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GRANDES MAISONS - When H. MOSER & CIE goes wild

GRANDES MAISONS - When H. MOSER & CIE goes wild

The takeover of H. Moser & Cie by the MELB Holding family group is starting to bear fruit. Appointed to head the Schaffhausen-based manufacture a year (...)

GRANDES MAISONS - DEWITT - Imperial in style and innovation

GRANDES MAISONS - DEWITT - Imperial in style and innovation

From day one, just over ten years ago, DeWitt watches were imbued with an inspired personality, a bold, architecturally structured appearance that made (...)

GRANDES MAISONS - ULYSSE NARDIN, the joys of manufacture

GRANDES MAISONS - ULYSSE NARDIN, the joys of manufacture

There have been some big changes at Ulysse Nardin over the past few years. First of all, following the death of the brand’s charismatic boss Rolf Schnyder, (...)

GRANDES MAISONS - The beginnings of the new ETERNA

GRANDES MAISONS - The beginnings of the new ETERNA

Acquired in 2011 by Chinese group China Haidian (Ebohr, Rossini, Codex), Eterna has had its share of ups and downs over the past two years. The reins of (...)

GRANDES MAISONS - CARL F. BUCHERER: Assertive but measured expansion

GRANDES MAISONS - CARL F. BUCHERER: Assertive but measured expansion

The Lucerne-based brand presents its new Patravi ScubaTec at BaselWorld. Europa Star caught up with the company’s CEO, Sascha Moeri, to talk about this new (...)

MID-RANGE - RAYMOND WEIL, the legacy of a unanimously respected gentleman

MID-RANGE - RAYMOND WEIL, the legacy of a unanimously respected gentleman

Mr Raymond Weil, founder of the eponymous brand, passed away on 26 January this year, at the age of 87. For the brand Raymond Weil, headed up by his (...)

MID-RANGE - FREDERIQUE CONSTANT - Manufacture for the masses

MID-RANGE - FREDERIQUE CONSTANT - Manufacture for the masses

The first thing you notice on entering the Frederique Constant factory is something that goes against most watch brands’ philosophy of keeping any kind of (...)

MID-RANGE - FOSSIL - the anthithesis of its name

MID-RANGE - FOSSIL - the anthithesis of its name

It is a big year for the Fossil Group, and not just because the company celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. While its competitors have been loudly (...)

MID-RANGE - EMILE CHOURIET, a new manufacture on the horizon?

MID-RANGE - EMILE CHOURIET, a new manufacture on the horizon?

Emile Chouriet, owned by Fiyta of China (which produces close to a million watches per year), presents a talking piece as the standard-bearer for its 2014 (...)

MID-RANGE - Football to fuel ROTARY's global expansion

MID-RANGE - Football to fuel ROTARY’s global expansion

Hublot may have been the first watch brand to partner with a football club but the landscape has since changed with the Swiss brand substituted as the (...)

MIDE-RANGE - FOLLI FOLLIE - Creating and housing fashion

MIDE-RANGE - FOLLI FOLLIE - Creating and housing fashion

The Athens-based Folli Follie Group operates in more than 28 countries and has a portfolio of brands that accompany a customer through all life phases. (...)

INDEPENDENTS - ARMAND NICOLET – Traditional Swiss watchmaking meets Italian design

INDEPENDENTS - ARMAND NICOLET – Traditional Swiss watchmaking meets Italian design

Armand Nicolet traces its origins back to 1875, when a certain Armand Nicolet, the son of a watchmaker, set up his own workshop in Tramelan in the Swiss (...)

INDEPENDENTS - AUGUSTE REYMOND, the discreet brand with a beneficent edge

The small family-owned and independent brand Auguste Reymond, based in the village of Tramelan in the Swiss Jura, has been in operation for over 100 years. (...)

INDEPENDENT BRANDS - RUDIS SYLVA

INDEPENDENT BRANDS - RUDIS SYLVA

In 2009 at BaselWorld, Rudis Sylva, headed up by Jacky Epitaux, presented a genuine “horological revolution” with its Harmonious Oscillator, “the only (...)

INDEPENDENT BRANDS - MANUFACTURE ROYALE

INDEPENDENT BRANDS - MANUFACTURE ROYALE

David Gouten, Marc Guten, Gérard Gouten and Alexis Gouten, all members of the same family and all well known in the watchmaking community (both as (...)

THE JAPANESE RACE for absolute precision

THE JAPANESE RACE for absolute precision

It is almost as if the three big Japanese brands – Seiko, Citizen and Casio – had passed the word around: 2014 will be the year of the GPS watch, capable of (...)

CASIO - Japan

CASIO - Japan

“SYNCHRONIZED TIMEPIECES”

The main theme chosen by Casio for BaselWorld 2014 was “Synchronized Timepieces”. It is best seen in two watches, a new double-synchronized G-Shock and an (...)

JAPAN - Thinner, lighter, faster… The new CITIZEN ECO-DRIVE SATELLITE WAVE F100

JAPAN - Thinner, lighter, faster… The new CITIZEN ECO-DRIVE SATELLITE WAVE F100

Citizen’s Eco-Drive Satellite Wave, launched in 2011 as a concept watch, was the brand’s first light-powered watch capable of synchronising with GPS (...)

JAPAN - New design for the SEIKO ASTRON GPS SOLAR

JAPAN - New design for the SEIKO ASTRON GPS SOLAR

Last year Seiko presented its Astron GPS solar at BaselWorld. This watch could automatically adjust to any of the different time zones around our planet. (...)

NEWCOMER - BARBOUR: From the waxed jacket to the wrist

NEWCOMER - BARBOUR: From the waxed jacket to the wrist

With two iconic garments as a foundation, Barbour has grown into a genuine lifestyle brand, adding a range of shirts, footwear and accessories to its (...)