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Lunch With: Vanguart CEO Axel Leuenberger

Zurab Zazashvili — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Vanguart is a brand founded in 2017 by Axel Leuenberger, Jérémy Freléchox, Thierry Fischer and Mehmet Koruturk, who designed and produced a completely new tourbillon mechanism on their own in just three years. The Blackhole displays the time in an…

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Lunch With: Rado CEO Adrian Bosshard

Nico Bandl — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Over the last few decades, Rado has established itself as a leader in the watch industry with the processing of ceramic and is now a pioneer in this field. The watchmaker now offers a colour palette of over 20 colours…

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Lunch With: Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Catherine Rénier

Joern Frederic Kengelbach — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:25:57 +0000

When you talk to Catherine Rénier about watches, you immediately sense the enthusiasm, deep respect and humility that the CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre feels for watchmaking. We met Catherine Rénier in Munich on the occasion of the new boutique opening on…

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(Another) Lunch With: A. Lange & Söhne CEO Wilhelm Schmid

Joern Frederic Kengelbach — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:30:00 +0000

A couple of shots as a car backfires abruptly break up our interview. With a smile, Wilhelm Schmid apologises: “James Bond sends his regards.” Next door, collector Fritz Burkard is showing off one of the most famous Aston Martin Coupés…

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Lunch With: Longines CEO Matthias Breschan

Nico Bandl — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 23:15:00 +0000

Matthias Breschan, the CEO of Longines – one of the most successful watch brands in the Swatch Group – travelled from Zurich to Sylt, Germany’s northernmost island, especially for this day. The occasion was the brand’s new pop-up installation, taking…

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Lunch With: Norqain CEO Ben Küffer

Zurab Zazashvili — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:15:20 +0000

Ben Küffer, CEO and co-founder of the Norqain brand, is the wunderkind of Swiss watch start-ups. No other young watch brand has been able to establish itself so successfully so quickly. Only founded in 2018, Küffer was already able to…

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Lunch With: Biver CEO Jean-Claude Biver

Zurab Zazashvili — Fri, 12 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000

A name to pass on through the generations: Jean-Claude Biver Having lunch with the man who bears this name is a sensation in itself. Not because Jean-Claude Biver doesn’t take the time. The grand master of the Swiss watch industry…

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(Another) Lunch With: Omega CEO and President Raynald Aeschlimann

Zurab Zazashvili — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000

It was exactly five years ago that Zurab Zazashvili, founder of Swisswatches, first met Raynald Aeschlimann, then newly appointed CEO and President of Omega, for an interview. He had been in office for 22 months and the brand was celebrating…

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Interview with Patek Philippe President Thierry Stern and Wempe CEO Kim-Eva Wempe

Zurab Zazashvili — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Patek Philippe is taking things to a whole new level Swisswatches enjoyed a personal encounter with Patek Philippe owner Thierry Stern and Kim-Eva Wempe, managing partner of Gerhard D. Wempe GmbH & Co. KG, at the inauguration of the new…

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Lunch With: Roger Dubuis CEO Nicola Andreatta

Zurab Zazashvili — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Nicola Andreatta has a calm, collected persona, despite leading the most fast-paced and disruptive horology house in the industry: Roger Dubuis. Following on from our time spent together at Goodwood Festival of Speed last year and our catch-up during the extraordinary year of…

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Lunch with Piaget CEO Benjamin Comar

Zurab Zazashvili — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Benjamin Comar has been CEO of Piaget since 2021 and is responsible not only for a whole range of highly complex watches, but also for extravagant jewellery. For although the manufacture originally started out as a supplier of watch movements,…

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Lunch With: Mido CEO Franz Linder

Zurab Zazashvili — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Franz Linder has been president of the watch brand Mido, which is part of the Swatch Group, ever since 2002. In the watch industry, that’s a hell of a long time to stay at the helm of a single brand.…

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Lunch With: Parmigiani Fleurier CEO Guido Terreni

Zurab Zazashvili — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Guido Terreni has been at the helm of Parmigiani Fleurier since the beginning of last year. In this industry, which tends to refer to decades or even centuries of tradition and experience, this is ultimately only a blink of an…

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Lunch With: Frederique Constant Managing Director Niels Eggerding

Zurab Zazashvili — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 17:00:23 +0000

Niels Eggerding has been with Frederique Constant for almost ten years. He experienced the both time before and after the company’s takeover by the Japanese Citizen Group. As of 2018, he has been Managing Director of the Swiss watch brand,…

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Lunch with: Greubel Forsey Co-Founder Stephen Forsey

Zurab Zazashvili — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:48:40 +0000

When genius and madness come together in watchmaking, Greubel Forsey is the place to be. While some people feel satisfied once they have understood the fundamental principles of a mechanical three-hand watch, even the most complex complications cannot really challenge…

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Lunch with: Piaget CEO Chabi Nouri

Zurab Zazashvili — Tue, 12 May 2020 10:02:30 +0000

Our conversation with Chabi Nouri took place back in January – so before COVID-19 and all that followed with it. Nouri’s optimistic views on watchmaking and the sector itself are remarkable. She speaks with passion and enthusiasm about the rich…

