Collection
26 reference(s) found
Cartier enters the exclusive world of the Poinçon de Genève
22 July 2008 - 18th issueChristophe Roulet - With the Calibre 9452 MC of its Ballon Bleu Flying Tourbillon, Cartier can now claim membership of the very select group of watch manufacturers to have been awarded the Poinçon de Genève, one of the profession’s most sought-after distinctions.
De Bethune takes watchmaking to a new dimension
20 June 2008 - 17th issueFlorence Noël - De Bethune’s two founders share a passion for technical innovation and use science to create timepieces that are also masterpieces.
How Maurice Lacroix made its mark
20 May 2008 - 16th IssueFlavia Giovannelli - Since launching its first in-house calibre in 2006, quality and independence have been the watchwords at Maurice Lacroix, still at its original location in Saignelégier (canton of Jura / Switzerland). Its Mémoire 1 watch was one of the highlights of Baselworld 2008.
Clocks make their comeback
15 April 2008Florence Noël - Jaeger-LeCoultre revisits one of the successes that has marked its 175 years of existence with new interpretations of the Atmos clock, for which this is also a milestone year.
Parmigiani brings new precision to the dual time-zone watch
13 April 2008 - 15th IssueChristophe Roulet - Imagined by Michel Parmigiani, the Kalpa Hemispheres is a dual time-zone watch whose second time zone can be adjusted to the minute. And if that weren’t enough of an achievement, the Manufacture is ready to start deliveries.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Opus 8!
4 April 2008 - 15th IssueFlorence Noël - Harry Winston reveals Opus 8, a watch that displays time on demand and in a very unusual way.
The treasures under Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse
19 March 2008 - 14th IssueJohanna Bächtold-Moser - A look at one of the world’s most outstanding private watch collections, the work of the late Zurich collector Theodor Beyer.
Iconic watches
21 février 2008 - 13th IssueMichael Balfour - This is a very interesting subject, because each one of us has a different set of ideas about exactly what constitutes an iconic timepiece. I will first address the matter by thinking about the person who decides to start a collection of favourite watches.
Alexandre Perraldi, the Samurai of design
22 January 2008 - 12th IssueMarie de Pimodan - Since he took over from Baume & Mercier’s design studio in 2001, he has been orchestrating all the brand’s watch making projects under the initials Phi, a symbol that corresponds to this 40 year old man well, passionate about the philosophy of the Samurais and in search of perfect balance.
Marie-Antoinette and Breguet, the greatest watchmaking mystery of all time
20 December 2007 - 11th IssueFlorence Noël - Stolen in Jerusalem in 1983, the famed watch is reported to have been found by a watchmaker in Tel Aviv in November 2007. A fittingly enigmatic reappearance for this truly exceptional timepiece.
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