CHRISTIE’S, SOTHEBY’S AND ANTIQUORUM WATCH AUCTIONS OF MAY

The SIHH never stops and networking is still going strong late at night on the after dinner boat party!

The 2012 edition of the White Turf horse race competitions of St Moritz were held with the expected glamour and style, as well as some evident real and trough races. Both race winner and owner were handed a Parmigiani watch.

Discover what it’s like when you’re really racing against time. Interview with Loïck Peyron, skipper of Banque Populaire 5, and Yvan Ravussin, watch leader, regarding the fastest tour around the world with a sailing boat: 45 days 13h 42mn 53s!!!

Find out more about the incredible George Daniels auction just held in London with Roger Smith, pupil and independent watchmaker who talks to us about the man and his watches with a exceptional presentation of the Space Traveller, one of the most iconic pieces of the auction.

Since 2009, Blancpain has been involved in motor sport, firstly with the sponsoring of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series where every participants race with the same car, then with the sponsoring of the Blancpain Endurance Series with GT3 cars and this year Blancpain went a bit further with their very own team, the Blancpain Racing Team. Find out more with Marc A. Hayek, President & CEO of the brand, who is also a fierce racing driver of the racing team.

Interview with Mr François Thiébaud, President of Tissot, who explains us the reasons and objectives of the their new and impressive robotic warehouse in Le Locle. Capable of managing up to 50’000 pieces per day, this installation was a minimum to contain the brand’s development.

Discover the highlights of the fantastic auction of George Daniels’ personal collection with Geoffroy Ader from Sotheby’s and Michael Clerizo of the New York Times and author of an upcoming biography on the famous watchmaker, mentor to today’s many independent watchmakers.

During a visit to De Bethune’s factory, Denis Flageollet, co-founder and Head of technical departement, explains us in this video their new approach to the regulation of watches: a magnetic oscillating system opening the door to frequencies as high as 20’000 Hertz. Their “open source” approach goes against intellectual protection habits of the industry, but what they want is to make things go fast to the benefit of watchmaking evolution.