Time Lords

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

Certina CEO Marc Aellen tells Ben Winstanley about his vision for the watch brand and his decision to enter into a partnership with padel tennis

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

Laurent Perves, chief commercial officer of Vacheron Constantin, talks to Ben Winstanley about vintage timepieces, blockchain and the future of the watch industry