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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
Meeting the industry at the Société Suisse de Chronométrie

With its 1,100 members, the Société Suisse de Chronométrie is the branch's largest professional association alongside the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Its purpose is to promote technical and scientific knowledge in the sector. Christophe Roulet met its President, Zian Kighelman.

Tuesday, 20 May 2008
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Culture
Tracking down watches on the Net

As the recent Intellectual Property Day at Geneva University's School of Law clearly spelled out, counterfeiting is a global scourge and the weapons with which to fight it still lack bite. The first in a three-part file.

Tuesday, 20 May 2008
3 min read
Blossoming Flower Clock (1) © David Chang
History & Masterpieces
Chinese-made clocks in the Qing Dynasty

After reading Fernando Correia de Oliveira's article (HH Journal 13) on how mechanical clocks were introduced to China, I wanted to continue the story and explain how, after that historic moment, the Chinese began to make their own clocks.

Tuesday, 20 May 2008
David Chang
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History & Masterpieces
The Minerva Institute joins Time Aeon in its efforts to promote training

Defending the same values for an identical vision of Fine Watchmaking, the Minerva Institute, which belongs to the Richemont group, has announced a partnership with Time Aeon Foundation to ensure that the chain of knowledge continues unbroken.

Monday, 14 April 2008
4 min read
Quai de l'Ile Date Self-winding © Vacheron Constantin
Culture
Vacheron Constantin goes all out against counterfeiting

The Genevan Manufacture proposes a watch that is as inviolable as a Swiss banknote. A technological prowess of the utmost beauty.

Friday, 11 April 2008
Florence Noël
4 min read
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History & Masterpieces
"Fine Watchmaking Celebrates Sport"

Exceptional watches are the reflection of human genius in "Fine Watchmaking Celebrates Sport," the exhibition which the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie is staging at the SIHH 2008. A tribute to the shared values of sport and the watchmaker's art.

Monday, 07 April 2008
6 min read
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Regulating organs

All about the incredible invention of escapement

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