Mechanical Timekeepers with Tradition | INHORGENTA 2026

Presenter: Gisbert L. Brunner, Watch expert & author, Uhrenkosmos.com, Germany Speaker: Rolf Studer, Co-CEO, Oris, Switzerland Gisbert is a journalist and author from Munich and has been writing about watches since 1981. He has published around 30 books on timepieces, including Rolex – The Watch Book. He is also co-founder and co-owner of the website uhrenkosmos.com. Rolf Studer is co-CEO of Oris SA, one of the few remaining independent Swiss watchmaking companies. A law graduate, Rolf began his career at Coca-Cola in the 1990s, moving to Oris in his native Switzerland in 2006. He was appointed co-CEO in 2016 and has implemented the company’s Change for the Better campaign, a pioneering series of activities, partnerships and product launches that promotes sustainability, conservation and humanitarianism. In 2021, Oris was certified as a climate neutral company by ClimatePartner and released its first sustainability report, detailing its carbon emissions and the broad programme of changes it is implementing at its factory in Hölstein, Switzerland, and across its international network of subsidiaries and boutiques to reduce those emissions. Under Rolf’s leadership, Oris has become one of the luxury watch industry’s leading voices on ESG. Rolf is married with two children and enjoys jazz, nature, running, sailing and skiing.