Joern Frederic Kengelbach, Author at Swisswatches Magazine https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/author/jfkengelbach/ A horological journey Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:28:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/image-48x48.jpg Joern Frederic Kengelbach, Author at Swisswatches Magazine https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/author/jfkengelbach/ 32 32 169749213 Ferdi Porsche Celebrates the Opening of his F.A.T. Mankei Hut with Porsche Design https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/porsche-design-chronograph-1-mankei-strap-fat-international-ferdi-porsche/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=41196 An exclusive Porsche meeting on the Grossglockner – is it worth paying a trip to the F.A.T. Mankei hut? It certainly makes for a particularly special experience for the owners of the Porsche Design Chronograph 1 – GP 2023. At…

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]]> 41196 Lunch With: Biver CEO Jean-Claude Biver https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/lunch-with-biver-ceo-jean-claude-biver/ Fri, 12 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=39473 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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]]> 39473 Watches & Wonders 2023: Swisswatches’ Top Ten Watches for Chronograph Lovers https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/watches-wonders-2023-swisswatches-top-ten-watches-for-chronograph-lovers/ Fri, 05 May 2023 10:41:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=38545 2023 is already proving to be a great year for chronographs. Whether technically revised, flaunting a new design, appearing as an anniversary model, or completely redeveloped, there really was something for everyone in the most popular category of mechanical wristwatches.…

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]]> 38545 Bucherer Masterworks: A New Retail Experience For Watch Enthusiasts https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/bucherer-masterworks-a-new-retail-experience-for-watch-enthusiasts/ Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=38504 What is watch collecting really about? For me, it’s primarily about discovering the myriad of ways in which humanity measures time. Time is not a physical but rather an abstract sequence, that we can neither change nor reverse. The way…

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]]> 38504 Watches & Wonders 2023: These are the best collector watches. Swisswatches' very own Top Ten https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/watches-and-wonders-2023-top-10-watches-from-swisswatches/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=38386 Honestly, we aren’t often ones for rankings, but after numerous questions from our fans online, on Instagram, alongside countless discussions during the fair, we can’t seem to resist. We all want to know: what are the most important mechanical watch…

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]]> 38386 (Another) Lunch With: Omega CEO and President Raynald Aeschlimann https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/another-lunch-with-omega-ceo-and-president-raynald-aeschlimann/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=38102 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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]]> 38102 Interview with Patek Philippe President Thierry Stern and Wempe CEO Kim-Eva Wempe https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/interview-with-patek-philippe-president-thierry-stern-and-wempe-ceo-kim-eva-wempe/ Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=37331 Patek Philippe Takes Things to the Next Level A very personal encounter with Patek Philippe owner Thierry Stern and Kim-Eva Wempe, managing partner of Gerhard D. Wempe GmbH & Co. KG, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new…

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]]> 37331 Piaget Manufacture Visit – A True Maison https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/piaget-manufacture-visit-a-true-maison/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=36580 While it is an extreme privilege to have been inside pretty much every Swiss horology house, at some point, a picture automatically forms in one’s mind as to what to expect when visiting yet another manufacture of mechanical watches. What…

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]]> 36580 Louis Vuitton’s Ascension From High Fashion to Horological Heaven https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/louis-vuittons-ascension-from-high-fashion-to-horological-heaven/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=33770 In order to understand this article as a watch enthusiast or a collector: forget the Louis Vuitton stereotype. Forget the queues going round the corner and burly bouncers at the door. Forget the logo. We are here to understand the…

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]]> 33770 The Ultimate Guide to The Patek Philippe Nautilus https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-patek-philippe-nautilus/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=22698 Why Three Hands And Steel Is Just The Beginning See how you were drawn towards this article? Of course you were – everyone is. No matter whether a collector, new customer, horology expert, or simply here for the ride, everyone…

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]]> 22698 A new star in the realm of collectors? Interview With Nicolas Baretzki, CEO of Montblanc https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/a-new-star-in-the-realm-of-collectors-interview-with-nicolas-baretzki-ceo-of-montblanc/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:00:11 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=19330 Upon hearing the word Montblanc, not everyone automatically first thinks of its high quality wristwatches. This is no bad thing, says Nikolas Baretzki, who has been at the helm of the Germany’s best known luxury manufacture since April 2017. Alongside…

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]]> 19330 Collector Brands On The Rise – Series 1: Montblanc’s Mechanical Watches And a Well-Kept Secret Named Minerva https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/collector-brands-of-the-rise-series-one-montblanc-and-minerva/ Sun, 18 Jul 2021 12:00:59 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=20391 Let’s be honest. Hand on heart, who just looked at this headline and immediately thought, “Perfect, I can find out which watches are currently cheap but clearly going to increase in value”? Admittedly, I found myself considering something similar in…

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