One oft-heard cliché about watches today is this : “No-one needs a watch,” and the subtext: “ especially not a really expensive watch with all […]
Author: Marton Radkai
Born in New York City, raised in Europe, freelance journalist, editor, copywriter, "content producer," and translator. I live in Geneva, Switzerland, interested in classical music, politics, social matters, history, and occasionally philosop0hy.
Watching Hong Kong 2024
As a journalist with a specialty in watches, a trade fair is more than just looking at new collections and posting them online as fast […]
The Vortic Battle
I’m waiting for Hollywood to pick up this story: For the past years, R. T. Custer (no one knows his real name except his parents, […]
Black and White Issue
Rubric: Racism is not just a knee on a neck…. It’s bigger than that, and it’s deeper. In the wee hours of June 12, as […]
The Watch Tester
Watch lovers, collectors, repairmen and -women all face a core issue: How to determine whether a watch is running on time and whether it […]
Baselworld 2019: peaks and peeks
Baselworld 2019 was quite exciting even without a slew of major brands, which stayed away this year.
An Adventure For the Wrist
Watches can be a major investment. So naturally, many collectors, especially of more recent vintage (and notably in emerging watch markets) prefer to play it […]
The genius of Paul Gerber
You haven’t heard this one yet: Four top experts, a micro-engineer, an industrial designer, an artist with a specialty in metalwork, and an accountant, walk […]
SIHH 2018: a touch of madness
Disclaimer: Those who know me also know I do not have the gift of termination. Sure, I could “keep it short,” after all, in my […]
SIHH 2016 (part 1): wild cards
Tivoli Soldat Dos The 26th edition of the SIHH closed its doors recently and so it is time to take a look back over four […]
This time at Baselworld (2011), part 2
From steam to punk and thereabouts As time moves along, styles are becoming jumbled. The 1930s and Art-Deco have become something of a fixation, and […]
This time at Baselworld (2011), part 1
Zenith represents well the changes that have swept the Swiss watch industry over the past, say, 10 years, when people believed in the magic growth of money and the Madoff snake oil. How could something promoted with loud and ostentatious events and fetching
absurd prices not be worth a lot of money?
Man of the People – Nicolas Hayek
Nicolas Hayek died the way he probably wanted to, enjoying his daily leisure time at his desk in Biel. He was a grand entrepreneur in […]
Baselworld 2010 Part 1: Return of the watch
Watch yourself! Baselworld 2010: a review Part 1 If we are to believe the chroniclers of the wealthy like Steve Forbes, what affects the […]