Henrik Rye felt he had more to offer than a career in finance. After creating 40 custom watches for different military units in just over five years, his instincts were clearly right. Mark Hedley meets the man behind Micromilspec
Tissot’s CEO, Sylvain Dolla, sits down with Square Mile to talk about his journey with the watch brand. Having joined the watchmaker from Hamilton in 2020, he has helped Tissot to tremendous success, including the PRX collection. Dolla gives us his unique insight…
Following decades of cult-like status among collectors, Grand Seiko officially became an independent brand in 2017. Ben Winstanley sits down with Akio Naito, President of Seiko Watch Corporation, to hear about its progress
Gordon Fraser started his career as a product designer before going on to co-found Marloe Watch Company. The brand was born from a passion for “doing things properly” – and has become a shining example of British watch design
Hamilton CEO Vivian Stauffer has racked up two decades at the watchmaker. He’s seen the brand move from the US to Switzerland, from high street to online, and steal more Hollywood scenes than any other, says Ben Winstanley
Chief executive officers don’t come much more charismatic than François-Henry Bennahmias. Rob Chilton heads to Tokyo to meet the outgoing CEO of Audemars Piguet – and learns that after ten years, Bennahmias has no regrets
Meet Breitling CEO, Georges Kern: our 2022 recipient of the Industry Hero gong at the Square Mile Watch Awards. The veteran watch boss sits down with Ben Winstanley to talk about his career and what the future holds for the industry
Bell & Ross began life in 1992 as a university project by two friends. Fast forward 30 years, it’s now a widely respected brand for its stylish utilitarian timepieces. Ben Winstanley sits down with CEO and co-founder Carlos Rosillo
From the small Swiss village of La Côte-aux-Fées in the Jura mountains, Piaget has risen into one of the finest watch and jewellery brands on the planet. Ben Winstanley speaks to new CEO Benjamin Comar on his role and what’s next
Over the past 20 years, brothers Nick and Giles English, founders of Bremont, have painstakingly rebuilt the foundations of the British watchmaking industry. Ben Winstanley hears their story
How do you modernise a brand that was originally founded in 1845? That’s the question A Lange & Söhne CEO, Wilhelm Schmid, has pondered during his decade at Germany’s finest watchmaker. Ben Winstanley reports
MB&F watchmaker and founder Maximilian Büsser has created some of the most instantly recognisable modern watch designs on the market. The winner of the Industry Hero prize in the Square Mile Watch Awards 2020, he sits down with us to reflect on his career
How do you sell a watch in 2019? Audemars Piguet has the answer. Ben Winstanley sits down with UK general manager Daniel Compton to talk about the AP House concept, the CODE 11:59 collection, and the future of AP
Laurent Perves, chief commercial officer of Vacheron Constantin, talks to Ben Winstanley about vintage timepieces, blockchain and the future of the watch industry
Anish Bhatt is not your average watch collector or social media influencer: he’s changed the face of horology for good. He tells Ben Winstanley how he turned his passion into 1.75m Instagram followers
