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Once Upon a Time: Tissot in Shanghai (1920–1948)

Once Upon a Time: Tissot in Shanghai (1920–1948)

The evocation of Tissot’s past presence in Shanghai resonates with its present, with the opening of a new boutique on Nanking Road - the very place where (...)

The Battenberg Foundation, a social partner for the Swiss watch industry

The Battenberg Foundation, a social partner for the Swiss watch industry

PROFILE

Founded in 1962 by several business leaders in the watchmaking industry, the Battenberg Foundation assists the reintegration of persons with disabilities (...)

MycoWorks: spore-chic out to conquer luxury

MycoWorks: spore-chic out to conquer luxury

Biomaterials are making inroads in the luxury market. Few are as versatile as fungus. We met with MycoWorks, a US biotech company that is pioneering (...)

Concepto, the integrated watch factory

Concepto, the integrated watch factory

MOVEMENTS

In less than 20 years, Valérien Jaquet has succeeded in setting up an impressive movement manufacture, now almost completely vertically integrated. (...)

Depancel, the sports watch comes of age

Depancel, the sports watch comes of age

Having launched in 2018 as a result of two successful Kickstarter campaigns, Depancel is now looking to establish its brand through a more specific product (...)

Spotlight on luminous dials

Spotlight on luminous dials

More than a century after the first applications of radioluminescent paint, a book and a film – The Radium Girls – commemorates the tragic fate of these (...)

Jérôme Boutteçon, the first master craftsman in marquetry on dials

Jérôme Boutteçon, the first master craftsman in marquetry on dials

PORTRAIT

As a young man, he dreamed of becoming a sculptor. Alarmed at the idea of having an artist son, his father forced him to train as a cabinetmaker. An (...)

CIGA Design, a different path for Chinese watchmaking

CIGA Design, a different path for Chinese watchmaking

CIGA Design, the first Chinese watch brand to win a GPHG award, was created by a specialist in urban design, heir to the key precept of the Bauhaus school: (...)

Understanding the Perpetual boutique concept by Phillips

Understanding the Perpetual boutique concept by Phillips

Phillips auction house is expanding its network of brick-and-mortar watch stores, with boutiques in London, Gstaad, Hong Kong and soon Zurich. This (...)

Behrens, new-generation Chinese watchmaking

Behrens, new-generation Chinese watchmaking

Aside from mass production, the Chinese watch industry has long relied on the industrial clout of some of its conglomerates and flagship companies to (...)

Urwerk: reflections on the nature of time

Urwerk: reflections on the nature of time

When the Urwerk brand was born back in 1997, it took a certain amount of idealism on the part of its founders to offer an alternative approach to (...)

Behind the scenes of a decorative art: Guilloché

Behind the scenes of a decorative art: Guilloché

Disenchanted professionals sometimes choose radically different work orientations, often worlds away from the career for which they studied. Such is the (...)

Accutron's giant leap beyond Bulova

Accutron’s giant leap beyond Bulova

With an uninterrupted legacy spanning nearly 150 years in the United States, Bulova is fervently reigniting its esteemed heritage. Jeffrey Cohen, President (...)

Meeting the leading female collectors from Kuwait

Meeting the leading female collectors from Kuwait

An engineer by training and a lover of fine watches, Anwar Yaqob Alyousef founded the Kuwait Watch Club Ladies early last year. We caught up with her to (...)

LVMH's new watch division: an early salvo in a battle that has only just begun

LVMH’s new watch division: an early salvo in a battle that has only just begun

After months of rumours, the game of musical chairs within LVMH’s Watches & Jewelry division has come to an end. Julien Tornare replaces Frédéric Arnault (...)

Country focus: Sweden

Country focus: Sweden

Perhaps Sweden – famous for IKEA, meatballs, pickled herring, red cottages, elks, and midnight sun – should add watch brands to the list? In the last decades (...)

Tissot, neo-vintage and connectivity

Tissot, neo-vintage and connectivity

INTERVIEW

Tissot, the flagship brand of affordable Swiss watchmaking, has unveiled a new version of its T-Touch Connect Solar watch, the result of significant (...)

A meeting with Crispin Jones, Mr Jones

A meeting with Crispin Jones, Mr Jones

PODCAST

Who’s behind the “unforgettable British watch company”, also known as Mr Jones? Their watches are easily recognisable thanks to the unique kinematics and (...)

A visit to the Gucci Watch Lab

A visit to the Gucci Watch Lab

In spring 2023, Gucci unveiled its new, fully renovated workshops in Cortaillod, Switzerland. The Gucci Watch Lab is no ordinary watch production facility: (...)

Frederique Constant's horological development

Frederique Constant’s horological development

Europa Star sat down with Niels Eggerding, CEO of Frederique Constant. He presented several developments of the brand during its 35th anniversary, (...)