BAUME & MERCIER – CAPELAND PRESENTATION

Results and trends of the May watch auctions held in Geneva at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Antiquorum with an overall sale out of 45 Million Swiss Francs. Christie’s was really the big name with 30 Million in sales and 95% of the lots having found new owners, whereas results were slightly less impressive for the other 2 houses, but listen to what the three auctioneers had to say.

Interview with Bernard Fornas, CEO of Cartier, who explains to us the main novelties shown at the SIHH 2012; the brand’s first Minute Repeater, the new Tank Anglaise among many new creative products.

Set in the famous sound studio Dynamec, the first Watchmakers’ Ball welcomed many guests from the watchmaking industry.

Dr Helmut Crott, owner of the brand, gives us some hindsight into the brand’s history and its special relation with the world of science. This could only lead the brand in having an unusual but pertinent ambassador, Dr Etienne Klein, a nuclear physicist specialist in time related issues, but on another level!

Discover in this video a watch of fine elegance by Laurent Ferrier; the Galet Micro-Rotor. This brand is fairly new on the scene, but conveys what traditional watchmaking is all about in terms of quality and finishing. It’s never the less not rooted in the past as the silicium escapement confirms!!!

Discover with Elizabeth Doerr the Piaget Emperador Tourbillon watch, the thinnest in its class!

Interview with the president of the Foundation of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, Mr Carlo Lamprecht, as he reveals in our video the new format of the GPHG. You will also see an interview of the winner of the Aiguille d’Or 2011 prize, Mr Pierre Jaques, CEO of De Bethune.

During the Geneva Auto Salon, TheWATCHES.tv interviewed Jérôme Lamber, CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre, who talks to us about the parallels he makes between the world of watchmaking and the one of automobile. The brand and Aston Martin enjoy a 10-year long partnerchip and both companies share mutual understanding of excellence and innovation, as well as customer values, find out more in this video report.