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The recent DBF001 collection by Switzerland’s oldest watchmaking workshop includes a limited edition of 99 pieces of a large date chronograph with steel strap. The tale of a successful comeback in the making.

No, Voltaire did not just inspire Gavroche’s song. In fact, François-Marie Arouet – aka Voltaire – the philosopher, writer and aficionado of technique also established a watch manufacture. It was in Ferney, near Geneva, that Manufacture Royale produced thousands of timepieces until its closesure. Then, suddenly, in 2010…


Broadcasted live internationally, the Brit Awards rewards the best of the music scene. Raymond Weil celebrated its eighth year as the Official Watch & Timing Partner of the ceremony.

The ‘enfant terrible’ of Swiss Haute Horlogerie is a speed specialist – and this is not confined to watchmaking!... Frequently far ahead of everyone else, he has known how to ‘conduct’ a spectacular career, by opening up the doors of Information Technology, 3D design and video to watchmaking. If he has dared to create the V4, the Double Tourbillon Breguet and the Cabestan, why should he ‘mince his words’ when faced with such a riveting topic?

In the process of pitting themselves countless times against the most prestigious watchmaking complications, some watchmakers ended up inventing and innovating. Their creations generate functional aesthetics.