Geneva (Switzerland)

December 10, 2023

Journe, the Watchmaker, Puts His Name on Journe, the Restaurant

The décor, emphasizing a horological theme, includes a 17th century wall clock and watch parts embedded in the knife handles. The seaweed-wrapped leek fondant circle, sitting […]
November 7, 2023

Conceiving the Watches of Tomorrow

Graduate students in a rare diploma program for watch design are creating timepieces for the future. It was a Monday morning in mid-September and summer vacation […]
November 7, 2023

Calls for Financial Details Stall Charity Watch Auction

A social media outcry over its more than $100 million in donations led Only Watch, one of the industry’s most high-profile events, to cancel its Nov. […]
November 7, 2023

Auction to Celebrate Piaget’s 150th Anniversary

The French house Artcurial says the sale will highlight men’s and women’s styles from the 1960s through 2000s. What did Salvador Dalí, Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth […]
October 19, 2023

At Van Cleef & Arpels, Going Into ‘Unknown Territories’

Rainer Bernard, the house’s director of research and development of watches, says a sense of exploration drives its horological efforts. As the director of research and […]
October 18, 2023

Piaget’s Distinctive Look and the Woman Who Styles It

Stéphanie Sivrière, who joined the Swiss watchmaker in 2002, now is its creative director of jewelry and watches. From 1972 to 1977, the Swiss watchmaker Piaget […]
September 7, 2023

A German Noble Family’s Pearls and Diamonds to Be Auctioned

Sotheby’s has scheduled a November sale in Geneva for more than 200 pieces from the House of Württemberg. More than 200 jewels and precious objects from […]
August 28, 2023

Phillips Adds Geneva to its Jewelry Auction Calendar

The house’s chief executive described the decision to include the city, a key hub for high-profile jewelry sales, as a “statement of strategic intent.” “Geneva is […]
August 8, 2023

How to Create a Groundbreaking Watch

The watchmaker Stephen McDonnell spent six years developing the LM Sequential EVO chronograph with MB&F. Here’s the timeline. On Nov. 10, 2022, members of the watchmaking […]
March 10, 2023

In Watchmaking, the ’60s Are Sizzling

As in fashion, design and cars, watches from the brands Breitling, Grand Seiko, TAG Heuer and Omega are revisiting the glamorous decade. “The 1960s is something […]