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SIHH 2014
Intelligent invention
From luminescent ceramic to a stop-seconds and zero-reset function, several innovations spotted at the last Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie warrant a special mention for their simplicity, practicality or originality.
“We are not taking any short cuts” Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne
After its Grande Complication in 2013, this year, A. Lange & Söhne has unveiled the Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar “Terraluna”, whose back indicates the position of the moon in the solar system, a first in watchmaking. Training and delivery times are the biggest concerns for the CEO of the Saxony-based Manufacture. An interview with Wilhelm Schmid.
"Greubel Forsey targets those who like things to be different"
It is now ten years since Greubel Forsey made its first public appearance at Baselworld. To mark this special year, the firm is revisiting the perpetual calendar function, complemented with an equation of time display. It’s a way of demonstrating that the Manufacture at La Chaux-de-Fonds never does anything quite the same as the others. We talked to Emmanuel Vuille, the company's CEO since 2009.
All that she wants…
A mechanical watch for women as part of a genuine strategy to develop and position a brand… still nothing but a dream? Possibly not, as closer scrutiny suggests the days when watchmakers considered a woman incapable of appreciating horological mechanisms at their true value have been relegated to the past. A selection from the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, out to win women's hearts.
The ever-changing moods of the perpetual calendar
The star complication at the recent Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, the perpetual calendar has inspired a number of brands, with offerings spanning everything from technical innovation to price.
Montblanc favors a traditional approach
Jérôme Lambert hasn't wasted any time in putting his stamp on Montblanc with the Heritage collection. Based on traditional watchmaking principles and “less strictlyMontblanc”, this new collection reflects the brand's ambitions in the world of watchmaking.