On September 9th, Apple revealed its new range of products, which includes the Apple Watch. They are, says Chief Executive Tim Cook, the "next chapter in Apple's story". Here is a round-up of what the press has to say.

A specialist in patent searches and technology monitoring, Centredoc started out in 1964 as a scientific and technical documentation centre for the watchmaking industry, an activity still in demand although half its clients now come from other sectors.

Hautlence's tenth anniversary marks a new departure. With new products, a new partnership with football legend Eric Cantona, and a new positioning campaign, the company aims to give itself the aura and drive of a full-fledged brand.

When in 2011 Kering became the new owner of Sowind, and with it the Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard brands, the French multinational sent its Trojan Horse into Swiss watchmaking. Ulysse Nardin is its latest catch.

A Poinçon de Genève standard for every watch and avant-garde styling distinguish this Geneva manufacture from other elite brands.

Irrespective of claims that watchmaking is an art akin to painting or sculpture, its embracing of artistic activity, almost independently of its primary function to record time, has sparked a dialogue with a world beyond the purely mechanical.