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Watchwords - it's later than you think

Watchwords - it’s later than you think

I became aware that sundial mottos were a thing earlier this year, listening to the wonderful and disturbing podcast S-Town.

A brief history of Audemars Piguet chronographs

A brief history of Audemars Piguet chronographs

LE BRASSUS

Audemars Piguet is one of the Swiss manufacturers with the longest expertise in chronographs. It goes back almost to the founding of the manufactory in (...)

From retail to e-tail

From retail to e-tail

WATCHWORDS

The English word “retail” has come a long way from its first recorded use, sometime in the 14th century. It comes from the Old French verb retaillier which (...)

Cartier: a century of design

Cartier: a century of design

EXHIBITION

The Cartier in Motion exhibition, curated by Lord Norman Foster at the London Design Museum, demonstrated how Cartier watches are objects of engineering (...)

Roskopf, the forgotten proletarian watch

Roskopf, the forgotten proletarian watch

HISTORY

Some fifty years ago, in 1967, Europa Star (issue 3/1967) published an article in collaboration with the Roskopf Association celebrating the hundredth (...)

Tissot: reborn from Rock

Tissot: reborn from Rock

HISTORY

In 1974, Tissot sold precisely 919,200 watches with mechanical calibres of its own manufacturing. Ten years later, in 1984, the total number of watches (...)

The Jewish roots of Swiss watchmaking

The Jewish roots of Swiss watchmaking

HERITAGE

The roots of “Watch Valley” are not only Protestant, as the popular image would have it. Jews – from Alsace in particular – contributed just as much to the (...)

The chronograph: an expression of modern times

The chronograph: an expression of modern times

HISTORY

The chronograph, an ingenious invention of modern times, has taken the measure of human progress for nearly two centuries.

19 Thirty, Bovet's journey back in time

19 Thirty, Bovet’s journey back in time

The Swiss manufacture has unveiled its latest collection for the end of 2015, the 19 Thirty. The new wristwatches draw inspiration from a classic 1930s (...)

Celebrating 150 years: a Zenith retrospective

Celebrating 150 years: a Zenith retrospective

The Swiss manufacture celebrates it’s 150th birthday by introducing the limited edition Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot (...)

The Great Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns

The Great Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns

After coming back from the spring watch shows, and having seen so many watches and having touched, held, examined, and turned them in every conceivable (...)