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Watch Curator '18- Open-Worked

Watch Curator ’18
- Open-Worked

MORE THAN A SKELETON

In conventional watchmaking, skeletonising a watch’s movement was a rare speciality practised by a handful of master watchmakers. It was a balancing act (...)

Watch Curator '18- Skulls

Watch Curator ’18
- Skulls

MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori… Remember that you must die! Our time on Earth has a beginning and an end. Without death, there would be no (...)

Watch Curator '18- Sport

Watch Curator ’18
- Sport

THE AGE OF MATURITY IN WATCHMAKING

With greater accuracy and the invention of the chronograph, watchmaking in the 19th century was a booming industry, directly contributing to the rise of (...)

Watch Curator '18- Tough

Watch Curator ’18
- Tough

THE OTT SIDE OF WATCHMAKING

Watches are getting smaller, with unnecessary additions being cut back. In all segments of the watch market, super-size watch faces are today considered (...)

Watch Curator '18- New Display

Watch Curator ’18
- New Display

FREE FROM TWO-HANDED TYRANNY

It’s no easy task, freeing watches from the two hands that show the hour and the minutes! No easy task, because it is through the movement of these two (...)

Watch Curator '18- Barocco

Watch Curator ’18
- Barocco

THE “IRREGULAR” PEARLS

Appearing first in the sixteenth century, the adjective “baroque” comes from the Portuguese barocco, which meant a pearl with an irregular shape. From there, (...)

Watch Curator '18- Vintage & Neo-vintage

Watch Curator ’18
- Vintage & Neo-vintage

THE APPEAL OF NOSTALGIA

“La nostalgie, c’est le désir d’on ne sait quoi” (”Nostalgia is the desire for the indefinable something")—Saint-Exupéry.

Watch Curator '18- Connected

Watch Curator ’18
- Connected

TIME TO BURY THE HATCHET?

Smartwatches have become an everyday item. The Apple Watch is a “wrist accessory” that has been adopted by millions of aficionados from Sydney to New York (...)

Watch Curator '18- Calibres

Watch Curator ’18
- Calibres

QUARTZ IS NOT DEAD!

In Europa Star Time Business 4/18 we have made clear the parallel trajectories of connected and vintage mechanical watches. In this context, things might (...)

Five underrated vintage chronograph calibres

Five underrated vintage chronograph calibres

PART I EXCELSIOR PARK & ANGELUS

Can you think of a single brand that doesn’t offer a chronograph in their current line-up? The chronograph is still perceived today as one of the most (...)

Supercars and Luxury Watches: A One-Way Love Affair?

Supercars and Luxury Watches: A One-Way Love Affair?

GUEST COLUMN

The connection between these two “toys for boys” is undeniable. It is one of the most recurring themes in marketing and publicity for luxury watches. That (...)

Bulgari and the classical '80s

Bulgari and the classical ’80s

ROME

How can a big fashion house overhaul its collections without bowing to the diktats of social networks? One solution is to rediscover times that, although (...)

Taming the light

Taming the light

SWISS SUPER-LUMINOVA®

If you’re looking for something to brighten up your nights, this is it! Invisible during the day, Swiss Super-LumiNova® becomes apparent when the light dims. (...)

A tribute to Helmut Sinn

A tribute to Helmut Sinn

PORTRAIT

The German watchmaker, a great specialist in pilot watches, was 101 years old. And he still dreamed of relaunching a brand. (...)

HYT, the flow of time

HYT, the flow of time

A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY

Inspired by the ancient water clock, fluid-driven time-telling required ten years of development to finally appear in the Neuchâtel-based brand’s watches. (...)

An introduction to the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair

An introduction to the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair

The 37th edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong Watch&Clock Fair kicks off at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on September 4 and will (...)

Painter's block

Painter’s block

FREELY SPEAKING

One of the good things about our place in Menton is that there’s no room for guests, although we make exceptions for our offsprings if they promise to stay (...)

Hublot: what marketing impact of the World Cup?

Hublot: what marketing impact of the World Cup?

ANALYSIS

When seeing the referees holding boards with the Hublot logo during the World Cup, did you wonder what was the marketing outcome for the brand? Chrono24 (...)

Patek Philippe: pioneers of silicon

Patek Philippe: pioneers of silicon

INNOVATION

Alongside Rolex and the Swatch Group, Patek Philippe was one of the pioneers of silicon. Jean-Pierre Musy sets out the details of the different phases in (...)

Urwerk: Breguet, atomic style

Urwerk: Breguet, atomic style

LABOS

The most accurate clock in all of Baselworld was to be found on the Urwerk stand. Actually called AMC, short for Atomic Master Clock, it is a new, atomic (...)