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Chronoswiss, the mechanical purists

Chronoswiss, the mechanical purists

BRANDS

Europa Star has been following the Chronoswiss adventure since it started in 1983. The brand was born in the midst of the quartz crisis with a vision: to (...)

One giant leap for Omega

One giant leap for Omega

EUROPA STAR ARCHIVES

For 50 years, Omega has been capitalising on the extraordinary adventure that made its Speedmaster the first watch to be worn on the Moon. In our July 1969 (...)

Manager or entrepreneur?

Manager or entrepreneur?

EDITORIAL

“Today, lots of brands are led by technocrats who talk about emotion,” says Jean- Claude Biver. We investigated in our archives to find how the figure of the (...)

Glashütte Original, Saxon to the core

Glashütte Original, Saxon to the core

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

Glashütte Original draws its inspiration from its roots in 1845, from the 1920s with the work of Alfred Helwig, from the 1960s, from its rebirth in the (...)

Jaquet Droz and the Grande “small second”

Jaquet Droz and the Grande “small second”

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

It was only in the mid-2000s that Jaquet Droz regained a strong identity by delving into its archives and rediscovering a watch from 1785 – a model whose (...)

Blancpain: The unsinkable Fifty Fathoms

Blancpain: The unsinkable Fifty Fathoms

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

Like many brands in 2019, Blancpain is capitalising on its 20th century icons, and particularly on the adventure of the Fifty (...)

Breguet's unchanging codes

Breguet’s unchanging codes

RETRO-PERSPECTIVE

The imprint left by Abraham-Louis Breguet was so strong, technically and aesthetically, that the successive houses that bore his name have never deviated (...)

The great scattering

The great scattering

OPINION

The watchmaking industry shoots at hoot and slide, and everyone starts to play in their own corner. My living room, my exhibition, my summit, my meetings. (...)

Digital vs. analogue

Digital vs. analogue

WATCHWORDS

“Analogue” stands apart. It’s real and authentic. It’s vinyl, it’s 35mm. What you see is what you get. It’s kind of vintage, and it’s cool (...)

Giving the orders… Walter Von Känel, CEO of Longines

Giving the orders… Walter Von Känel, CEO of Longines

INTERVIEW

At 76, Walter von Känel still rules Longines with an iron hand. This colourful and charismatic former Swiss army colonel is affable, but firm. “The Boss”, as (...)

Urwerk: Breguet, atomic style

Urwerk: Breguet, atomic style

LABOS

The most accurate clock in all of Baselworld was to be found on the Urwerk stand. Actually called AMC, short for Atomic Master Clock, it is a new, atomic (...)