PRIMETIME - January 2023
Watchmaking in the News.
Hello and welcome to this first edition of PRIMETIME Watchmaking in the News of 2023. We hope you all had a very beautiful and festive holiday season as we have plenty of news to share on business and products.
But before we dive deeper, check if you’ve seen all of the videos we published since our last edition. That is the behind the scene of the double winner of the GPHG in the men’s and women’s category for the same timepiece, but in different sizes, with the smart wolrdtimer Arceau Le Temps Voyageur by Hermès. We also continued our follow-up on Jean-Claude Biver and his son’s new project and yes the clock is ticking as the launch date is set for late March.
We then had a fantastic dinner party in our Watches TV Club with many of the new faces of independent watchmaking. By the way, if you happen to be young and talented in watches, we strongly recommend you participate in the Young Talent Competition organised by François-Paul Journe. Registration closes on 1 February, just follow the link here (https://www.fpjourne.com/en/young-talent-competition).
We also published our typical end-of-the-year Watchporn videos, just for the pleasure of the eyes, and a really super cute video showing kids attending a watchmaking workshop here in Geneva. And finally, we shared this story of Prague’s incredible Astronomical clock, a crazy piece of engineering and science. You can find some more information on this timepiece on our website as well. This was Johanna’s farewell present as she, unfortunately, doesn’t work with us after having spent 3 years in the team and we will miss her and the best of luck to her for her new adventure.
So, with this PRIMETIME you will get the latest important industry news about Rolex, numbers on Swiss watch exports, the price forecast for gold, as well as our own thoughts on how this could affect the market. Plus, some useful information about major changes in Breitling and Bovet, and, of course, new timepieces, including some exceptional mechanisms to celebrate the Chinese year of the Rabbit. Watch it till the end to find out more.
Arceau Le Temps Voyageur by Hermès : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1jY3ZzQJns&t=9s
Follow-up on Jean-Claude Biver : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N16qfkabQlM&t=8s
FP Journe Young Talent Competition : https://www.fpjourne.com/en/young-talent-competition
Watchporn 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R27s7RulDP8&t=31s
Watchporn 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlWAjj8jBJ0&t=6s
Watchmaking Playground : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij0RboftTw8
Prague's famous Astronomical Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB5gRRKvymU&t=128s