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Horological complications: a beginner’s guide

Horological complications: a beginner’s guide

We've already covered watch movements, which you now master perfectly! Over time and with the acquisition of new pieces, the watch becomes much more than just a timepiece or a stylish accessory. As they gain confidence and accumulate technical knowledge, collectors will naturally gravitate towards models with complications. Complications are, of course, primarily associated with mechanical watches. Isn't a mechanical watch already a complex object in itself? "Certainly not," watchmakers will retort from behind their workbenches. With their focus on the infinitely small, these "mad scientists" continuously push boundaries. Because, beyond its aesthetic and practical qualities, a timepiece is first and foremost a technical feat. Designing a watch that tells time through a mechanical moveme...

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Raymond and Suzanne Fischof-La Foux's jewellery at Osenat
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Raymond and Suzanne Fischof-La Foux's jewellery at Osenat

The prestigious auction house Osenat will organise the auction of Raymond and Suzanne Fischof-La Foux's collections, including a superb collection of jewellery that is absolutely remarkable. This furniture and jewellery sale will take place on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 February 2024 at 66 avenue de Breteuil in Paris. This charity event is organized for the benefit of the Raymond and Suzanne Fischof-La Foux Foundation hosted by the Little Brothers of the Poor Foundation. Suzanne Fischof-La Foux, who died in 2023 at the age of 102, expressed her last wishes in her will, written in 2007. She wanted her furniture and jewellery to be sold by a prestigious auction house and for the funds raised to go to her foundation that bears the name of Fondation Raymond et Suzanne Fischof-La Foux. The Li...

Meeting with Bucherer
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Meeting with Bucherer

Europe’s largest watch and jewelry retailer Maison Bucherer is first and foremost a family adventure. It has been led by the third generation since 1977, when current Chairman of the Group Jörg G. Bucherer took over. Its story began in 1888, when Carl F. Bucherer and his wife Louise opened their first store in Lucerne, Switzerland. Fine watches and exceptional jewelry pieces are on display in the window. Business is good and the store is so successful that the young Maison quickly builds a reputation far beyond its hometown. Collectors of beautiful pieces and lovers of exclusivity are won over by the couple's sharp selection. Their other strengths: their customer service, the wide selection they offer, and their workshop’s savoir-faire. Representatives of the second generation Ernst and Ca...