The Rolex Mentor program: the chance of a lifetime
Which talented young artist wouldn’t dream of having a renowned master as a personal mentor for one year?
Culture
The seven lives of Daniel Roth
Behind the Jean Daniel Nicolas name is the incomparable talent of Daniel Roth, who continues to use traditional techniques to hand-make... three watches a year. A look back at an extraordinary career.
FHH Academy, watchmaking's gateway to knowledge
Watch Advisor, Watch Specialist or Watch Expert: FHH Academy helps participants take their understanding of watches and watchmaking to the next level, and earn an industry-recognised certificate in the process.
The extra-thin tourbillon, by Breguet
That Abraham-Louis Breguet sold just 35 tourbillon watches in his lifetime gives some idea of the extreme complexity of this mechanism. Introduced in 2013 and returning this year as a skeletonised version, the Classique Tourbillon Extra-Thin Automatic 5377 celebrates this legacy.
Pre-owned watches, Antoine de Macedo’s way
Last year Richemont announced its acquisition of Watchfinder.com, sealing its entry into the pre-owned market. More recently, the multi-brand Bucherer store in Geneva opened a fourth-floor Gallery dedicated to the buying and selling of vintage watches. And Antoine de Macedo in Paris? He has been buying, selling and servicing high-end pre-owned watches for 33 years.
FHH Academy, the bridge to understanding Fine Watches
FHH Academy at the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie is the only organisation in the watch industry to deliver training that leads to industry-recognised certification. Initially targeting sales staff, it now also addresses the general public through digital tools.
Watchmakers celebrate 100 years of Bauhaus
Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, the Staatlisches Bauhaus applied arts school in Weimar remains vastly influential, despite its shortlived existence. Its modernist precepts outlasted the century, and the Bauhaus ethos continues to inform watch design.
The Portugieser by IWC
Specially created in 1939 for two Portuguese wholesalers, its classical lines and multiple complications have earned it iconic status. We look back at the story of a giant among watches.
