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Bell & Ross: 20 years squaring the circle

Bell & Ross: 20 years squaring the circle

If watchmaking had a Daft Punk, it would be Bruno Belamich and Carlos Rosillo. They met as students, made their debut from Paris in the 1990s, (...)

Singer Reimagined, an uncompromising path

Singer Reimagined, an uncompromising path

If there is one word that can define the watch brand backed by an automotive specialist, it is ’coherence’ – in its style, its language, and its strategy. Yet (...)

Corum reclaims Swiss control in management buyout

Corum reclaims Swiss control in management buyout

The 70-year-old brand from La Chaux-de-Fonds has returned to Swiss ownership. The buyout was led by Haso Mehmedovic, 32, who began his career there 15 (...)

Interview with Richard Vaucher, new president of Arc Horloger

Interview with Richard Vaucher, new president of Arc Horloger

The organisation established to support UNESCO’s recognition of expertise in mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics has now become a formal association. (...)

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HSNY awards record $160K in scholarships at annual gala

HSNY awards record $160K in scholarships at annual gala

The Horological Society of New York hosted this black-tie affair at The Plaza Hotel in March, uniting collectors, top brands, auction houses, and (...)

Christophe Hoppé, watchmaking as a lifestyle

Christophe Hoppé, watchmaking as a lifestyle

After honing his skills at Technomarine and later supplying watch hands, the entrepreneur left it all behind in 2010 to start a new life in Australia. Yet (...)

Caran d'Ache draws a line between generations

Caran d’Ache draws a line between generations

Headed by the fourth generation of the Hubscher family, the Geneva-based pencil and writing instrument manufacturer shares many traits with its watchmaking (...)

Dubois Dépraz: keep it in the family

Dubois Dépraz: keep it in the family

GENERATIONS

Dubois Dépraz is a family enterprise and an exception in a contemporary landscape which, in the company’s almost 125 years, has been significantly reshaped (...)

An afternoon with the Preziusos

An afternoon with the Preziusos

GENERATIONS

Antoine, the father, May, the mother, Laura, the daughter and Florian, the son. The watchmaking flame burns bright among the Preziuosos and has been passed (...)

Jean-Claude and Pierre Biver: “If youth knew, if age could”

Jean-Claude and Pierre Biver: “If youth knew, if age could”

GENERATIONS

Having revived mechanical watchmaking with Blancpain, boosted Omega’s global presence, put Hublot on the map, restructured TAG Heuer and shaken up Zenith, (...)

Sylvain Berneron: creativity unleashed

Sylvain Berneron: creativity unleashed

GPHG SERIES

Freshly crowned with the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève Audacity Prize, Sylvain Berneron shares with us his career path as an industrial designer, which (...)

The Scheufeles happy dynasty

The Scheufeles happy dynasty

GENERATIONS

Karl III, Karin, Karl-Friedrich, Christine, Caroline, Caroline-Marie, Karl-Fritz and Katarina Scheufele: a Chopard watch or jewel can be conceived of and (...)

Something must change if nothing is to change

Something must change if nothing is to change

GENERATIONS

This Generations special feature commences a series of articles and interviews, to be continued in upcoming issues of Europa Star, on the role family-owned (...)

Who runs the world? Families

Who runs the world? Families

EDITORIAL

As Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, president of Chopard, points out in the interview he, together with his son, gave us for the Generations series that begins in (...)

Van Cleef & Arpels: Love in motion

Van Cleef & Arpels: Love in motion

Van Cleef & Arpels harnesses its expertise in watchmaking to capture its poetic vision in miniaturised automaton mechanisms. This year’s Bal des (...)

Vacheron Constantin: the 270th anniversary models

Vacheron Constantin: the 270th anniversary models

Some of the most significant models in the Geneva Manufacture’s long history have coincided with past anniversaries. New calibres, decorations, métiers (...)

Watchmaking and the centre of the universe

Watchmaking and the centre of the universe

EDITORIAL

Every member of the vast international watch “community” who walks the carpeted aisles of Watches and Wonders, is chauffeured to Geneva’s lakeside hotels and (...)

Audemars Piguet resets its calendar for its 150th anniversary

Audemars Piguet resets its calendar for its 150th anniversary

The Manufacture took five years to develop a calibre that will save time and frustration, with an ingenious “all-in-one” crown for setting the perpetual (...)

White Star, the revival of a Swiss watchmaking classic

White Star, the revival of a Swiss watchmaking classic

After working extensively for major watchmaking groups as a specialist in jewellery and gemmology, Cédric Berruex fell in love with the history of a brand (...)

L'Epée: contemporary evocations of time

L’Epée: contemporary evocations of time

How did a company that had spent almost two centuries making traditional carriage clocks become one of the most original and creative names on the (...)

ID Genève and Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons: an ideal match

ID Genève and Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons: an ideal match

Sustainability-focused watch brand ID Genève is taking on the Middle East as it partners with the region’s foremost retailer, Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons. (...)

“When you join a family business, you're on the front line”

“When you join a family business, you’re on the front line”

GENERATIONS REPORT

Three generations have so far taken turns at the head of Raymond Weil in its half-century existence, and already Elie Bernheim – born in 1980 – is (...)

Tiffany & Co. fuses jewellery with time

Tiffany & Co. fuses jewellery with time

Is it a watch? Is it a jewel? After four years of intensive preparation since Tiffany & Co. was acquired by LVMH, the Tiffany Watch is back! Nicolas (...)

Franck Muller, mystery and exuberance

Franck Muller, mystery and exuberance

Established in 1991, the brand multiplies new releases and customisation options in a market that seeks to rationalise production. It continues to put its (...)