Watchmaking in the News.

Hello and welcome back on a pretty juicy edition of PRIMETIME Watchmaking in the news with business news, plenty of new timepieces, a bit of EPHJ summary with some interesting innovations seen there, a bit of Only Watch and much more.

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So in this edition, we are talking about the EPHJ, the professional trade show for the watchmaking, jewellery, medical and microtechnology industry and the super cool innovations of 2023.

We touch upon the problem of the shortage of workforce, which looks like becoming an international problem.

Among other topics are new nominations, a bit of pure business and sales figures, a couple of international events, and the shitstorm of the Omega case and its consequences for us all.

And since our last Primetime, we published a very important video where we explained in detail what we’ve been working on for a while, what is Horopedia, and why this project is so dear to our team.

We have seen the new  @mauricelacroixwatch  Pontos S Diver watch, an honestly priced summer piece, we took you along the 75th anniversary of one of the greatest watchmakers of our generation, Mister Philippe Dufour, who by the way is the President of the HOROPEDIA Foundation.

And we also presented the best innovations from the latest EPHJ edition, so go and check those videos. What is

HOROPEDIA: https://youtu.be/74MZIf4uTS0

Maurice Lacroix: https://youtu.be/bnyfsrs-Qho

A very special Birthday: https://youtu.be/ceMoRXGgIp0

EPHJ Innovation Prize nominees: https://youtu.be/CUkYmaQZgvE

Timeline:

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - Reports Recap

01:31 - EPHJ

04:04 - Shortage of the workforce in the watchmaking industry

06:16 - Inventions at the EPHJ

08:56 - Change of the CEO at  @rogerdubuis 

09:52 - US Market performance in the 123Q of 2023

11:12 - Watches and Wonders in Shanghai

12:43 - Geneva Watch Days announcements

14:07 - The Omega affair

17:44 -  @RichardMilleOfficial  Sailing Cup

18:33 - Only Watch list released

19:13 - Argon Watches (NB! Kickstarter for Argon Watches is currently suspended and is the subject of an intellectual property dispute)

20:29 - HM 8 MARK 2 by MB&F

21:26 - Bell & Ross Patrouille de France 70th anniversary

22:14 - Schwarz Etienne GEOMETRY

23:01 - Deconstructed timepiece from Holthinrichs Watches

24:06 -  @tagheuer  Connected

25:16 -  @jaegerlecoultre  The Collectibles 2

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