From the extensive report on Seiko, to the monographic Omega volume as a gift, we have prepared an exceptional double issue, which will keep you company for the Christmas holidays...
Exclusively for Italy, in L'OROLOGIO 173 you can read an eight-page report on the Seiko manufacture and its most important production sites, which we visited for you. The Japanese company is a reality with thousands of employees, which with the introduction of the quartz wristwatch, in 1969, transformed the watchmaking world forever and which, today, is about to aim at the highest end of the market with prestigious and unprecedented creations on the world scene. We went all the way to Japan to show you a different way of producing watches, linked to an ancient culture, made up of a lot of hard work, rigour and huge investments in the means of production (we are talking about one of the world's largest manufacturers of movements and components, starting with spiral springs).
For Omega enthusiasts, but also for others, as a gift with this issue there is the surprise of a full-bodied monographic volume entirely dedicated to the Bienne-based House and signed by some of the most prestigious signatures of the international specialised press under the aegis of Chronos magazine: one of the most appreciated European publications, at least by those lucky enough to read German. At last, some of Chronos's interesting articles are translated into Italian and you will find them in the issue attached to L'OROLOGIO 173, where you can retrace Omega's past and present history, as well as read an unpublished interview with the brand's President, Nick Hayek.
We then travelled to Switzerland to take a detailed look at the production systems of IWC, a company that is increasingly aware of environmental issues and has recently obtained CarbonNeutral certification, thanks to its zero CO2 emissions, compensated for by measures to reforest the planet and protect the natural environment.
Still in Switzerland, but in the Neuchâtel region, we were then able to visit a new production company, a name that may turn the noses up at the 'purists' today, but which will hold surprises in store for all enthusiasts in the future: Louis Vuitton. The brand's philosophy and its projects in the field of mechanical watchmaking are explained to us by the director of the watch and jewellery sector, Albert Bensoussan.
Happy reading!
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