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At first glance, it is a bit surprising to see a brand like Concord, with its super-modern designs and its cyberpunk inspirations, featured in our "Savoir Faire and Heritage" summer-school. But it is the first time I can access such comprehensive information, regarding the production of a...

At the beginning of the 2000's, one witnessed an explosion of creativity, which borrowed from Steampunk, Cyberpunk and Punk-rock trends; an explosion of style influenced by the geek culture, which nursed a new generation of watchmaking. But since this crazy era (which will remain a case study...

The main buzz at Baselworld was of course HYT. Launching a buzz successfully is like putting a spaceship into orbit, it takes a thruster, but it also takes an astronaut. Yet, most of time the buzz fails, because one of the elements is missing… The pre-Basel marketing campaign was indeed...

Finally, the attraction of the exhibition, the masterpiece among Jaquet-Droz's creations: the "Writer" android, kept in the Art and History museum of Neuchatel. This building is fascinating, because it was designed and built from the beginning as a museum, which was extremely rare prior the 20th...

The three remaining automatons represent the heights of creativity and good workmanship. Ladies first, the watch museum of La Chaux-de-Fonds holds «La Musicienne». This piece was mainly built by Henri-Louis, who had almost finished his musical studies. Musical automatons, like singing birds...

This is the first topic of our summer serie: Summer school, heritage & Savoir Faire. Watch out: here comes a spoiler! The following text reveals most of the content that will be seen at the exhibition Automatons & Marvels; so if you plan to attend, (as you should, since it has become so easy...

At the beginning of each Baselworld, the commentators frenetically split their attention between two booths: Rolex's and Patek's. Yet, in order to see the 2012 edition's future best-sellers, one only had to slightly turn one's head to the right when facing the Rolex booth. Indeed, even if the...

The Fusion concept was one of the 2000's horologic bubble's stylistic drivers. It was initiated by Hublot and much of the watchmaking industry followed suit. Yet, for many brands, "Fusion" merely meant "superimposition", superimposition of materials, of styles, of complications…. In order to...

I will present in the next few days & weeks, a series of topics on the Geneva auctions of May 2012. This is some extracts of the first photo-report, full texts & pictures on Watchonista. Patek 2523 & Patek 605 North America at Christie's: 687.000chf for the Patek 605 & 2.771.000chf for...

Finally, we discovered the L.U.C Lunar One, a new version of Chopard's perpetual calendar. While the previous pieces spawned from a will to popularize the calibers and technologies of the brand , the Lunar One is a demonstration of the Chopard manufactory's know-how. With a diameter of 43mm, a...

Finally, we discovered the L.U.C Lunar One, a new version of Chopard's perpetual calendar. While the previous pieces spawned from a will to popularize the calibers and technologies of the brand , the Lunar One is a demonstration of the Chopard manufactory's know-how. With a diameter of 43mm, a...

When you write during Baselworld 2012, you don't have time for reading, and you sometimes have some very good surprises when you discover some watches, as it was the case on Chopard's booth. Unexpectedly, Chopard achieves an excellent show in a globally dull Baselworld 2012. As our most loyal...

Transforma Rivage Chronograph The photograph, bending under the weight of his camera, his eyes blinded by the flashes, sometimes reaches a level of exhaustion almost hallucinatory. To be honest, the first time I saw this Tranforma Rivage Chronograph, I thought it was a mistake. In the flow of...