It's hard to imagine the industrial zone on the edge of La Chaux-de-Fonds without Tag Heuer. In the space of 24 months, the firm has doubled the size of its production facilities to accommodate its headquarters, set up its 360 Museum and, in the same breath, increased its workforce by 30%. Same story at the brand's other sites in Sion and Cornol. There are currently some 60 vacancies to be filled at Tag Heuer, whose growth is now driven as much by watches as by eyewear. And the brand is about to unveil its first mobile phones, showing that Tag Heuer is at the head of a vast micromechanical potential with multiple applications Jean-Christophe Babin was talking to Christophe Roulet

With the opening of the Piaget Time Gallery in Geneva, an extension to its manufacturing site in Plan-les-Ouates, and a "Man of the Year" award for the brand's CEO, Piaget is busy on all fronts Philippe Léopold-Metzger, CEO of Piaget, presents the company's new exhibition concept, and takes this opportunity to take stock of the brand's health… a brand that can lay ever-greater claim to its title as the jeweller of watchmaking.

PPR has taken a 23% stake to become a minority shareholder in the Sowind Group, owner of the Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard brands. Luigi Macaluso, Chairman and CEO of Sowind, talks about the transaction that was announced in June.

With its 1,100 members, the Société Suisse de Chronométrie is the branch's largest professional association alongside the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Its purpose is to promote technical and scientific knowledge in the sector. Christophe Roulet met its President, Zian Kighelman.