CORUM AT THE 2012 BASELWORLD

TheWATCHES.tv visits Centagora, the technical lab behind the development of the new extraordinary Opus 12. We talked with Emmanuel Bouchet, watchmaker and co-founder of the lab, and his team about the situation of this project, the complexity and audacity of the new member of the Opus family by Harry Winston.

Vacheron Constantin supports the European Days of “Métiers d’Art”, a celebration and presentation of various fine craftsmanship and launches the “Cercle 250″ initiative regrouping companies having more than 250 year of non stop activity . Interview with Mr Julien Marchenoir, Brand Equity & Heritage Director of the brand.

Interview with Aurel Bacs, International Co-Head of Christie’s watch department, days before the Geneva auction to be held on Monday the 14th of May. Mr Bacs gives us some insights on this sale and points out several lots that we will soon follow among them a special white gold minute repeater wristwatch by Vacheron Constantin built in 1961.

With a new world record for a Rolex Sea-Dweller reaching almost 0.5 million Swiss Francs and total sales of the 600 lots proposed slightly above CHF 8,6 Million, find out more about the auction that took place on the 11th of November 2012 with Julien Schaerer, Watch Director and auctioneer of Antiquorum. We also talk about the result of a contemporary Audemars Piguet, the Jules Audemars, and why are Swatch watches not performing, even for prototype versions!

Discover in this interview with Jean-Marie Schaller, CEO of the Ateliers Louis Moinet, how our previous understanding concerning the origin of the chronograph has been completely revised with the discovery of an extraordinary timepiece dating from 1816!