Hajime Asaoka captures the imagination of the independent watchmaking enthusiast almost with a surreal magnetic charm. Here is a Japanese gentleman, who hardly speak any English,…
We sat down and spent a good hour with Christian Lattmann, CEO of Jaquet Droz. A long time Swatch Group employee, Christian have held parallel appointments…
A meeting with the Chef of Longines, as he calls himself, Walter von Kânel is always one which promises to be interesting. A man with an effervescent…
We continue on our tête-à-tête with Chopard co-President and F. Berthoud President, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (KFS). In Part 1, we explored the origins of the L.U.C manufacture…
We caught up for tea with the extraordinary Karl-Friedrich Scheufele when he was in town for the official launch of the Chopard L.U.C Full Strike Minute…
Since 2009, Patek Philippe President Thierry Stern has been the guardian to one of the few remaining family-owned independent watchmaking brands in Switzerland. While his family…
The Vacheron Constantin Maître Cabinotiers collection is a special service which allow the collector to customize watches which meet their fancy. Here we are not talking of…
Nomos watches are well known for their understated, clean looking timepieces. Hailing from Glashütte, Germany, but with a history which is different from the other well…
When HYT CEO Gregory Dourde joined Cartier 20 years ago, he was a rarity in the luxury industry. The engineering graduate from the Ecole National des Ponts…
Ushered into Singapore’s largest permanent Rolex Exhibition centre in Southeast Asia, you get the sense that the Cortina operated Rolex boutique/temple is metaphorically running against headwinds.…