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Conversations with the leaders, makers and champions shaping their fields — told at full length, in their own words.

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Gregory Kissling

The Art of Breguet

There is a small city in Switzerland that sits above a lake and below the Jura mountains, Neuchâtel. Abraham-Louis Breguet was born there in 1747. He left as a teenager, moved to Paris, and eventually bent the arc of mechanical horology so far in his direction that the craft has never fully straight

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Ilaria Resta

The Human Side of Audemars Piguet

A conversation on leadership, independence, and how Audemars Piguet thinks beyond heritage at 150 years.

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Jean-Claude Biver

Reflection on Time and Legacy

Jean-Claude Biver opens up about the influences, values and craftsmanship defining his lifelong journey.

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Björn Borg

The Court He Never Left

Fifty years on from his first Wimbledon title, Björn Borg on the surface he was told he could not win on, and the one court he never wanted to leave.In the summer of 1976 a twenty-year-old arrived at Wimbledon with a game the grass had spent decades punishing, and left without having dropped a set.H

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Wilhelm Schmid of A. Lange & Söhne

The Brain, the Heart and the Future

Wilhelm Schmid reflects on the values that guided A. Lange & Söhne through loss and revival.

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Gilda Perez-Alvarado

CEO of Orient Express

The CEO of Orient Express on craft, continuity, and the new Golden Age of Travel

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John Goldberger

The Meaning of Timeless

In Timeless, his first photographic exhibition, decades of imagery reflect a consistent philosophy shaped by craftsmanship, aesthetics, and objects that endure beyond time.

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Julien Tornare

CEO of Hublot, during Dubai Watch Week

Big Bang 20th Anniversary, changing the future of timekeeping, and being the trouble child in the industry.

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Sir Ben Ainslie

The View From the Shore

Thirty years ago this summer, a teenager from Cornwall stood on an Olympic podium in Atlanta with a silver medal around his neck and felt, by his own account, devastated.That teenager was Ben Ainslie. Four Olympic golds in succession would follow, eleven world titles, and a standing as the most succ

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Tim Henman

The Moment Before The Serve

At Wimbledon Park, a short walk from the queue that forms each morning of the Championships, a robotic arm is replaying serves struck on Centre Court within a second of the ball being hit. Tim Henman has come to face it. His own tennis began a long way from here, on a grass court in his family's gar

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Jean Laconte

The story behind Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph Air 1

We sat down with Jean Laconte, Head of Innovation at TAG Heuer, to explore the thinking behind the piece.

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Robert Bailey

Laurent Ferrier at 15, refining the Silence

A clash of ideologies that shouldn’t work together, but somehow creates something quietly and undeniably beautiful.

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Yvan Jacqueline

Inside Parfums de Marly

In conversation with the President of the Americas at Parfums de Marly on craftsmanship, memory and the philosophy behind the house’s new Les Extraits collection.

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