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Urwerk: the UR-100
WHEN INNOVATION MEANS SPACE-TIME
October 2020
Let’s stay in space with the UR-100, the “fourth episode in the intergalactic saga of the 100 collection”, as Martin Frei, co-founder of Urwerk, in-house (...)
Louis Moinet: The Space Revolution
WHEN INNOVATION IS SCIENCE FICTION
October 2020
We already knew that Jean-Marie Schaller, the CEO of Louis Moinet – named after the astronomercum- watchmaker who had more or less fallen into oblivion – (...)
De Bethune: the DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon
WHEN INNOVATION IS TRANSPARENCY AND LIGHTNESS
October 2020
Denis Flageollet, the founder and master watchmaker at De Bethune, has always said he takes his inspiration from classic, high-end horology while (...)
Bernhard Lederer’s Central Impulse Chronometer
WHEN INNOVATION MEANS TWO ESCAPE WHEELS
October 2020
We might as well say it straight out: it is absolutely impossible to sum up here every feature that constitutes the huge originality of the calibre 9012, (...)
Ferdinand Berthoud: the Chronomètre FB 2RE
WHEN INNOVATION MEANS COMBINATION
October 2020
The Chronomètre FB 2RE, the architecture and modular case of which are directly inspired by the Marine No. 6 clock built by the great horologist Ferdinand (...)
Greubel Forsey Balancier S
INNOVATION IN INCLINATION
October 2020
A large balance wheel measuring 12.6mm, set at 7 o’clock and inclined at an astonishing angle, immediately catches the eye. Is it inclined for purely (...)
F.P.Journe: 20 years of Resonance
FROM THE THEORY TO THE WRIST
October 2020
The most state-of-the-art innovations sometimes have roots reaching way back to previous centuries. Such is the case of the horological application of (...)
A fragile fabric
EDITORIAL
October 2020
When the fabric of a dress dries out, it is weakened, unravels and tears, becomes shapeless and rapidly falls apart.
Grand Seiko’s chronometric quest
INNOVATION AS A CONSTANT FORCE
October 2020
To widespread surprise, in September Grand Seiko presented a wholly unprecedented concept movement, the T0 (T-Zero) Constant-force Tourbillon. Its (...)
The lesson of Rolex
WHEN INNOVATION IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS
October 2020
In watchmaking circles, people tend to mock Rolex fans who buzz with excitement on social media because the brand with the crown logo has made some (...)
In the white rooms of CSEM
INNOVATION REPORT
October 2020
In the early 1980s, at the height of the crisis affecting the Swiss watch sector, three separate institutes funded by the Swiss state and large watchmaking (...)
Instant-Lab (EPFL): Breaking the second barrier
INNOVATION
October 2020
It is sometimes said that, as far as mechanical watch movements are concerned, everything, or nearly everything, has already been achieved. So is (...)
Innovating in times of crisis
EDITORIAL
September 2020
Innovations are perhaps were we need to look, if we are to overcome the major challenges of our time. In our latest report we identify some of the major (...)
Tissot: connection without disruption
STRATEGY
September 2020
It will be new CEO Sylvain Dolla’s first major project. Tissot’s connected watch, the T-Touch Connect Solar, has been eagerly awaited, as the new market (...)
Towards a “deglobalisation” of watchmaking?
OPINION
July 2020
The implosion of the industry’s calendar, with the prospects of a global event becoming ever more remote, is a symptom of the erosion of the globalisation (...)
Digital certificates enter the collecting scene
BLOCKCHAIN
July 2020
Digital certificates are about to infiltrate the world of collectors’ watches via an initiative by the authors of the famous “Only” watchmaking book series, (...)
Tomorrow, a digital twin for watches
BLOCKCHAIN
May 2020
The pandemic crisis that the watch industry is going through is also accelerating its digital transition. Among the most promising elements of this is the (...)
1984: When Gerald Genta challenged the watchmaking establishment
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
April 2020
The opening up of luxury watchmaking to contemporary creative horizons may have begun when Gerald Genta made a splash at the “Montres et Bijoux” exhibition (...)
The heartbreaking fate of the Basel Fair
CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES
April 2020
As an exhibitor for more than 80 years, like so many members of the global watchmaking community, we can only express deep sadness at the heartbreaking (...)
Online sales in the fast lane
CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES
April 2020
The coronavirus crisis is leading to grand-scale initiatives, such as total lockdowns, which would have been considered impossible only a few weeks ago. We (...)