GREUBEL FORSEY – WINNERS OF THE CHRONOMETRY CONTEST
Find out in this video what it took for Greubel Forsey to win the 2011 chronometry contest and prove the accuracy of their watches. Interview with Stephen Forsey.
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Parmigiani Fleurier introduces the Ovale collection
For the launch of its third member of the family of products, Jean-Marc Jacot, CEO of the Parmigiani Fleurier, gives us further insights into the Ovale collection; a new shape, a new movement and some very original retracting hands for some timepieces of the collection.
- June 18, 2013
Audemars Piguet new sponsor of ArtBasel
The prestigious manufacture from Le Brassus involved itself with the biggest contemporary art fair of the world: ArtBasel. Discover glimpses of the event and the reasons of such a partnership with Tim Sayler, Chief Marketing Officer, and Jasmine Audemars, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
- June 14, 2013
The path of a watch following the new rules of the Geneva Hallmark
A watch must respect precise criteria to obtain the Geneva seal certification and some operations, as the assembling for instance, must be done on its territory. At Vacheron Constantin, the process begins with the finishes and ends with the final tests as the accuracy for instance. The criteria have been defined in a law that has been adapted in 2011 and the controls are managed by Timelab, a dedicated office. Join The Watches TV to see how a watch get certified
- June 12, 2013
Corum and it’s jewelry watches strategy
To be established as a fine watchmaking brand, you need to have at some point a jewelry watch collection in your portfolio. Corum can now present such a collection, but they’ve also developed a very interesting gem setting technique that enables to produce spectacular dials that we’re not used to, find out more in this video.
- June 10, 2013
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 Fabienne Lupo, President of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, about this year’s expectations around the SIHH 2012. Find out the 7 deadly sins of Franco Cologni, chairman of the Cultural Council of the FHH. Interview produced during the 2011 SIHH for the blog of the FHH. Jaquet Droz commissioned Jean-Christophe Nothias, author, for an original and audacious project. For the first time we will discover the life of one the key watchmakers of his time, Pierre Jaquet Droz, not on an historical and factual basis, but as a real novel. The idea is to find out who was this ingenious man, his travels and encounters in the middle of the “Enlightenment Ages”, his family and legacy, instead of a historical description of what he achieved. 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. With the mission of “re-greening” the globe, the Audemars Piguet Foundation was pleased to present the “Jardin du Temps” initiative, a garden reenacting the evolution of the geological and botanical environment of the Vallée de Joux, birthplace of the brand. Interview with Jasmine Audemars, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Audemars Piguet and Chairwoman of the Foundation. taking place directly at the birth-root of brand Find out the Top 5 selection of Kristian Haagen at the 2103 Baselworld… Interview with Marc A. Hayek who talks to us about the magic of automatas, the incredible inventiveness of their creator since 2 centuries and the substance behind. This exhibition is held on 3 sites in the heart of swiss watchmaking territory (Neuchâtel, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle) and it will be held until the 30th of September 2012.
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