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Rado and the alchemy of ceramics

Rado and the alchemy of ceramics

The brand made the art of ceramics its own. But now that a growing number of brands are adopting the material, it is having to redouble its R&D efforts (...)

Eric Coudray, the movement constructor who “can't stand watches”

Eric Coudray, the movement constructor who “can’t stand watches”

GAÏA PRIZE

Impossible to classify, mad about mechanisms, for a long time this hot-headed ex-rugby player was known for his fiery personality. Nineteen years at (...)

“With Geneva Watch Days, we turned a constraint into an opportunity”

“With Geneva Watch Days, we turned a constraint into an opportunity”

The fifth edition of Geneva Watch Days has just drawn to a close. In the eyes of its president, Jean-Christophe Babin, whose idea it was to organise this (...)

Marathon Watch Company's band of brothers

Marathon Watch Company’s band of brothers

As a trusted supplier to governments worldwide, this Canadian brand has been producing closely guarded, military-grade time instruments since WWII. (...)

“The number one challenge in Glashütte is finding labour”

“The number one challenge in Glashütte is finding labour”

A small cog in the great Swatch Group machine, the Union Glashütte brand has a history which stretches back to the 19th century and since the 1990s has made (...)

Gaïa Prize 2024: discover the winners

Gaïa Prize 2024: discover the winners

The 2024 Gaïa Prize jury has delivered its verdict. Three new winners complete the impressive list of recipients of this prize often described as the Nobel (...)

GPHG 2024: Discover the nominated timepieces

GPHG 2024: Discover the nominated timepieces

This summer, the 980-strong GPHG Academy nominated 90 of the 273 timepieces entered in this year’s competition by 146 brands. Divided into 15 categories, (...)

Aera, the start-up with generations of experience

Aera, the start-up with generations of experience

Founded in 2022, Aera brings together two families that have been active in watchmaking for several generations, in different market segments and from (...)

“Few other brands have really understood where Rolex's strength lies”

“Few other brands have really understood where Rolex’s strength lies”

You don’t build a luxury brand by constantly changing – managers, marketing strategy, products and collections – without running the risk of discrediting your (...)

“Chanel is a guarantee for MB&F's future”

“Chanel is a guarantee for MB&F’s future”

INTERVIEW

The acquisition by the luxury giant of a stake in the Geneva-based brand took everyone by surprise and has caused much ink to flow as the summer break (...)

Geneva Watch Days: Europa Star and JSH exhibit their joint archives

Geneva Watch Days: Europa Star and JSH exhibit their joint archives

For the very first time, more than 240 years of Swiss watch press archives are being physically brought together during Geneva Watch Days at the Maison de (...)

Tutima, pioneering the German wristwatch

Tutima, pioneering the German wristwatch

Tutima originated with the transition from pocket watch to wristwatch; a movement spearheaded in Glashütte, in the 1920s, by the founder of the brand. (...)

Jean Rousseau: the true worth of watch straps

Jean Rousseau: the true worth of watch straps

Compared with cases or movements, watch straps are still the “poor relation” of watch parts, often dismissed as simple accessories, ordered from third-party (...)

Nomos, independence all the way

Nomos, independence all the way

SERIES

The Glashütte brand invested some 11 million euros in its Swing System escapement. Established in 1990, in a German watch industry whose high-end production (...)

Jaquet Droz seeks new dynasties to conquer

Jaquet Droz seeks new dynasties to conquer

It used to supply the courts of kings and queens, and even the emperors of China. Today, the historic brand from Neuchâtel intends to supply exclusively (...)

Junghans, Germany's industrial champion

Junghans, Germany’s industrial champion

Few German brands came through the turbulent twentieth century unscathed. Junghans is one. Possibly the only one. In the early 1900s, it was the largest (...)

Mühle-Glashütte: multiple lives, one family

Mühle-Glashütte: multiple lives, one family

SERIES

Because of the industry’s tumultuous history, it’s rare for a German watch brand to have remained in the hands of successive generations of a single family (...)

Alexander Shorokhoff, different by design

Alexander Shorokhoff, different by design

SERIES

In complete contrast with the functional, minimalist designs of many German brands, Alexander Shorokhoff’s watches are an explosion of creativity. Not (...)

George Bamford: the tailor of timepieces

George Bamford: the tailor of timepieces

GPHG ACADEMY

Some new faces in the GPHG Academy seem to have been fixtures in the industry forever, their names familiar and their watches an integral part of the (...)

Hublot and Caminada: two decades of fusion and experimentation

Hublot and Caminada: two decades of fusion and experimentation

In 2004, Swiss watchmaker Hublot unveiled its ‘Art of Fusion’ concept, which continues to define the brand. Just a year earlier, chef Andreas Caminada (...)