GENÈVE 2025-2026
Winter Edition
Cosmopolitan and yet quintessentially Swiss;
Dive into the nation's greatest small city.
where the water is the mirror of the world.
Tick tock, tick tock. For nearly five centuries, Geneva’s heart has beat to the rhythm of watch movements. From wearable watches to tabletop clocks, spring-wound pocket watches, grandfather clocks, enamelled or repeated watches, watches with calendars that play music or feature miniature automations, the technique behind these wonders never ceased to improve and Genevans never stopped inventing. Until the advent of the wristwatch in the roaring twenties — driven notably by Patek Philippe, who designed one of the first models for the Countess Koscowicz of Hungary as early as 1868…
Find out more in the new edition of helvet Geneva Winter 2025-2026!
— News
Winter 2025-2026
— At the watchmakers’ table
In praise of precision
— The wonder of floristry
Finesse and childhood dreams
— Forever Young
The 1,001 lives of Max Büsser
— Tristan Carbonatto
A gourmet occupation
— Herzog & de Meuron in Geneva, finally!
A flagship for Lombard-Odier
— Cartier
Define a territory and stay within it
— Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
The art of mountain living
— Europa Star
Watchmaking heritage
— A Swiss education
The mountain as a classroom
— Giants of the Swiss Alps
Dams: heritage and the future of energy
— A parade of beautiful cars
Alpine picnics and concours d’élégances
— Trends
Watches selection
— Trends
Shopping selection