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Trilobe: a movement to liberate time

Trilobe: a movement to liberate time

The Parisian brand celebrates its fifth anniversary at the end of the year and in that short time has caused quite a sensation. Here’s the story of a watch (...)

Leica's dream: to capture time and keep it

Leica’s dream: to capture time and keep it

With its new ZM11 watch, the German company is detaching itself from its photographic aura and launching itself body and soul into a watchmaking venture, (...)

Charles Girardier: a great name in watchmaking makes its comeback

Charles Girardier: a great name in watchmaking makes its comeback

Relaunched in 2018 by Patrick A. Ulm, a passionate collector of antique watches, the brand Charles Girardier met with immediate success when in 2020 it won (...)

New record figures at WatchTime Düsseldorf 2023

New record figures at WatchTime Düsseldorf 2023

The annual exhibition saw a remarkable turnout with over 3,200 enthusiasts and collectors eager to engage with 45 watch manufacturers and cooperation (...)

XRby: the magic potions of dial-maker Xavier Rousset

XRby: the magic potions of dial-maker Xavier Rousset

On October 1st, 2020, the day his brand XRby was launched, Xavier Rousset crossed the Rubicon. This micromechanical engineer from a lineage of dial-makers (...)

Rebecca Struthers: preserving heritage skills

Rebecca Struthers: preserving heritage skills

GPHG ACADEMY

The GPHG Academy is a globally representative body whose members include master watchmakers from around the world. Among them is British watchmaker Dr. (...)

Daniela Dufour, a determined successor

Daniela Dufour, a determined successor

GPHG ACADEMY

She bears one of the great names of modern watchmaking, synonymous with ultimate excellence and independence. How does she feel about it? And what (...)

SEW watch fair in Czech Republic marks its most successful edition yet

SEW watch fair in Czech Republic marks its most successful edition yet

The 9th Salon of Exceptional Watches (SEW) trade fair held at Žofín Palace in Prague this year boasted 32 exhibitors and an estimated 3,000 attendees. The (...)

The 1916 Company: birth of a new American watch retail giant

The 1916 Company: birth of a new American watch retail giant

The new company brings together the WatchBox platform dedicated to collector’s timepieces and leading watch retailers in the USA: Govberg, Radcliffe and (...)

“We need to stop differentiating between Minerva and Montblanc”

“We need to stop differentiating between Minerva and Montblanc”

INTERVIEW

Nicolas Baretzki has spent his entire career since 1994 with the Richemont Group. After Cartier and Jaeger-LeCoultre, he joined Montblanc in 2013 and was (...)

Xavier Dietlin: “Take watches out of their glass prison”

Xavier Dietlin: “Take watches out of their glass prison”

GPHG ACADEMY

His contagious enthusiasm is matched by an incomparable sense of how to stage a watch. Meet Xavier Dietlin, the man who is shaking up the retail experience (...)

Hublot Design Prize 2023 announces winner among six finalists

Hublot Design Prize 2023 announces winner among six finalists

Hublot announces the winner of the 8th edition of the Hublot Design Prize, recognising committed design. The 2023 edition is marked by their philosophy of (...)

France Ebauches rises from its ashes

France Ebauches rises from its ashes

Early 1994, France Ebauches filed for bankruptcy. This was, according to the headline in La Chaux-de-Fonds daily L’Impartial, the “end of French (...)

Yema: aiming for independence

Yema: aiming for independence

As of this year, the Calibre CMM.20 will equip selected Yema watches, including the Yema Wristmaster Traveller Micro-Rotor Limited Edition, and is (...)

Pequignet and Calibre Royal

Pequignet and Calibre Royal

Now with the automatic Calibre Royal, the manual-winding Calibre Royal Manuel (2017) and the Calibre Initial (2021) under its belt, the brand was in need (...)

French movement-making: a pragmatic renewal

French movement-making: a pragmatic renewal

It’s still early days but the ball is rolling: mechanical movement production is returning to France. The likes of Pequignet, Yema, France Ebauches, (...)

Agenhor: poetry in motion

Agenhor: poetry in motion

Established by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, who passed the mantle to his two sons, Agenhor is a family affair that specialises in custom-designed modules and (...)

Le Cercle des Horlogers: by appointment only

Le Cercle des Horlogers: by appointment only

Le Cercle des Horlogers doesn’t do off-the-peg. Only “extensively personalised” movements whose inventiveness and prestige have earned the company an (...)

Schwarz Etienne's grand ambitions

Schwarz Etienne’s grand ambitions

Schwarz Etienne movements are built on a fully modular concept, enabling evolution of both manual-winding and micro-rotor equipped automatic movements (...)

Chronode: made-to-measure

Chronode: made-to-measure

Chronode is not your run-of-the-mill mechanical movement-maker. The company, based in Le Locle, offers contemporary, innovative solutions and provides (...)