SIHH 2012 – TOP 5 WITH GREGORY PONS – PART 1 OF 2

Find out the Top 5 selection of Carlos Torres at the 2103 Baselworld…

In 1977, Vincent Calabrese invented an incredible movement that thanks to Corum and the vision of René Bannwart would become a few years later the iconic Golden Bridge. More than 30 years after the birth of this watch in 1981, Corum’s CEO Antonio Calce  has pushed for the brand and Mr Calabrese to collaborate again. The goal is to not only to tell the story behind this incredible adventure, but also in exchanging new ideas with the current team of Laurent Besse and who knows what could come out!

On top of having probably the craziest stand of the SIHH 2012, IWC held the biggest party of the event with many friends of the brand: Cate Blanchet, Jean Reno, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Boris Becker…

Girard-Perregaux has been working on this new escapement since 2008 and with the precious usage of silicium this escapement has become a reality. This will for sure help Girard-Perregaux further establish itself as an innovating brand, discover more in this video report.

Interview with Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, watchmaker and founder of Agenhor, the company behind numerous extraordinary timepieces such as Van Cleef & Arpels’ Poetic Wish and Hermès’ Temps Suspendu. He shares with us his views on the evolution of his profession and puts into perspective the inventiveness of the industry.

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.

The finishing stages of a leather strap explained to you by the team of the only Hermès leather workshop outside of France. This one is in Brugg, next to Bienne, Switzerland.

Guillaume Tetu, founder of Hautlence, explains us the takeover of the company by an experienced team led by Georges-Henri Meylan (former Audemars Piguet CEO), a move that should solidify the brand both in terms of product development and its distribution. The first visible step, the launch of new repositioned timepiece, the HLRS, a watch which comes in 3 finishing and to be found around the $30’000 mark.