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Jean-Mairet & Gillman – A family history revisited

Jean-Mairet & Gillman – A family history revisited

César Jean-Mairet, founder of Jean-Mairet & Gillman, didn’t grow up in the watch industry, though his family has a long heritage in watchmaking. As a (...)

Philip Stein is feeling good

Philip Stein is feeling good

It has been a great year for Philip Stein – fantastic new sleep studies, celebrity endorsements and brand new products to help everyone feel (...)

The first integrated chronograph with 1/100th of a second

The first integrated chronograph with 1/100th of a second

Already in 1916, Heuer introduced its Mikrograph, the first sports stopwatch, accurate to 1/50th of a second and 1/100th of a second. This represented a (...)

Haurex – Italian design, Italian time

Haurex – Italian design, Italian time

A young Italian watch company, Haurex brings the best of Italian design to the watch industry with a brand new collection entitled (...)

The two pillars of Corum

The two pillars of Corum

Since he has taken the reins of Corum, Antonio Calce has been working twice as hard. His obsession: push as far as possible the coherence of his brand’s (...)

New looks and new boutiques for Bedat & Co

New looks and new boutiques for Bedat & Co

Bedat & Co affirms itself in the women’s watch segment with new products and an intense global expansion strategy. On the distribution side, 2010 has (...)

Ernest Borel – The dancing couple expands its collection

Ernest Borel – The dancing couple expands its collection

As early as the 1940s, Ernest Borel received the ‘Bulletin de marche’ certificate for many of its watches and soon became the second largest manufacturer of (...)

Seiko 1881 – 2011: 130 years of dedication to perfection

Seiko 1881 – 2011: 130 years of dedication to perfection

2011 marks the 130th anniversary of SEIKO. In 1881, Kintaro Hattori founded a clock store in central Tokyo, and within just a few years, was manufacturing (...)

Carl F. Bucherer adds to the Patravi EvoTec

Carl F. Bucherer adds to the Patravi EvoTec

Carl F. Bucherer is presenting an additional model in the successful Patravi EvoTec range, using the in-house CFB A1000 Manufacture calibre with peripheral (...)

Raymond Weil - Music, Maestro!

Raymond Weil - Music, Maestro!

Raymond Weil is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Thirty-five years, and three successive generations are still at the helm. The honorary (...)

Watchmaking 2.0 by Hautlence

Watchmaking 2.0 by Hautlence

Passing into ‘second gear’, the young brand Hautlence (created in 2004) launches its HL2.0 collection, which spectacularly revives the art of reading time. (...)

The pioneering researchers of the UR-110

The pioneering researchers of the UR-110

Unquestionably, Urwerk is a case apart in the landscape of advanced creative watchmaking. No other brand has systematically carried out research that (...)

Harry Winston, new impulsions in watchmaking

Harry Winston, new impulsions in watchmaking

Since the arrival of Frédéric de Narp as the company’s CEO in January 2010, Harry Winston seems to have doubled its efforts in the watch (...)

Antoine Preziuso, ‘Operation Power'

Antoine Preziuso, ‘Operation Power’

“The big brands are going to crush us. We are all going to die,” declares Antoine Preziuso, during a meeting with Europa Star in his atelier near Geneva, on (...)

Post-80s artists sponsored by TITONI Ltd. return to China

Post-80s artists sponsored by TITONI Ltd. return to China

Post-80s artists sponsored

A Symbiosis between the Swiss Art of Watch Making and Chinese Contemporary Art

Orient Watch – The fusion of precision and beauty

Orient Watch – The fusion of precision and beauty

Mention Japanese watchmaking and most people immediately think of quartz or high-tech electronic watches, but for over 60 years, Orient Watch Co. Ltd has (...)

Alexander Shorokhoff goes Avantgarde

Alexander Shorokhoff goes Avantgarde

goes Avantgarde

For many years, “Alexander Shorokhoff Uhren-manufaktur GmbH” has been part of the exclusive circle of small, but fine watch manufacturers, producing their (...)

Today's Spark Tomorrow's Sparkle

Today’s Spark Tomorrow’s Sparkle

Today’s Spark Tomorrow’s Sparkle

The exquisite and stylish ladies watch design takes Mira into a new era

The King of Cool

The King of Cool

The King of Cool

The watches Ice-Watch® are living the highlife with sales that have beaten all records and fans that include THE famous Black Eyed Peas. But all the (...)

Christophe Claret launches his brand with a gaming spirit

Christophe Claret is a frank person, and he does not hesitate to talk about his company’s situation. After a decline of 3 per cent in 2009, sales slumped (...)