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Independent manufactures still have a say. From Earth to Moon: VicenTerra’s adventure will thrill the watchmaking world at a time when industry news is filled with the competition among the big groups.

Soon he will be completing 35 years at Patek Philippe, Jean-Pierre Musy was initially hired at Patek to conceive the celebrated Calibre 89, continuing with Star Caliber, Sky Moon Tourbillon etc., but today he is mostly proud of his little ‘baby’, the Annual Calendar, which became a trend in various brands. For the last 10 years he has been working on improving the precision of Patek watches.

The Altiplano 900P by Piaget goes back to the horological drawing board. A new holistic approach produces the thinnest watch in the world, a record that draws its legitimacy from the maison’s own history. Here’s the whole story.