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Trainee from Saxony wins Swiss competition for young watchmakers

The winning design – an imaginative seconds-stop mechanism.

Glashütte, May 2011

First prize in the IHC Competition goes for the second time in succession to a young watchmaking student from A. Lange & Söhne.

The original and functional stopseconds design of Lange trainee Rabea Sethmacher (22) came away with first prize in the Swiss competition for young watchmakers, the "Concours de l’Institut d’Horlogerie Cartier 2011" (IHC) on 7 May 2011 in Neuchâtel. The winner can now look forward to her prize – a one-week trip to New York.

The jury of five experts was impressed by the imaginative design as well as the quality of its practical realisation. When the mechanism is activated, a playful little ...

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Auctioneer Dr. H. Crott - 83rd Auction

Night clock the Pope Alexander VII., developed and produced by brothers Campani to 1682

Mannheim, April 26, 2011

Important wristwatches, pocket watches and clocks

Auctioneer Dr. H. Crott, the internationally renowned auction house for fine watches is proud to present a preview of their May auction in Frankfurt, where the wide palette of selected watches and unique clocks will surely hold the attention of even the most discerning observers and collectors.

Stefan Muser and his team have succeeded in some of the most outstanding pieces for the 83rd To Acquire auction - the signed singing bird box with erotic automation by Bruguier is definitely one of them. As far as we know ...

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JAPANESE DISASTER ASSISTANCE
MISS JAPAN THANKS YOU THE WATCHMAKERS-JEWELERS

Miss Japan with Mr. Roman Büchi, CEO of Louis Golay International and designer of the crown

Basel, March 24th 2011

Creator of jewels in pearls, in particular designer of the crown of Miss Japan 2011, with a centenary experience, the Swiss jeweller Louis Golay International handed to her Japanese ambassadress today, Marie Yanaka, the original drawing of the crown, the first piece of an auction organized in autumn for the benefit of the Japanese victims.

With the support of ...

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