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30Sep 2025 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments

A Record-Breaking Edition of AuroChronos Festival 2025

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If you've been following me, you know I've loved the AuroChronos Festival since its first edition in 2017. This year, it was back after several shutdowns (damn Covid), and what we can say is that the show was a huge success. More than 1,200 attendees, over 40 brands from around the world, unique timepieces unavailable in mass distribution, and prestigious awards presented by an international jury — this was AuroChronos Festival 2025, the largest event in Poland dedicated to independent watchmaking. This was the first edition of the festival held in Warsaw (Poland) — and also a return after a six-year break. Despite coinciding with an election weekend and the event being ticketed, attendance exceeded 1,200 people, which the organizers unanimously consider a great success and a clear sign that…

LIP – It’s time to ReWrite the Story

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Thinking of French watchmaking without thinking of the LIP manufacture is like thinking about Paris without the Eiffel Tower. The history of LIP, a genuinely iconic French brand, started in 1867 when Emmanuel Lipmann established a little watchmaking business in Besançon. The family business, propelled by its creative owners, swiftly authored some of the best chapters in the history of watchmaking technology, creating clocks with intricate and frequently avant-garde designs. For more than 150 years, thanks to its unique vision of the profession, and unlike most of its competitors, it has made precise, elegant instruments that were usually reserved for wealthy people, accessible to the widest possible audience. (source lip.fr) Founded in 1867 in Besançon, the heart of French watchmaking by Ernest Lipmann, the watch company was simply names LIP…

Review – EZA Sealander Black Watch

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For those who follow me on the social networks you know the bad thing that happened to me some weeks ago. Someone stole a watch in a package that I received from EZA Watches for a review !! Yes I was soooo upset… The package was opened and unfortunately the watch was stolen. The thief left the case, but no more watch inside.This was a very disturbing situation for me as this was the first time in 11 years of activity in the watch industry that this happened to me.But this was just the start of this bad story. Indeed, some days after that, Adriaan (owner of the brand) decided to send me another sample of the 1972 for a review… But you know what ? The parcel never arrived…

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