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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 (...)

100-year-old Grovana holds its own in the entry-level segment

100-year-old Grovana holds its own in the entry-level segment

In the Swiss watchmaking world, dominated by Haute Horlogerie titans with their long-standing traditions, not many hundred-year-old brands operate in the (...)

MeisterSinger single-handedly reinvents dial design

MeisterSinger single-handedly reinvents dial design

SERIES

Since the first modern wristwatches, dials have served a practical purpose to display the hours, minutes and seconds. Even with the addition of (...)

Jean Marcel, a family affair

Jean Marcel, a family affair

SERIES

There are brands whose story is one of centuries of craftsmanship and heritage mixed with innovation. Others, such as Jean Marcel, tell of a family’s (...)

A. Lange & Söhne, beauty from within

A. Lange & Söhne, beauty from within

SERIES

The Glashütte brand is the flag-carrier for fine German watchmaking, yet unlike certain of its Swiss rivals, its history is one of stops and starts, great (...)

Our series on German watchmaking

Our series on German watchmaking

INTRODUCTION

Mention Germany and the conversation will likely turn to football, particularly as the country recently hosted Euro 2024. But this soccer-loving nation has (...)

Cartier extends support for Venice's artistic heritage and cultural life

Cartier extends support for Venice’s artistic heritage and cultural life

The luxury house has committed to a range of initiatives to help preserve the living heritage of the city of Venice and to contribute to the continuous (...)

The Hour Glass to stage IAMWATCH enthusiast event in Singapore

The Hour Glass to stage IAMWATCH enthusiast event in Singapore

The new community engagement platform dedicated to the Pan-Asian watch-collecting community is set to be an intimately scaled 4-day programme in October. (...)

GemGenève announces new partnership with Digital Jewelry Week

GemGenève announces new partnership with Digital Jewelry Week

The Digital Jewelry Week is a next-generation online event dedicated to celebrating innovative jewelry design. This exciting competition will take place in (...)

Fleming brings next-gen expression to Haute Horlogerie

Fleming brings next-gen expression to Haute Horlogerie

With a roster of A-list names behind his brand debut, Thomas Fleming seems to have seamlessly entered the fine watchmaking world. However, for this (...)

Tokyoflash Museum

Tokyoflash Museum

GALLERY

Tokyoflash was established in 2000 in Tokyo by Brent Car, CEO. Tokyoflash designers use the company blog to interact with their market audiences by (...)

控えめ “humble” in Japanese

控えめ “humble” in Japanese

GUEST COLUMN

I am thinking to myself, why on earth did Serge ask us to write for Europa Star on a regular basis? We at heist-out are the self-proclaimed “outcasts” of (...)

Urushi: rise and shine

Urushi: rise and shine

For 9,000 years, the durable urushi lacquer – a natural sap from the urushi tree – has been used in Japan. It is an exquisite and challenging material that (...)

Otsuka Lotec: a retro touch

Otsuka Lotec: a retro touch

With 1950s engineering design cues, Jiro Katayama and his Otsuka Lotec brand, which makes around 180 pieces per year, have recently started receiving (...)

Hajime Asaoka: a multifaceted contribution to Japanese watchmaking

Hajime Asaoka: a multifaceted contribution to Japanese watchmaking

Hajime Asaoka is arguably the most famous among the growing number of independent Japanese watchmakers. Alongside an extremely individual and subjective (...)

Biver welcomes James Marks as new CEO

Biver welcomes James Marks as new CEO

In addition to his new role as CEO, Mr. Marks will retain a Consulting position for Phillips Auction House, where he has worked for the past six (...)

The Greenwich Time Lady

The Greenwich Time Lady

EDITORIAL

Malcolm Lakin, whose column Freely Speaking (one of the very few humourous columns in the entire watchmaking press) occupied this page for many years, and (...)

Japanese ephemeral papers

Japanese ephemeral papers

In Japan, it is often said that the packaging is more important than what’s inside. In a gift – or simply with the food one brings home from the market – (...)

Daizoh Makihara: horological delicacies

Daizoh Makihara: horological delicacies

This former cook made a radical career change in the mid 2000s. In a process that is the horological equivalent of slow cooking, he makes one watch per (...)