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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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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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