Helvetica

Le cartnotzet

The Wrong Finger

Everyone has the smart ring story backwards. The theory runs like this: Oura and its imitators push the Apple Watch off the wrist, and the vacated real estate goes back to Cartier and Rolex. Charming.

21 Oct 2026

📊 Edito

🍷 Boring Wins

Switzerland is losing a minister who couldn't give a speech in English. The rest of the West should stop laughing and start taking notes.

20 Oct 2026

Le cartnotzet

The Franc Doesn't Need an App

Everyone treats digital money as a race. Washington thinks it won by banning the starting gun. In January 2025 the White House barred federal agencies from issuing a digital dollar, then in July signe

14 Oct 2026

🍷 Boring Wins

Switzerland is losing a minister who couldn't give a speech in English. The rest of the West should stop laughing and start taking notes.

19 Oct 2026

⚽ The Helvetic Underground

Ramon Vega wants Infantino's chair. Switzerland worked out more than a century ago that the chair is the problem.

12 Oct 2026

🥱 Crisis at 0.8%

Central banks are hiking into an oil shock. The Swiss National Bank raised its growth forecast and went to lunch.

5 Oct 2026

🇨🇭 Moscow Liked This One

Switzerland was asked to hand Russia a veto over its own sanctions. It said no by 42 points, then went to lunch.

28 Sep 2026

🚜 Try Digging

The Swiss research behind Gravis deserves more attention than its unicorn label.

21 Sep 2026

🇨🇭 Not a Boom

Any other government would have thrown a parade. Bern issued a caveat.

14 Sep 2026