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...
"We must remain humble with respect to our forefathers"
For Michel Parmigiani, any self-respecting watch firm must be committed to understanding, mastering and promoting the branch’s ancestral savoir-faire.
“Haute Horlogerie watches is a world of passion”
Under the tutelage of Philippe Dufour, master horologist and godfather of independent watchmaking, Romain Gauthier undertook the project of making his own watch. The result was the Collection Prestige presented in 2006.
Bovet enters a new era
Renowned as a specialist in complications and the decorative arts, Bovet is working on a new in-house calibre for 2013, manufactured in the finest watchmaking tradition.
"I don’t believe luxury is in crisis"
The French sociologist and philosopher Gilles Lipovetski was in Geneva to lecture students at the city’s Haute École de Gestion who are preparing the new Masters of Advanced Studies in luxury management. He spoke to Christophe Roulet about the future of luxury.
Greubel Forsey’s new architectural signature
Greubel Forsey’s new manufacture, just outside La Chaux-de-Fonds, makes a subtle nod to the brand’s timepieces whose technical complexity has borne a certain influence on how the space is organised.
22, PLACE VENDÔME or permanent creation
Bringing together the watchmaking tradition and the excellence of the jeweler’s savoir-faire, Van Cleef & Arpels creates exceptional timepieces. The Poetry of Time pays tribute to these creations through photographs signed by Guy Lucas de Pesloüan.
