SPECIAL EXHIBITION FROM THE GENEVA MUSEUMS AT THE SIHH 2012

A few days after the passing of legendary designer Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, TheWATCHES.tv interviews Patrick Kury, CEO of Eterna and Porsche Design Timepieces. Additionally of the legacy of the designer, we also talked about the new chinese ownership and the development of their internal mouvement production capabilities.

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.

Little insight into the Belles Montres 2011 edition held in Paris, a watch show that gathered 12’500 people in just 3 days at the Carousel du Louvre.

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.

Jean-Marc Jacot, CEO of the brand, explains us the reasons behind Parmigiani Fleurier’s involvement for the 7th year with the famous Montreux Jazz Festival.

This excellent project shares open source thinking into the watchmaking world: transmission of traditional skills, tools and techniques. We asked Michel Boulenger, the lucky student of these illustrious watchmakers, in what phase of the project he’s in and how were things going along as he’s moving from the design phase to enter the actual manufacturing phase.