Pierre-Yves Donzé
Historian


Pierre-Yves Donzé is the only contemporary Swiss historian currently engaged in research on the watchmaking industry in his native country and also a lecturer at Osaka University. Winner of the Prix Gaïa, known as the Nobel Prize of watchmaking, in the history category in 2011, Pierre-Yves Donzé offers Watchonista his own historical insights into the Swiss watchmaking industry and investigates the modern changes taking place and the links with the industry's development in its global context.