When you love watchmaking cities, a visit to Le Locle is always a treat. And if you are heading to its most prominent watch company, Tissot, to meet the CEO, Sylvain Dolla, well, you know it will be memorable. Sylvain Dolla, previously at the helm of Hamilton before taking over Tissot in 2020, is one of those CEOs who is also the best ambassador for their brand. Approachable, elegant, fun and always very sharp, those attributes could equally describe both Tissot and the man running it.
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Heviloupe is one of my favorite accounts on Instagram. I especially enjoy the captions, full of solid watch knowledge and personal anecdotes from its author, Luigi. Over the years, the Zurich-based collector has become a close friend of Time Files. For the first time today, he is also a guest contributor, on perhaps his favorite topic: Patek Philippe. An aficionado and collector of the maison, he shares his experience visiting the exceptional exhibition that took place in Geneva earlier this month. Header image ©PATEK.
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Nathalie Jean-Louis likes to do things with utmost precision. Her work — hand beveling and decorating high-end watch movements — but also everything else. She has built her career with a calm yet powerful determination and explains her choices with words as carefully picked as the grit of sandpaper she was applying on a double barrel bridge as I knocked on her door.
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After reviewing several watches, and even a film, I am about to add a third string to my bow of impostures and share my thoughts on a book I just finished. You have been warned and should only keep on reading at your own risk!
At the end of last month, the renowned watch industry historian Pierre-Yves Donzé released a book that immediately made headlines in French-speaking Switzerland, from newspapers to television: La Fabrique de l’excellence, an in-depth historical study of what has made Rolex’s unparalleled success.
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Matthieu Humair is normally a busy man, but in the weeks building up to Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024, his schedule is denser than ever. Grateful for his time, I wanted to arrive extra early. But when my smartphone kept telling me I was just meters away and I could see nothing but water, a […]
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If you find the above title confusing, welcome to what it’s been like in my head over the past few months. Hopefully, you’ll find the outcome of my thought process and what’s coming next worthwhile.
As of right now, “Made in Bienne – a watch fan in the city of watchmaking” becomes “Time Files – a watch blog made in Bienne.” The URL is no longer madeinbienne.ch but timefiles.ch (Don’t worry, it will redirect you as needed). The Instagram handle is also “timefiles.ch,” and for those of you who signed up to the Newsletter, you’ll be receiving it from an @timefiles.ch address in the future. The articles published under the previous blog name will remain fully accessible, under the new domain.
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A selection of the best local watchmaking sites you can visit.
Themed itineraries for those who love one brand in particular or watches in general.
