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Master of the swords

Master of the swords

PORTRAIT

Swordsmith Sadanobu Gassan works with Casio to craft watches for a dedicated MR-G line. The heir to six generations of artisans, he explains how he works (...)

Anne Biéler

Anne Biéler

THE CULTURE OF ENCOUNTERS

Aside from her early fascination for craftsmanship, there was nothing to suggest that Anne Biéler would become a key figure in the world of Haute (...)

Georges Dubois - The oldest watchmaker in the world

Georges Dubois - The oldest watchmaker in the world

PARAPHERNALIA

Born in 1921, Georges Dubois still lives in the small house bought by his father in 1923. Around the age of 15, not knowing what do in life but needing to (...)

Balthasar de Pury : watches with a soul

Balthasar de Pury : watches with a soul

PARAPHERNALIA

It all started with his passion for insects, then it was the skateboard, and only later the watch. On his way home from school, he would gaze at the (...)

Pascal Raffy

Pascal Raffy

BOVET

Pascal Raffy was born and brought up a long way from the watch world, in Lebanon. He’s cosmopolitan; he has his head in the stars, but his roots go deep. (...)

Dominique Renaud

Dominique Renaud

THE ROOTS OF A REVOLUTIONARY

"I would like to open new horizons for mechanical watchmaking,” Dominique Renaud told us a year ago when he presented us with the first prototype of the (...)

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht

CONTINUALLY FORGETTING IN ORDER TO START AFRESH

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, watchmaker and founder of Agenhor, may have no fewer than seven Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève awards to his name (for Best Watch (...)

Martin Frei

Martin Frei

TOOLS THAT INSPIRE IMAGINATION

Martin Frei is the co-founder and principal designer at Urwerk. It is virtually impossible to separate his work from that of watchmaker Félix Baumgartner. (...)

Vianney Halter: the big kid

Vianney Halter: the big kid

PORTRAIT

Paraphernalia most commonly refers to a group of apparatus, equipment, or furnishing used for a particular activity. For example, an avid watch fan may (...)