Eszter, Author at Loupiosity.com

Doha Jewellery & Watches Exhibition – Part 1

Posted by Eszter on 14th March 2013 in Events
Tags: Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition, Qatar

One of the first lessons I learnt in the Middle East was to accept the fact that here destiny shapes the future. Therefore, in contrast to the Swiss and German expos, where schedules are announced months prior to the event, it did not come as a...

Uncomplicate complications – Entrée

Posted by Eszter on 17th February 2013 in Fine Watchmaking
Tags: Bexei, mechanical watch, Uncomplicate complications

Looking at watches purely from the aspect of their purpose, they are meant to measure time. On the next level, when you think of them as a fashion item and accessory, they become a messenger of self-expression, matching your clothes or mood. As...

Diplomatic mission

Posted by Eszter on 15th February 2013 in Fine Watchmaking, High Jewellery
Tags: Les Ambassadeurs

Nowadays you can buy anything practically anywhere. A few years ago in the middle of a trip through the jungle in Bali we met local youths selling Coke, and mineral water. In Tasmania we set off in a small fishing boat to look around the island,...

Loupio-cite #2

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

– Oscar Wilde (Irish writer and poet, 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900)

Heart art

Posted by Eszter on 12th February 2013 in Fine Watchmaking
Tags: Bovet, Geneva

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...

Delicacy from SIHH 2013, Part 3

Posted by Eszter on 11th February 2013 in Fine Watchmaking
Tags: Cartier, SIHH 2013

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...

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