Watch suppliers

Watch suppliers

THE WATCH FILES

Watch suppliers

In this selection of Europa Star articles we set out to meet the women and men who, while they may not be in the limelight, are the industry’s best hope if watchmaking is to rebound. These suppliers are innovating more than ever, despite the crisis and the fog of uncertainty in which they find themselves.

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Fogged up

Fogged up

EDITORIAL

We’re all of us, all fogged up. Literally, because wearing a mask makes your glasses steam up, and metaphorically because the horizon is looking very murky (...)

SIHS: the “Red Cross” of watch industry suppliers

SIHS: the “Red Cross” of watch industry suppliers

PORTRAIT

Founded in August 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, SIHS – the French acronym for Subcontractors to the Swiss Watch Industry – is the first non-profit (...)

Acrotec: vertical integration in the supply sector

Acrotec: vertical integration in the supply sector

INDUSTRY

Acrotec is probably one of the most important players in the watch supply industry. Operating in the watchmaking, medtech and precision high-tech sectors, (...)

A decade lost, or a decade won for watchmaking?

A decade lost, or a decade won for watchmaking?

EDITORIAL

The watch industry is going through its sharpest decline ever recorded over the last 80 years. How to make a “lost decade for watchmaking” a decade won in (...)

The Swiss watch suppliers are in the fog

The Swiss watch suppliers are in the fog

REPORT

There’s nothing better than a tour of the mountains of the watchmaking Jura region to meet the suppliers, sub-contractors or cocontractors – call them what (...)

Salon EPHJ: an introduction

Salon EPHJ: an introduction

PORTRAIT

As part of our latest report, we met several suppliers who form the very weft of the Swiss watchmaking fabric. Here is a short portrait of the Salon (...)

Les Fils d'Arnold Linder SA: an introduction

Les Fils d’Arnold Linder SA: an introduction

PORTRAIT

As part of our latest report, we met several suppliers who form the very weft of the Swiss watchmaking fabric. Here is a short portrait of Les Fils d’Arnold (...)

Zürcher Frères: an introduction

Zürcher Frères: an introduction

PORTRAIT

As part of our latest report, we met several suppliers who form the very weft of the Swiss watchmaking fabric. Here is a short portrait of Zürcher (...)

Arrigoni-Laufer: an introduction

Arrigoni-Laufer: an introduction

PORTRAIT

As part of our latest report, we met several suppliers who form the very weft of the Swiss watchmaking fabric. Here is a short portrait of (...)

Dubois Dépraz: an introduction

Dubois Dépraz: an introduction

PORTRAIT

As part of our latest report, we met several suppliers who form the very weft of the Swiss watchmaking fabric. Here is a short portrait of Dubois (...)

A fragile fabric

A fragile fabric

EDITORIAL

When the fabric of a dress dries out, it is weakened, unravels and tears, becomes shapeless and rapidly falls apart.

Soprod's bet: a new entry-level Swiss mechanical calibre

Soprod’s bet: a new entry-level Swiss mechanical calibre

MOVEMENTS

With both volumes and demand falling, the pandemic crisis has somewhat overshadowed the long-standing debate on the supply of Swiss mechanical movements to (...)

Salin: the recovery of an ancient technique

Salin: the recovery of an ancient technique

BRACELETS

Inspired by the techniques and knowledge of the past, in recent years, Salin has put old equipment back into business. With tools used since the 1970s, (...)

The control-freakery of the luxury business

The control-freakery of the luxury business

OPINION

How a traditional culture of trust in the Swiss watch industry is changing over time. Are artisans being replaced by bean-counters precisely when the word (...)

A new integrated chronograph by Dubois Dépraz

A new integrated chronograph by Dubois Dépraz

EPHJ 2019

Dubois Dépraz will exhibit its novelties at the EPHJ fair from 18 to 21 June 2019 in Geneva. Among other developments, the Vallée de Joux manufacture will (...)

The clasp that says a lot about your watch

The clasp that says a lot about your watch

INDUSTRY

Not always intuitive to fasten, the clasp is often a stumbling block for the owner of a new watch. So the best thing is to be prepared. But why are there (...)

Automation: towards human obsolescence?

Automation: towards human obsolescence?

INDUSTRY

The Encyclopédia Universalis defines automation as the act of rendering automatic operations which previously required human intervention. So we can see a (...)