Our thematic selections of watches

Our thematic selections of watches

THE WATCH FILES

Our thematic selections of watches

We invite you to take a stroll through our thematic “halls”, showcasing our annual selection of timepieces. Just like a digital watch fair.

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Portfolio 'New materials'

Portfolio ’New materials’

New materials free the imagination and offer new creative fields to the watchmaking industry. They bring color, impose transparency, offer lightness (...)

Top 5 watch trends 2018

Top 5 watch trends 2018

A SELECTION, JANUARY-JUNE

Europa Star will publish next September its “Watch Curator” issue featuring a selection of models of the year chosen by Pierre and Serge Maillard. Meanwhile, (...)

When a watch is also a genuine tool

When a watch is also a genuine tool

TRAVEL WATCHES

Not all journeys are the same... Walkers, ramblers, trekkers, mountain climbers and other explorers do not have the same needs as the jet-lagged passengers (...)

World Time Gallery

World Time Gallery

PORTFOLIO

The horological Noah's Ark (Part 1)

The horological Noah’s Ark (Part 1)

PORTFOLIO

“By imagining tomorrow, which apparently no other animal is capable of doing, we have given value to the present.” Albert (...)

The horological Noah's Ark (Part 2)

The horological Noah’s Ark (Part 2)

PORTFOLIO

Why is horology so attached to the animal world? Why this love of butterflies, birds, horses and tigers? Not to mention snakes, monkeys and (...)

Portfolio: let's be slim

Portfolio: let’s be slim

SLIM WATCHES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK

If you needed a demonstration that time is cyclical, the ebb and flow of trends could serve as useful pointers. After a decade in which watches have (...)

Portfolio: less, please!

Portfolio: less, please!

WE’VE HAD “BIGGER IS BETTER”, NOW IT’S TIME FOR “LESS IS MORE”.

The trend seems to be reversing._ Slim, simple and nano are the newest buzzwords. After a long decade when everything had to be bigger and better, we’re on (...)

Extraordinary watches

Extraordinary watches

INNOVATION

The existential crisis currently gripping the watch industry is no reason to throw in the towel. On the contrary, the best response to the crisis is surely (...)

A gallery of Moons

A gallery of Moons

PORTFOLIO

What is there left to say about the moon that hasn’t already been said a hundred times, or a thousand, since the dawn of time? The moon is a nocturnal (...)