Points of view
58 reference(s) found
Ten years on, an enormous leap for the mechanical watch - Interview
24 October 2008 - 20th IssueChristophe Roulet - Chopard has just joined the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie. The company’s co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele explains the reasons and reviews the expansion of watch manufacturing launched in Fleurier a decade ago. Interview.
Christophe Golay on watch culture - What’s their view
24 October 2008 - 20th IssueFlavia Giovannelli - The debate could seem endless. Fed by tradition and history, the watchmaking industry cannot avoid the debate. What are its values? Have they changed? Do they have any future? Christophe Golay, "custom-made" specialist who is not looking for glory or power gives us his answers.
The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie organises its first Forum - The expert’s view
24 October 2008 - 20th IssueChristophe Roulet - Early November, the FHH is inviting CEOs of Fine Watch brands to its first think-tank and forum on the theme "the changing business of time." The forum sets out to define what will inevitably be the new contours of the luxury industry.
Instruments & Mesures du Temps: born of a passion - Interview
19 September 2008 - 19th IssueChristophe Roulet - From the desire, shared by a handful of collectors, to wear a different, personalised watch came a philosophy, and from this philosophy came Instruments & Mesures du Temps, developed in close collaboration with Christophe Golay in Geneva. Pablo Dana, founder of I&MT, tells the company’s story.
Past, present, Parmigiani… - The expert’s view
19 September 2008 - 19th IssueMarie Le Berre - Born in 1950 in Val-de-Travers, Michel Parmigiani couldn’t help but be immersed in the watchmaking culture that runs through this part of the Neuchâtel mountains. What began as curiosity became a life-long passion for his work as a restorer, a profession in which he never stops learning.
Pascal Dubois on watch culture - What’s their view
19 September 2008 - 19th IssueMarie Le Berre - Pascal Dubois has watches in his blood. He and his brother Jean-Philippe are the fourth generation at the head of Dubois Dépraz, a family firm, founded in 1901 in the Vallée de Joux, that produces complications for the leading names in Swiss watches.
Tag Heuer, a brand with multiple potential - Interview
22 July 2008 - 18th issueChristophe Roulet - For Tag Heuer, this will be yet another year of growth but the Chaux-de-Fonds firm’s future isn’t just about watches. After expanding into eyewear, the company is planning its move into the mobile phone segment. Jean-Christophe Babin, Chairman and CEO of Tag Heuer, explains.
The MIH pays tribute to Swiss artists - The expert’s view
22 July 2008 - 18th issueChristophe Roulet - The Neuchâtel enamel painter Louis Reguin and the almost-centenarian artist Hans Erni are given pride of place at the Musée International d’Horlogerie (MIH) in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The former for his "Monumental Miniatures" and the latter for his famous triptych, created for Expo ’58 in Brussels, on the measurement of time.
A trilogy of talent - What’s their view
22 July 2008 - 18th issueFlorence Noël - Building on an ultra-innovative concept, HD3 Complication is sweeping the board among collectors who see watchmaking as an art in itself. Portrait of a brand.
De Witt lives its passion to the full - What’s their view
20 June 2008 - 17th issueChristophe Roulet - The brand, which recently moved into new production facilities in Meyrin, just outside Geneva, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with five new models, each in the image of a company that is intent on going its own way.
