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these artists sensitive to the world of watches – L’Express
Berlin, February 2024. On the eve of the Depeche Mode concert, meeting with Martin Gore and Dave Gahan, the group’s leaders, to discover their new Hublot watch. “The fourth model…
“Moon Phase”, a mysterious complication – L’Express
“With its successive periods which are constantly repeated, the night star has naturally occupied an essential place in the division of time into days, months and years,” explains American author…
when watch manufacturers compete in inventiveness – L’Express
“Audacity is first of all having the courage to defend an idea.” For Gianfranco Ritschel, watchmaking expert and trainer, it is about daring to “break the codes, even if recognition…
“Time raises dizzying questions” – L’Express
L’Express: You have brought together in an anthology dozens of texts that writers and philosophers have devoted to time*. Why does this subject inspire them so much? Brigit Bontour: No…
these three new Parisian addresses to discover – L’Express
Rue de la Paix A. Lange & Söhne Rue de la Paix: A. Lange & Söhne © / Jordana Schramm/A. Lange & Söhne The Saxon manufacturer is expanding its presence…
the revival of a formerly masculine model – L’Express
If it is women who today offer them letters of nobility, the first so-called “secret” models were the prerogative of men: pocket watches, whose cover protected the dial, or housed…
when the big houses bet on revisited classics – L’Express
“Today’s luxury has entered the era of the archive.” Eric Briones, co-founder of the Paris School of Luxury and author of Luxury and digital (Dunod, 2022), analyzes this phenomenon in…
little history of the big date – L’Express
With its retro look and oversized numerals, the big date seems to have always appeared on the dial of our traditional timepieces. This is not the case, quite the contrary.…
these six French brands that stand out – L’Express
The French watchmaking landscape includes around sixty brands, listed on the Montres à la française platform. Names which hide a plurality of positions: if some carry out the entire process…
in search of lost time – L’Express
Following in the footsteps of Marcel Proust and the authors that this universal theme inspired, L’Express went in search of lost time in an interview with Brigit Bontour for its…