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Best things deserve waiting

They say, how you start your year can have an impact on its entirety, so it’s worth spending the first days with something that you would enjoy doing in the coming months too. Although on 2 January the...

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Just one more minute, please!

Well, they say, all good things come to an end one day. SIHH closed doors today, GTE did yesterday. How was it? Interesting, eventful, socializing, entertaining and educational. I will post articles as...

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Uncomplicate complications – Movements

Aaron Becsei is an independent watchmaker, and member of Académie Horlogére des Créaturs Indépendants. He guides me with the experts’ knowledge through the secrets of fine watchmaking. In the series...

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The first Mouawad Watch Line in Muscat

Mouawad has been producing watches since 1972, when Robert Mouawad founded Robergé in Switzerland. In 1990 he acquired a watch case production facility in Les Breuleux in the Joux Valley. In 2010 two...

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Christie’s Important Watches auction teaser

It’s been seven years since Christie’s held the first International Modern & Contemporary Art auction in the Middle East. Then in 2008 they sold the bronze sculpture adorned with hieroglyphics...

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Van Cleef & Arpels – Living dials

On April 17 I had a chance to admire again (launch at SIHH 2013) Van Cleef & Arpels’s 2013 watch collection at the brand’s boutique at the Dubai Mall. Alban Belloir (the Managing Director for...

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In the valley of virtuosity – Part #1

I ended my February article along the lines that Bovet timepieces receive a kind of personal touch from their makers that no doubt keeps on ticking in every single piece. Their appearance evokes...

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In the valley of virtuosity – Part #2

The article starts here… Part #1 The brand returned to Môtiers, Bovet’s cradle, in 2006, when Pascal Raffy purchased the Château de Môtiers –once owned by Henri-François Bovet. The castle built in 1350...

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Phillips Watches Geneva TWO & Only Watch – auction preview

The story of the Phillips Auction dates back to late 18th century. It was founded by Harry Phillips, formerly a senior clerk to James Christie (yes, he was the founder of auction house Christie’s). It...

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Crossing the Channel with Ferdinand Berthoud

Here I am holding a timepiece bearing the name of Ferdinand Berthoud. We are dating in a building which was erected at the heights of Berthoud’s fame according to the plans of his contemporary, John...

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