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MÉTIERS D’ART TRIBUTE TO GREAT CIVILISATIONS​
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History & Masterpieces
Magnificent métiers d’art at Vacheron Constantin

In Paris, Vacheron Constantin presented the most recent additions to its Métiers d’Art collection. They are the latest illustration of the collaboration, since 2019, between the Geneva-based Manufacture and the Musée du Louvre. This quartet of limited series looks to emblematic works by ancient civilisations and is a reminder of the extraordinary heights achieved in the artistic realm of watchmaking.

Monday, 20 June 2022
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Culture
Independents Day

A whirlwind weekend in Geneva of auction sales, Only Watch and the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève has confirmed the rise and rise of independent watchmakers.

Thursday, 18 November 2021
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Culture
Counterfeiting on the Internet: fighting on equal terms

To combat online counterfeiters the FH has developed an ultra high-performance monitoring system designed for the watch industry but for other sectors as well.

Monday, 17 December 2012
Carole Aubert / FH
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Culture
Auction fever for George Daniel's extraordinary collection

The sale of the extraordinary horological collection belonging to the late Dr George Daniels CBE was conducted at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday 6 November 2012. The proceeds of the sale will add to the already-substantial bequest he made to the George Daniels Educational Trust by the sale of his motor-car collection earlier this year.

Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Justin Koullapis
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Culture
The George Daniels collection under the hammer at Sotheby's

At an exceptional sale this November 6th, Sotheby's London will disperse the 137 pieces in the personal collection of George Daniels, the twentieth century's greatest watchmaker.

Thursday, 18 October 2012
Danièle Chambas
3 min read
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Internet anti-counterfeiting fight: new weapon available to brands

Are you familiar with the websites replicahause.com, fakesale.com, replica2u.com or watcheswell.com? No? Allow me to introduce you to them.

Thursday, 18 October 2012
Yves Brouze
3 min read
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History & Masterpieces
Japanese quartz didn't kill the Swiss watch industry

Pierre-Yves Donzé, Associate Professor and Hakubi Scholar at Kyoto University, has examined the reasons behind the collapse of the Swiss watch industry in the 1980s, and how it managed to bounce back.

Wednesday, 03 October 2012
Louis Nardin
4 min read
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Culture
Swiss crack down on fake watches from China

For the first time, fake Swiss watches of real technical sophistication are coming out of China. Sometimes sold at the same price as the originals, they result in lost earnings and harm the brand image of Swiss watchmaking.

Wednesday, 05 September 2012
Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch
5 min read
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Regulating organs

All about the incredible invention of escapement

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