Beauty from within - Exceptional 1 February 2010 - 34th issue Christophe Roulet The 2010 collections from Jaeger-LeCoultre stay true to the spirit of the brand:masterful mechanics inside, ergonomic comfort outside. |
Poetry in motion at Van Cleef & Arpels - Exceptional 26 January 2010 - 34th issue Christophe Roulet For the centrepieces of its 2010 collections - Les Cadrans Extraordinaires and Le Pont des Amoureux - Van Cleef & Arpels has called on what are no doubt the greatest talents of today. |
H. Moser & Cie: The Practice of Simple Complexity - Exceptional 18 December 2009 - 33rd issue Meehna Goldsmith Though still a very young company, Moser has managed to become self-reliant and can legitimately call itself a manufacturer. In 2008 the brand integrated all its associate companies into Moser Group AG. |
Revelation: a watch concept, not a concept watch - Exceptional 27 November 2009 - 32nd issue Christophe Roulet Anouk Danthe and Olivier Leu have been working all out since 2005 to launch their own brand: Revelation. Four years down the line, the first prototype is in the can and scheduled for launch at Baselworld 2010. The road hasn’t always been smooth but worth every step of the way. Part two. |
Vaucher Manufacture brings its activities in Fleurier under one roof - Exceptional 16 October 2009 - 31st issue Marie Le Berre Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier (VMF), under managing director Florian Serex, cut the ribbon at its new building in Fleurier on September 4th. This grouping of activities is typical of the buoyant watch division of the Sandoz Family Foundation (FFS), chaired by Pierre Landolt. |
The Manufacture des Forges, pride of Audemars Piguet - Exceptional 21 September 2009 - 30th issue Audemars Piguet, "Le maître de l’horlogerie depuis 1875," has moved into its new Manufacture in Le Brassus. This CHF 35 million investment is the first industrial building in Switzerland to obtain Minergie-Eco® environmental certification. |
Crazy times for Concord - Exceptional 14 July 2009 - 29th issue Carol Besler Concord president Vincent Perriard, who leaves the company in September to become CEO of Technomarine, executed sweeping changes during his four-year stint with the brand, taking it in a direction that will be continued after he leaves. |
The Cabestan sails a unique course - Exceptional 19 June 2009 - 28th issue Cristina d’Agostino Part quixotic dream, part provocation, part avant-garde, part fascination, virtuoso mechanics have the power to go down in history, in that instant or for decades to come. |
Ladoire, as time rolls by - Exceptional 20 May 2009 - 27th issue Marie Le Berre The recently launched Ladoire brand, named after its founder, is part of the emerging trend among watchmakers to propose a thousand and one ways to read the time. Its first watch, the Roller Guardian Time, has hours, minutes and seconds literally rolling inside an unconventional case. |
After the Petit Trianon, Breguet takes on the Louvre - Exceptional 21 April 2009 - 26th issue Nicolas G. Hayek is investing several millions in refurbishing rooms in France’s world-famous museum. |