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Meeting of masters
A series of bi-weekly articles chronicling the number of skills involved in making a Backes & Strauss timepiece.
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I Magazine UK 2021 - An Interview With Vartkess Knadijan, CEO of Luxury Watch Maker, Backes & Strauss
Backes & Strauss began in 1789 when Mr. Backes registered as a goldsmith in Hanau, Germany. The business prospered and in 1814 his son moved to London to …
The Week 2020 - Four of the best new luxury watches
The demand for customisable luxury watches is on the rise and, “when it comes to understanding the true meaning of luxury”…
The Telegraph UK 2020 - The sky's limit: inside world 10m personalised watches
When it comes to understanding the true meaning of luxury, the world’s oldest diamond company is a master. For watch and jewellery maker Backes & Strauss…
The Naked Watchmaker 2020 - Interview with Vartkess Knadjian
I am Armenian, born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. My father a graduate of the Ecole D’Horlogerie of Geneva had a business importing fine Swiss watches to Ethiopia…
Walpole 2019 - Holiday with Taline & Levon Knadjian
Today the Knadjian siblings, who head up Marketing and Business Development at the family business Backes & Strauss…