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Interview – Xavier Dietlin, The Man Behind The Most Innovative and Spectacular Display Cases

If you are into watches and happen to visit sales points or watch fairs, there are chances you have seen some of Xavier Dietlin’s creations, without even knowing about his small company (watch the following demo video). Dietlin Swiss Showcases is a 12-person business specializing in creating exceptional display cases and windows. As the company celebrates its 165th anniversary in the metal work industry, we caught up with Xavier Dietlin to talk about how he envisions watch presentation in sales points.

Interview – Omega’s CEO Raynald Aeschlimann on The Brand’s Outlook and Innovation

Raynald Aeschlimann joined Omega in 1996. Gauging the performance metrics of the company, his role as CEO and President of Omega since 2016 has met with impressive success. During the Omega Masters held in Crans-Montana, we were able to chat with him about the outlook for the brand and discover the new Seamaster Aqua Terra Ultra-Light. […]

Interview – Julien Haenny On What Exactly is the Fine Watch Club

An international multi-brand watch club aimed at anyone with an interest in luxury mechanical watches, the Fine Watch Club – which we already introduced here – just kicked off its sales activities with a Bvlgari Octo Finissimo special edition. Perfect timing to talk with the Fine Watch Club’s Managing Director, Julien Haenny, and understand what is exactly the goal behind this collector’s initiative.

Interview – Søren Jenry Petersen, Owner of Urban Jürgensen, on How to Keep a Haute Horlogerie Manufacture Relevant

It isn’t the first time we take a look at watchmaker Urban Jürgensen. If you’re frequent readers of MONOCHROME, you know how special the watches made by this manufacture of Haute Horlogerie are. On a collector’s side, there is a lot to love here, from the superbly elegant designs, the insane attention to details (those […]

Interview – Guido Terreni of Bvlgari on Cinemagia, The Brand’s Haute Horlogerie & Haute Joaillerie Collections

Guido Terreni, Managing Director of the Bvlgari watch division, presents MONOCHROME some of the most striking and exclusive creations of the brand, including Bvlgari’s most expensive watch to date or a collection of Monete Octo watches, featuring ancient Rome coins. Xavier Markl, MONOCHROME – Thanks for having us at this Bvlgari ‘Brand Event’ in Capri. […]

Interview – Cory Richards, his Attempt to Blaze a New Route up Mount Everest and a Vacheron Constantin Overseas Prototype…

Cory Richards is an exceptional individual. Part of Vacheron Constantin’s campaign “One of not Many”, Richards was a brilliant kid, dropped out of school, got into alcohol… and became the first American to summit an 8,000m peak in winter time. This photographer, adventurer and mountaineer has climbed Mount Everest twice. But this year, along with […]

Interview – Piers Berry, on Starting Microbrand Pinion and Doing the Little Things Right

Piers Berry’s passion for watches came later in life but he’s been making up for lost time ever since. Founding British microbrand Pinion in 2013, Berry has used his considerable expertise in digital design to create a relatively simple product range that values clarity over complexity and gives meticulous attention to detail to every aspect […]

Interview – Rolf Bergmann of Porsche Design Timepieces Reveals How Sports Car Engineering was Implemented in a Watch Manufacture

Porsche Design is not your typical watch brand. It does things in a different way, or at least, not in the traditional “Swiss way”. This goes, of course, for the design of the watches, which are all about minimalism and the “form follows function” school, something dear to Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. But this also […]

Interview – Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of Bvlgari, on Collections, Manufacturing, Distribution and Watch Fairs

Gauging the performance metrics of the company, Jean-Christophe Babin’s role as CEO of Bvlgari since 2013 has been an impressive success. Bvlgari’s watch collection is enjoying a rinascimento of sorts, in particular with the spectacular ‘Finissimo’ saga. During the Cinemagia event, the brand’s Haute Joaillerie and Haute Horlogerie presentation in Capri, we were able to sit […]

Interview – David Brailsford, On the Plight Of British Watchmaking and How Garrick is Fighting Back

As the co-founder of independent British watch brand Garrick, and more recently The Watchmakers Club, David Brailsford is a busy man. Passionate about promoting collaboration amongst independent brands, he is a regular fixture on the British watchmaking scene. We managed to pin him down recently to learn more about how he got his start in […]

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