Sports watch seeks athlete?
Countless brands propose sports watches in their collections, but do we really need them? Not so sure...
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Musical chairs
All those who have never heard of Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author", raise your hand. That's quite a show of hands! Where is this going? I'll explain...
A big year for Chopard
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Chopard Manufacture and the 40th birthday of the Happy Diamonds watch. An interview with Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, Co-President of a brand that has earned its place at mechanical watchmaking's top table.
Women in watchmaking
Fine Watchmaking is often accused of sidelining women, even though the other half of the sky – to borrow a famous Chinese metaphor – is an essential interlocutor for stakeholders across the board. Women are consistently more attentive to watches, be they precious or complicated. In managerial positions, they know how to provide important and decisive direction.
John Travolta's luxury: planes and beautiful watches
John Travolta has never missed a beat. From the king of the dancefloor in "Saturday Night Fever" to king of gangsters in "Pulp Fiction", everything this flying enthusiast touches turns to gold. An encounter with a pilot-actor who's never been afraid to aim high.
The forecast for 2016: hope, serenity and courage
Last February 18th, in one of my "Points of View" for HH Journal, I ventured a prudent but certainly reasonable forecast of CHF 21 billion for Swiss watch exports in 2015, based on figures published by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH). A result ultimately in line with the worldwide inflation rate. If my memory serves me well, other specialists, brands and analysts appeared more optimistic. None, however, predicted the sudden change in watchmaking's clement skies, brought on by the socio-economic droughts, hurricanes, floods, tornados and tsunamis that happened over the course of the recently ended year.
"The future is stirring"
"Future in Progress"... What the President of the FHH Cultural Council had to say at the 7th Forum de la Haute Horlogerie.
Only Watch: "Put our egos aside and join together"
Forty-four unique watches crossed Aurel Bacs' podium at the sixth edition of Only Watch, a record in the history of this charity auction.
