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Baselworld 2016: the Geneva-based Maison founded by Fawaz Gruosi surprised everyone by presenting its “most glamorous smartwatch”, the limited edition Samsung Gear S2 by de Grisogono.

Master watchmaker François Czapek was not only contemporary, fellow countryman and first partner (in Switzerland) of Norbert de Patek but he also produced complicated watches for prestigious clients. His name was revived in late 2015.  

Founded between 1982 and 1984 by the German Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, the watchmaking brand was acquired by the Ebstein family from Lucerne right before its 30th anniversary in 2012. The brand was in Basel in March.

Created by George Eberhard in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1887, the Manufacture revolutionized mechanical chronograph display in 2001 with the introduction of its Chrono 4 and its 4 aligned counters. In 2016, the brand continues to innovate.

Baselworld has just closed on a somewhat somber note due to the recent events in Belgium, and with the distinct sense of having not met all expectations. Time to focus.

When times are tough, the brands that are still independent pull out all the stops to defend their position. Here is a sampling of their anti-crisis weapons.

From its dominant position in the central section of Hall 1 at Baselworld, Swatch Group is, de facto, omnipresent. From passing by their booths repeatedly, one can see the novelties some of which have connections with the past.

In the great family of watches, some products are more favoured than others.  Those that wake up the inner child slumbering in each man in particular… Below is a little assortment of some of these novelties.

On this, the first day of spring, it would seem logical to make way for colors to announce the return of the flowers, in lieu of a return of growth….

Baselworld has been on for just a few hours, and already the novelties are flooding the web with each new discovery made by the journalists. Which of the great wave of timepieces can one actually retain at the close of this first day?

The official opening of Baselworld has taken place, and the world of watches is now in the starting blocks, ready to try once again to get past the crisis it experienced last year. A thumbnail analysis!

To celebrate its 225th anniversary, the brand has introduced a new Laureato which is true to its origins. As Baselworld 2016 gets closer, the piece brings us back to recent history when high-end watchmaking was just opening to steel.

Love it, hate it, it's all the same battle! The passion is there, either way, so a certain sensitivity that comes with age and a lot of sensible analysis is certainly worth expressing.Especially since few even try…