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Heart art
At the beginning of the 19th century, Éduard Bovet, a man from Switzerland discovered the Chinese market for himself with his reliable artisan watches. He soon became very popular; the Bovet name has become a synonym for the watch in China. At the onset of…
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Delicacy from SIHH 2013, Part 3
Cartier has been participating at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie every year since 1991 and is one of the five founding members. True to tradition, the brand’s presence is very impressive, an exhibition and the press launches are located within the deep burgundy…
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Delicacy from SIHH 2013, Part 2
Van Cleef and Arpels The fairy-tale white-purple-pink world of the Van Cleef and Arpels stall fit beautifully with the watches that the brand showcased at the SIHH; flowers, butterflies, kites framed the beautiful timepieces on show. The elegant cream-coloured salon lent an intimate setting to…
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Delicacy from SIHH 2013, Part 1
Perhaps only Cartier’s snow leopard did not feel the cold in Geneva between 21-25 January, when the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie was held for the 23rd time at the Palexpo Hall. The rather ordinary building showed an entirely different side on the inside.…
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GTE – Luxury underground, Part 1
For me creativity is not necessary creating something radically new but combining existing things for a new purpose no one has really thought of before. The story of the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices – the venue of the Geneva Time Exhibition – is a good…
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GTE – Luxury underground, Part 2
Picard Cadet Switzerland has been the cradle of watch making for centuries. The fascinating surroundings of Jura Mountains and Alps have given home for the masterminds and the precise hands of horology. Company conglomerates and small manufactures are breathing the same air and sharing the…
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Wound up for 5 days
The tick-tock week is over in Geneva. It feels a bit like after a Prince concert at the Sziget Festival – the sounds are lost in your head for days not finding their way out. But both the tick-tocks and the nice tunes are precious…
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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 day started off grey and icy, I…
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Loupio-cite #1
“Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.” – Dorothy Parker (US poet and satirist, August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967)
