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.
The museum and library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in London
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is the oldest surviving horological institution in the world, that also possesses a Museum which holds the oldest collection of clocks, watches and sundials to be found anywhere in the world.
Mechanical marvels and the red carpet
Five years into its association with the Venice International Film Festival, held early September, Jaeger-LeCoultre was again a focus of attention in the City of the Doges. The Manufacture has played an even more important role since 2008, when it became one of the event’s three main partners.
The Forbidden City and its clocks
Emperors were fascinated by the chiming clocks brought to China by Western missionaries in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the Imperial Court lost no time in creating its own workshops.
Counterfeiters take their business a step further
Just as brands are developing new systems to authenticate their watches, so counterfeiters are stepping up a gear too.
Audemars Piguet in the director’s chair
The Le Brassus Manufacture pulled out all the stops for its new corporate film. A year in the making, it includes scenes shot in the studios, on location and 3D animations. The result is five minutes of pure cinema.
The Deutsches Museum of science and technology in Munich
The Deutsches Museum in Munich is a child of its times. Conceived by an engineer, for over a hundred years it has pursued a constant objective: to generate public enthusiasm for science and to foster vocations among future generations of scientists.
