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EUROPA STAR GLOBAL EDITION NUMBER 376 ISSUE NUMBER 5 2023 BRAND / PAGE NUMBER. Aera Watches 145; Akrone 145; Allemano 153; Anatole Baker 158
Barthelay A watchmaking delight - EUROPA STAR
Barthelay is certainly a traditional company, founded in 1892 in Paris, but Roland Barthelay, its current director, is anything but a traditional person. He sets himself apart from the comfortable and lavish world of the Parisian watchmaker-jeweller by his straight talk and forthright manner.
Jean-Claude Biver: past, present, future - EUROPA STAR
As everybody knows, Jean-Claude Biver has stepped down from day-to-day operational responsibilities. An ideal opportunity for us – we have just digitised our archives from 1960 to the present – to have a long meeting with him to talk about his career and the successive transformations undergone by the Swiss watchmaking industry. Interview.
'Jacob the Jeweler' pleads guilty, could face
Jacob Arabov, known among his celebrity clients as “Jacob the Jeweler,” pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to falsification of records and making a false statement to a federal agent in connection with a federal money-laundering investigation in Detroit that involved a drug ring.
Bovet 1822: a singular brand - europastar.com
Since 2001, Bovet's legacy of mechanical excellence combined with artistic refinement has been in the care of Pascal Raffy. Intact after two centuries – the brand celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2022 – this heritage, transfigured by Mr Raffy, anchors Bovet's unique position among the most remarkable high-end independents.
SPECIAL REPORT - Mechanical Movements - Who does what?
All crises are revelatory and speed up or crystallise – in the chemical meaning of the term – an embryonic situation. This is particularly true of the key sector of mechanical movements. The current watchmaking crisis – which we believe is not only situational but systemic – starkly reveals a serious issue: the current overcapacity in movement production. How did it come to this and ...
In the labyrinth of counterfeit watches - EUROPA STAR
It's a very closed world, but we were able to follow the field work of a company specialising in intellectual property, which collaborates with the Chinese authorities. The seizure of counterfeit watches is a daily occurrence, but counterfeiters are ever more skilled in their copying and ingenious in their distribution methods. E-commerce has …
Kross Studio: the mechanics of resilience - EUROPA STAR
Set up during the pandemic by the former team at RJ Watches, the Swiss design studio has multiple strings to its bow as an in-demand contractor and a specialist in exceptional mechanical objects, produced in collaboration with some of the world's most successful franchises. And that was before it launched its own watches featuring an …
Cimier Rétrograde - EUROPA STAR
The new Rétrograde from Cimier is a real mechanical jewel! A subtly decorated automatic movement keeps the time, giving rhythm to the retrograde displays of the days and date in a choreography complemented by the power reserve at 6 o’clock.