Sylvie Ritter, Managing Director of Baselworld, has decided to hand over the management of the World Watch and Jewellery Show. "After 26 years with the MCH Group – 15 of which were as Managing Director of Baselworld – it's time for me to start something new and take on new challenges", says Sylvie Ritter in explaining her decision.

The now traditional Fondation Star Team MC match saw the players captained by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, the A.S Star Team for the Children, take on the Nazionale Piloti, a team made up of Formula 1TM drivers. All the proceeds from this match, which this year took place at the Garavan stadium in Menton, will be donated to charity work undertaken by the Fondation Star Team to help children in need.

It’s rare to even come across one. To see one dismantled, even rarer. So to be present to watch one being reassembled by master watchmakers at the manufacture is the stuff of dreams. And yet, that’s what happened on 17 May. WorldTempus was able to witness the dismantling and reassembly of the Ferdinand Berthoud manufacture movement, in the company of three of the brand’s watchmakers. It was a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with one of the most original movements in the watchmaking world.

In its new collection, Écritures de Chaumet, the Maison - which has always had strong ties to the arts - pays homage to impressionist painting. Capturing the essence of works by Manet, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Redon and Caillebotte, the limited-edition collection reinterprets the great paintings of the nineteenth century. As if captured by a zoom, the abstract compositions of these watch dials evoke the artists’ iconic brush strokes in an ode to light and to the arts.

In 2018, Emile Chouriet will offer, for the first time, its support to the Sierre-Zinal race, also known as the “Race of the five 4,000m peaks”, which will start on 12 August at 5 am. The Manufacture will be the event’s principal co-sponsor alongside UBS Bank. Considered as one of the finest mountain races in the world, this race takes place at the very heart of the Valais Alps on a highly-challenging route where effort, consistency and performance make all the difference. This values perfectly echoes those of the brand. In a nutshell... for the two partners, their regional base is consistent with their international reach.