Sports watch seeks athlete?
Countless brands propose sports watches in their collections, but do we really need them? Not so sure...
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Musical chairs
All those who have never heard of Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author", raise your hand. That's quite a show of hands! Where is this going? I'll explain...
Verbatim - Swatch wants to end production for third parties
While 2009 took some of the heat off the battle that rages around supplies of watch parts, this was no doubt just a break in the hostilities that are building up between the Swatch Group and its clients. Fighting talk from Nicolas G. Hayek, Chairman of Swatch, and Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of TAG Heuer.
"Watchmaking is all I know how to do"
Vianney Halter, founder of Janvier Manufacture, came to this year's Baselworld with no new products but the same deep-seated conviction that watch "creators" should have their say, even if people don't like what they hear. Interview.
Peter Speake-Marin presents his first in-house calibre
After numerous collaborations, Peter Speake-Marin has decided to work for himself. The result is the Marin 1, driven by the Calibre SM2. The first movement to be entirely designed and made by Speake-Marin, it will be the starting point for future complication models.
Kari Voutilainen has reasons to be cheerful
Not everyone would agree that 2009 was one of the worst years Swiss watchmaking has ever known, beginning with Kari Voutilainen, a Finnish watchmaker based in Môtiers. He even allowed himself the "luxury" of coming to Baselworld with nothing to sell. Interview.
La Montre Hermès makes way for mechanical
Mechanical movements are prominent in the 2010 collections from La Montre Hermès, along with a clear determination to make a name as a legitimate Fine Watch brand.
2010 will be a year of consolidation for Hublot
For Hublot, which this year unveils UNICO, its first manufacture movement, 2010 will be a year of consolidation during which the brand will "absorb" new movements, new assets, new production capacity and new outlets. Interview.
