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Here is the answer right away: Because it is a prize for tangible works. Something that remains. Something that changes a craft, that inspires, that has value, that is art and technology at the same time. And watches are things that make sense in our digitally disruptive times. Okay, sometimes they just look good, but hey, there’s enough unsightly in...
What is Haute Horlogerie and what does it have to do with the quartz crisis? Literally translated “Haute Horlogerie” means high (art of) watchmaking. The term emerged in the 1970s during the quartz crisis. Another term like that. In the 1970s, more and more watches were being made that kept time much better, i.e. more accurately, than the mechanical watches...
My view of Baselword This year I made it to Switzerland for Baselworld, one of the most important watch fairs in the world. It’s my first visit to the fair and, as always, my very own take on the spectacle. That means I don’t write about audience numbers, which manufacturers won’t be at Baselworld 2019 and internal watch industry stuff....
In the spring of this year, I visited Baselworld for the first time. There will also soon be a small report on this. After the visit to the fair, I went on a little trip in Switzerland. After leaving Basel, full of impressions, especially of the “independents”, we went on a little round trip and visited three independent watchmakers. Independent...
