An engine for your wrist…
No need for haruspices*; Watchmakers are tugging at the heartstrings; Basel and Geneva have their finger on the industry’s pulse; Women and watches, a long-standing love affair; "Omega is clearly a universal brand"…
The Swiss Made debate is open! ; "Forcing through changes would be wrong" ; Reuge takes over Mermod Frères for its musical watches ; "There will be a Hublot movement in 2008" ; Why Christophe Claret is taking the risk of equipping himself like NASA ; The grey market: lifeline or kiss of death?
Rich promises; Girard-Perregaux builds its communication on brand values; All that glitters…; When jewellery watches step into masculine territory; In print and in praise of Swiss watches; From Cannes, with love; Enamel returns with its cloak of many colours…
The challenges of sub-contracting; "The America’s Cup has been nothing but beneficial"; Fine watchmaking, made in Germany; Times are good in the watch trade in the United Kingdom; From water thief to electronic hourglass; Origins of the wristwatch before 1900; Time Aeon brings together the "da Vincis" of watchmaking; Watchmaking houses are sharpening their spears…
The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge: man, watches and the sea ; The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge: man, watches and the sea ; Middle East a growing market for premium watches ; On the intricacies and difficulties of creating a watch brand ; Lewis Hamilton: The Formula 1 revelation ; "Let’s avoid sterilising sales networks"…
A pioneering spirit ; Cartier, socially responsible luxury giant ; The quest for the eternal watch ; Extreme LAB, the calibre that aims for perfection ; Rome, the capital of watch making too! ; Bovet, a pioneer on the road to China ; Cartier’s "Ballon Bleu" is opting for enchanted balloons…
The summit of French luxury; Richard Mille takes the honours at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève; Swiss watch brands take industrial action…; Chinese noble women and watch making; What makes Greubel Forsey tourbillons so different?; Roth and Genta recover their DNA; Love and hate on the Stock Exchange…
The watchmaking industrial fabric, the object of everyone’s desire; And in the best product category, the winner is…; The Swiss watchmaking is running after its lost generation; An exceptional year of special editions for the Portuguese market; Many watches are the true inheritors of military traditions; Piaget in need of space…
When luxury is no longer enough ; Public museums or private museums? ; The ultimate luxury of a bespoke watch ; Dutch watch making renaissance ; Islam and the measurement of time ; Alexandre Perraldi, the Samurai of design ; Past and future come successfully together for Zenith ; Tourbillons and facets for 2007 auctions…
Swiss watchmaking tries on its new industrial clothes; Brands discover the "hidden face" of the Internet; The Swiss watch industry is bursting at the seams; The Japanese approach to Fine Watchmaking; "Those who don’t want us don’t deserve us !"; Watchmaking on the verge of a slowdown…
Yesterday’s names make for today’s successes; Don’t call us “fashion watches”; History repeats itself…; From Geneva with love; Iconic watches; Jean-Christophe Bédos : "Innovation is an essential value for Boucheron"; Training is an integral part of BNB Concept’s approach…
When cars take their inspiration from watches; Magic meets emotion at the Spring watch fairs; In search of the perfect timepiece; "Fine Watchmaking Celebrates Sport"; Vincent Calabrese joins the ranks at Blancpain; On the crest of a wave; After-sales and beyond; In Fine Watchmaking, technique is an art…
The history behind beauty; The ephemeral art of luxury window displays; Looking back in wonder; From the SIHH 2008 – Industry Focus and Impressions; Chinese-made clocks in the Qing Dynasty; Keeping up appearances; Meeting the industry at the Société Suisse de Chronométrie; Time travel; Watchmaking Schools in Japan; Finding a gold mine in diamonds; Is Swiss watchmaking on a downward slope?…
Precision, the insatiable requirement; The endless quest for watchmaking precision; Football and watches: Not a matter of life or death but much more important; Sir Sandford’s GMT revolution; Flight time; De Witt lives its passion to the full; Piaget opens its first thematic exhibition in Geneva; Vianney Halter, in with the old; HH Jobs, the first step to a career in watchmaking; Still waiting for a collective response…
All eyes on China; Time measurement and the Olympics; Mexicans’ love of luxury goes beyond rational considerations; Light as plastic, hard as steel; Cartier enters the exclusive world of the Poinçon de Genève; Rock around the clock; The MIH pays tribute to Swiss artists; Tag Heuer, a brand with multiple potential; De Beers explores the other end of the supply chain; Fine Watches are still on cloud nine…