Reading Time: 6 minutes“Manual intelligence is not innate, it is constantly refined. Operations must be almost infinitely repeated, as such is the price to pay for the pursuit of excellence.” Vacheron Constantin’s Master Gemsetter is adamant that beauty takes time. This quest for craftsmanship, which has characterised Vacheron Constantin since its foundation in 1755,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesSummer 2012: H. Moser & Cie. is on the verge of bankruptcy, with seemingly no buyers on the horizon. Its situation is desperateand its performance catastrophic, despite the many assets of the brand; namely a fully integrated manufacture that creates innovative products built on a rich and unique history. Enter MELB Holding, an independent Swiss family group ownedContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Geneva-based jewellery design and gem-setting firm Salanitro SA announced that Patek Philippe SA has acquired a stake in its capital. Much more than a partnership, this acquisition of a stake in the company symbolises the coming together of two independent Geneva-based family businesses. Salanitro SA, the Swiss leader inContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe first universal and multilingual encyclopedia, Horopedia.org dedicated exclusively to the world of watchmaking will be unveiled on Tuesday, August 30 at 10am CET (10H00 Geneva time), symbolically in Geneva, Switzerland, during a press conference in the Geneva Watch Days 2022 Pavilion.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesFounded in 2017, The Naked Watchmaker has become a popular educational resource, much loved by watch industry professionals and devotees of horology. Visitors to the company’s website can see mechanical timepieces, both in assembled and deconstructed form. Indeed, the deconstruction process often culminates in a myriad of parts being neatlyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat gives us our Edge? And how do we go beyond it? How thin is the line between taking part, and tipping into victory? What inspires those moments of rare advantage – down to the millimetre, down to the microsecond – that change the shape of the race? Are winnersContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesMr. Pascal Raffy, owner of the House of Bovet 1822, and Bovet’s artisans, are honoured to celebrate Bovet’s 198th anniversary of pure Engineering Brilliance and exceptional artistry of human watchmaking. Mr. Pascal Raffy would like to invite you on a journey through the House’s creation and substantial contribution to watchmakingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I will combine my “Found on the Internet” and “Interview” column for a special person – Barbara Palumbo. While the title summarises shortly Barbara, I am firmly convinced that, if you don’t already know her / about her and her work, after this you got yourself a new pieceContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 7 Messidor Year IX – in other words, June 26, 1801 – master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet patented a new kind of regulator: the tourbillon. Five years later, in 1806, the public turned out in large numbers to attend the National Exhibition of Industrial Products in Paris, where visitors wereContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have no idea about how long it is since I started to follow Fratello Watches. I just remember thinking to myself and sharing their images and posts – “Woah, Fratello did it again!“. So yes, they impressed me during the years and they still keep my interest high.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Naked Watchmaker project is one of the coolest websites about watches, watchmaking and the people of the world of horology available. The website transpires, besides extremely valuable information, a lot of passion. I salute Peter Speake-Marin for his project and I will try to present you my favourite parts of it.Continue Reading