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Lunch with: Jaquet Droz CEO Christian Lattmann

Zurab Zazashvili — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:16:01 +0000

Jaquet Droz is all about emotions. Almost 300 years ago, Pierre Jaquet-Droz already knew how to excite people around the world, from France to China, with his snuff boxes, pocket watches and automata. Today, it’s up to Christian Lattmann and…

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Lunch with: Audemars Piguet CEO François-Henry Bennahmias

Zurab Zazashvili — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:21:44 +0000

Audemars Piguet’s company hybrid Porsche takes us from Geneva airport to our meeting with François-Henry Bennahmias in the Vallée de Joux. But not to a fancy restaurant – our lunch takes place at his office desk. Later, he will suddenly…

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Lunch with: Zenith CEO Julien Tornare

Zurab Zazashvili — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:00:14 +0000

50 years ago, Zenith made watch history. On January 10th, 1969, it introduced the first chronograph with an automatic movement, in the form of the ‘El Primero’. It was a tough race between a few Swiss watch brands, and Zenith…

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Lunch with: MB&F CEO and Founder Maximilian Büsser

Zurab Zazashvili — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:25:27 +0000

A conversation with Maximilian Büsser is (at least in a metaphorical sense) like a rollercoaster. Our talk over lunch was a wild journey through the human soul, shaped by euphoria and joy, which suddenly headed free fall into deep compassion…

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Lunch with: A. Lange & Söhne CEO Wilhelm Schmid

Zurab Zazashvili — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:00:57 +0000

Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne, is a pleasantly grounded, sovereign and refreshingly optimistic person – making him a person who is symbolic of the proud Glashütte-based manufacture he represents. For Schmid, there has never been a better…

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Lunch with: Panerai CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué

Zurab Zazashvili — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 07:00:22 +0000

For almost 20 years, Angelo Bonati guided and shaped the Florentine brand Panerai. Since just over a year, however, there is a new man at the helm: Jean-Marc Pontroué, who has been with the Richemont group for almost 20 years…

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Lunch with: Parmigiani Fleurier CEO Davide Traxler

Zurab Zazashvili — Tue, 28 May 2019 07:00:12 +0000

Watch restoration is one of the main pillars of Parmigiani Fleurier. With the experience of numerous restorations and 300 years of watchmaking under its belt, CEO Davide Traxler and his team aim to design enduring watch collections that withstand time.…

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Lunch with: IWC CEO Christoph Grainger-Herr

Zurab Zazashvili — Fri, 10 May 2019 07:00:43 +0000

If Christoph Grainger-Herr had to stereotype the average IWC customer, he might catch himself picking his own name. Not out of sheer vanity, but because the young CEO embodies and leads the brand with so much genuine dedication, and has been doing…

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Lunch with: Armin Strom CEO Claude Greisler

Zurab Zazashvili — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:55:35 +0000

Claude Greisler is a determined man with a clear attitude and vision. Not least because of these reasons he managed, together with his business partner Serge Michel to make the brand Armin Strom a manufacture in only three years. Nearly…

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Lunch with: Montblanc CEO Nicolas Baretzki

Zurab Zazashvili — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:00:22 +0000

Montblanc CEO Nicolas Baretzki has grown up with watches, but still manages the business of one of the most traditional brands for writing instruments. He sees many similarities when it comes to the manufacturing of both product divisions, especially in…

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Lunch with: Corum CEO Jérôme Biard

Zurab Zazashvili — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:00:57 +0000

Just over one year ago Jérôme Biard took the lead of CORUM. He doesn’t want to be compared to his predecessors – Biard, already as a child a big fan of the brand, has his very own vision. To our…

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Lunch with: Carl F. Bucherer CEO Sascha Moeri

Zurab Zazashvili — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 07:00:06 +0000

Since 2010 Sascha Moeri is CEO of Carl F. Bucherer and has managed to quadruple the watch production in only eight years. On the occasion of the opening of the new Manufacture we met the tireless CEO who never seems…

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Lunch with: BREITLING CEO Georges Kern

Zurab Zazashvili — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 07:00:11 +0000

For almost a year now Georges Kern is CEO of BREITLING and has turned the brand inside out. We met the realist and visionary at the restaurant Napa Grill in Zürich near the new BREITLING offices for an exclusive interview for…

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Lunch with: Bell & Ross CEO and Co-Founder Carlos A. Rosillo

Zurab Zazashvili — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 07:00:16 +0000

Carlos A. Rosillo and Bruno Belamich have been friends since the age of 15 and in 1992, they founded the watch brand Bell & Ross. Today they are the pioneers in the filed of military watches. We spoke with co-founder…

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Lunch with: Omega CEO and President Raynald Aeschlimann

Zurab Zazashvili — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:00:33 +0000

Swisswatches Magazine recently visited the new Omega headquarters in Biel, where we met with CEO and President, Raynald Aeschlimann, for lunch to find out more about the direction the brand is heading in. Amongst other things, we discussed the changes…

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