WatchPaper

Biographies and interviews with people that left their mark on the world of watch making.

“The prestigious key, which marks the Corum creations, opens the doors of time and is the best symbol of the work always more perfect and more complete”. René Bannwart La Chaux-de-Fonds, January 13, 2010 At a time when the brand celebrates several anniversaries, its founding father, René Bannwart, bows out. In the privacy of his [...]

Ryan St. George is a U.S. national from Los Angeles who graduated with an M.B.A. from the University of California in 2000 before moving to Rome to work in marketing with Johnson&Johnson Italy. A promotion in 2004 saw him move to London where he took over marketing responsibilities with Johnson&Johnson for the EAME region. In [...]

Through this retrospective of the works of Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), visitors to the Louvre will discover the art of watchmaking at its apogee, evidenced by these unique precision timepieces, combining genius, virtuoso techniques and avant-garde aesthetics. Assembled in the exhibition are exceptional loans – watches, clocks and measuring instruments – alongside portraits, archival documents and [...]

Artful New Book Pre-Launches at Baselworld Previewed to Great Acclaim A book like this one has really never been seen before in the world of watchmaking: a non-commercial opus focusing on art on three fronts: the artistry of independent mechanical watchmaking with little or no commercial background, the artistry of creating an eminently enjoyable text [...]

Bernhard Lederer is the founder and chief watchmaker of the watchmaking brand BLU. He was born near Stuttgart, Germany in 1958, began a watchmaker apprenticeship in 1976 and qualified as Master Watchmaker in 1984. A passionate desire to be independent encouraged Lederer to open his own atelier called ‘Uhrenmanufaktur Lederer’ (Clock manufacture Lederer). He specialized [...]

Dubaï (U.A.E.) – May 1, 2009 – Vacheron Constantin, the world’s oldest Swiss watchmaker in continuous operations, is pleased to announce that Mr Yassin Tag has been appointed as new Brand Manager for Middle East & Indian Subcontinent. Yassin Tag replaces Hugues de Pins, who has been recently appointed to the position of President of [...]

(New York, NY) April 1, 2009 – Vacheron Constantin, the world’s oldest Swiss watchmaker in continuous operation, is pleased to announce that Hugues de Pins has been appointed the new president of Vacheron Constantin North America. Mr. de Pins replaces Julien Tornare who has been promoted to the position of Sales Director of Vacheron Constantin [...]

Rufus Lin is the Chief Designer of Rufus Lin Designs. He is a Canadian artist/designer, based in Vancouver and Tokyo. Rufus Lin has a passion for all things beautiful, in which he finds a channel for his creativity. He is the author of the novel “Trout Rising Again”, as well as a composer of orchestral [...]

Texts about the Co-Axial Escapement are filled with adjectives like “radical” and “revolutionary”. Are you comfortable with these descriptions? I am comfortable with hearing the Co-Axial escapement described that way because it is, in fact, revolutionary and radical. The Co-Axial Escapement solves a problem which had been perplexing watchmakers for 500 years and that is [...]

Over view The over all design of the movement is based on the philosophy of precision and longevity. The movement is large and unique in style, it retains the S-M signature winding rotor and returns to ‘the foundation watch’ style of circular grained untreated German silver bridges. One of the approaches in designing the movement [...]