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Stepan Sarpaneva: from Cable Guy to Candyman

Stepan Sarpaneva: from Cable Guy to Candyman

Stepan Sarpaneva’s studio used to be in a former cable factory. In 2022 he moved the production of his two brands, Sarpaneva and Sarpaneva Uhrenfabrik (...)

Jurmo Watches offers customisation of adventurous horology

Jurmo Watches offers customisation of adventurous horology

Finnish 7-year-old Jurmo watches has impressive production capabilities and an in-house designer, which makes it an extremely agile brand that also (...)

Should we colourise the past?

Should we colourise the past?

EDITORIAL

A kind reader* recently sent us this photograph, which shows Europa Star’s founder, our ancestor Hugo Buchser, in a new light. While we’re used to seeing (...)

Breguet continues its partnership with Frieze Art Fair in 2024

Breguet continues its partnership with Frieze Art Fair in 2024

The yearlong partnership takes the form of a new artistic collaboration with independent curator Jenn Ellis. The first exhibition of Jenn’s curations (...)

Chicago's Horological Heartbeat: Highlights from the Minutes + Hours Show

Chicago’s Horological Heartbeat: Highlights from the Minutes + Hours Show

Described by one participant as “the equivalent of an amusement park for fine timepiece enthusiasts”, the show attracted more than 1,000 people during its (...)

Successful premiere of the Inhorgenta TrendFactory in Paris

Successful premiere of the Inhorgenta TrendFactory in Paris

With over 50 participants and exciting presentations, the fair’s first international TrendFactory in Paris was a resounding success. Inhorgenta’s investment (...)

Raúl Pagès: when the tortoise becomes a hare

Raúl Pagès: when the tortoise becomes a hare

Raúl Pagès, the overjoyed recipient of the Louis Vuitton prize designed to encourage independent watchmakers, has pursued a horological career path of (...)

Louis Vuitton: independents and métiers d'art

Louis Vuitton: independents and métiers d’art

At his first meeting with the founders of La Fabrique du Temps (acquired by LVMH in 2011), Enrico Barbasini and Michel Navas, a disconcerted Jean Arnault (...)

Call for applications: 2024 Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow

Call for applications: 2024 Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow

The Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow, created exactly thirty years ago by the Institut Horlogerie Cartier to recognise apprentice (...)

Draw me a dial!

Draw me a dial!

Whether admired or misunderstood, the watch designer is a key figure in any new project. Collectors often see them as artists, with a strong personality (...)

Perspectives on dialmaking

Perspectives on dialmaking

Over the past few months, we met with dozens of professionals in the dialmaking sector: the company bosses, managers and independent craftspeople whose (...)

A voyage outside time

A voyage outside time

In this short but gripping text, which reflects upon the perception of time, and life lived to the rhythm of water that may or may not come when expected, (...)

Michel Nydegger, new CEO of Greubel Forsey

Michel Nydegger, new CEO of Greubel Forsey

Michel Nydegger will take over the role of CEO. Antonio Calce will assume the role of vice president starting from August 5, (...)

GaÏa Prize: A year of festivities at the MIH

GaÏa Prize: A year of festivities at the MIH

The Gaïa Prize, awarded annually by the Musée International d’Horlogerie, is celebrating its 30th edition in 2024. The La Chaux-de-Fonds-based museum’s famous (...)

“Personally, I love this watch – not many did”

“Personally, I love this watch – not many did”

THE FAILURES THAT MADE ME

The press is full of stories of watchmaking success. So we’ve decided to ring the changes, and bring you a series devoted to failures, which are ultimately (...)

A preview of Geneva Watch Days 2024

A preview of Geneva Watch Days 2024

The event will be held from 29 August to 2 September 2024, with newcomers such as Beauregard, Cvstos, Daniel Roth, Edox, Favre Leuba, Fortis, Genus, (...)

“At the stroke of noon!” – The history of the Palais Royal Cannon Clock

“At the stroke of noon!” – The history of the Palais Royal Cannon Clock

Imagine you’re in Paris, in July 1789, on the cusp of the French Revolution. In the formal gardens of the Palais Royal, the coquettes enticing clients with (...)

How France adopted Greenwich Mean Time (and still fought back!)

How France adopted Greenwich Mean Time (and still fought back!)

Today, the Greenwich meridian rules supreme. But the international standardisation of time was the result of a scientific and diplomatic tug-of-war between (...)

The watchmaker who registered the very first Swiss patent

The watchmaker who registered the very first Swiss patent

The story of Paul Perret (1854-1904) is quite unusual. He was famous not for one single accomplishment but for three different ones: he revolutionised (...)

The Antikythera Mechanism: 2,200 years ahead of its time

The Antikythera Mechanism: 2,200 years ahead of its time

For more than a century, investigations have been taking place into a small mass of metal, retrieved from the bottom of the Aegean Sea. It has not yet (...)