The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), America’s oldest watchmaking guild founded in 1866, welcomes six new sponsors in 2024.

Their commitment to supporting HSNY’s mission of advancing the art and science of horology exemplifies a shared dedication to making a positive impact on our industry.

HSNY wishes to thank Glashütte Original, Bulgari, J.N. Shapiro Watches, WatchTime, ZENITH, and MB&F for their incredible support!

About Glashütte Original

Glashütte Original upholds the values of authentic manufactory production and can look back on an uninterrupted history that began in 1845. Located in the Saxon town of Glashütte, the manufactory brings traditional craftsmanship and innovative technologies together under one roof. The tradition-rich brand produces up to 95% of all movement components as well as the filigree dials in-house and represents the art of German watchmaking at its best.

Official website: https://www.glashuette-original.com

About Bulgari

Part of the LVMH Group, Bulgari was founded in the heart of Rome in 1884.

Over the decades, the Brand has established a worldwide reputation as magnificent Roman High Jeweler and icon of Italian art of living thanks to its exquisite craftsmanship, visionary design and audacious color combinations.

Through a pioneering vision intrinsic in the brand’s DNA since its founding, the company’s international success has evolved into a global and diversified luxury purveyor of products and services, ranging from fine jewels and high-end watches to accessories and perfumes, and featuring an extended network of boutiques and hotels in the world’s most exclusive shopping areas.

Demonstrated through its numerous philanthropic partnerships, Bulgari deeply believes in innovating the present for a sustainable future through its commitment to Social & Environmental Responsibility and giving back – to nature and to the community.

Official website: https://www.bulgari.com

About J.N. Shapiro Watches

Joshua Shapiro, an educator by trade and training, founded the J. N. Shapiro watch company in 2018. He had begun by making engine-turned dials for other brands, and in 2018 he launched his first watch under his own name – the Infinity series. These watches featured highly complex, engine-turned dials with traditional and exotic materials. Soon after, in December of 2021, JN Shapiro Watches produced the first tantalum wrist watch cases made outside of Switzerland for the Infinity Series.

Since the launch in 2018, the company has expanded and relocated to a workshop and office space in Torrance, California. Here, the team of 3 watchmakers, 2 CNC machinists, and a master engraver continues to push the envelope of American watchmaking.

The Resurgence is the company's latest line of watches, a fully U.S. made watch in development for over four years. It is a culmination of a dream that began from the humblest of starts. These watches are meant to inspire individuals to pursue perfection, to enjoy both the journey and the destination.

Official website: https://www.jnshapirowatches.com

About WatchTime

Now celebrating its 25th year of publication, WatchTime magazine is the best-selling watch magazine in North America and one of the leading watch publications in the world. The magazine’s dedicated readers consume watch related content on a bi-monthly basis with the print magazine and 24/7 on WatchTime’s digital platform, www.watchtime.com. In addition, WatchTime has a robust Instagram and Facebook social media channels as well. The magazine is also a celebrated producer of watch-related events in the United States with the highly successful WatchTime New York event taking place each Fall in New York City and other multi and mono-branded watch events around the United States.

Official website: https://www.watchtime.com

About ZENITH

ZENITH exists to inspire individuals to pursue their dreams and make them come true – against all odds. Since its establishment in 1865, ZENITH became the first vertically integrated Swiss watch manufacture, and its watches have accompanied extraordinary figures that dreamt big and strived to achieve the impossible – from Louis Blériot’s history-making flight across the English Channel to Felix Baumgartner’s record-setting stratospheric free-fall jump. Zenith is also highlighting visionary and trailblazing women by celebrating their accomplishments and creating the DREAMHERS platform where women share their experiences and inspire others to fulfil their dreams.

With innovation as its guiding star, ZENITH exclusively features in-house developed and manufactured movements in all its watches. Since the creation of the El Primero in 1969, the world’s first automatic chronograph calibre, ZENITH has gone on to master high-frequency precision and offers time measurements in fractions of a second, including 1/10th of a second in the Chronomaster collection and 1/100th of a second in the DEFY collection. Because innovation is synonymous with responsibility, the ZENITH HORIZ-ON initiative affirms the brand's commitments to inclusion & diversity, sustainability and employee wellbeing. ZENITH has been shaping the future of Swiss watchmaking since 1865, accompanying those who dare to challenge themselves and reach new heights. The time to reach your star is now.

Official website: https://www.zenith-watches.com

About MB&F

After a 15-year career in management at prestigious brands, Maximilian Büsser left his role as CEO of Harry Winston in 2005 to create MB&F – Maximilian Büsser & Friends. MB&F is a laboratory dedicated to art and micromechanical engineering, set up to design and create small editions of radical watches, the fruit of collaboration with exceptional professional watchmakers, chosen by Maximilian Büsser for their talent and working methods. With over 20 remarkable calibres forming the base of the critically acclaimed Horological and Legacy Machines, MB&F continues to follow Büsser’s vision of creating 3-D kinetic art by deconstructing traditional watchmaking.

In 2007, MB&F unveiled the HM1, its first Horological Machine. With its sculptural three-dimensional case and finely decorated movement, the HM1 set the tone for the Horological Machines that were to follow – Machines which symbolize time rather than merely Machines used to read it. In 2011, MB&F released the Legacy Machines collection. These round pieces are more classic than MB&F's other creations, and pay tribute to the watchmaking excellence of the 19th century, reinterpreting the complications from innovative key watchmaking figures as objects of contemporary art.

There have been distinguished accolades reminding us of the innovative nature of MB&F’s journey so far. To name a few, there have been no less than 9 awards from the famous Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, including the ultimate prize: the “Aiguille d’Or”, which rewards the best watch of the year – in 2022, for the LM Sequential EVO.

Official website: https://www.mbandf.com

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