EDITORIAL

• THE RESILIENCE OF THE WATCH INDUSTRY

COVER STORY

PATEK PHILIPPE LADIES’ CHRONOGRAPH
THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF COMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN

BASELBASHING!

• A NECESSARY ADAPTATION

CEO INTERVIEWS

• OMEGA: “A LITTLE MORE TIME…”
• LONGINES - GIVING THE ORDERS…“
• BULGARI - TODAY’S VINTAGE IS THE STYLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEAS OF THEIR OWN”
• CORUM - “THE INTERNET IS GOING TO ALLOW CORUM TO FILTER ITS REAL PARTNERS”
• CASIO - “STRENGTHENING THE APPEAL OF G-SHOCK FOR MATURE BUYERS”

SPORTS TIMEKEEPING, PART II

• SWISS TIMING A VIEW OF THE SLOPES

PORTFOLIO

• BASEL 2018

SPOTLIGHT

• CASIO NOVELTIES BASELWORLD 2018
• TAG HEUER CARRERA HEUER-02 - AN ICON OF MOTOR SPORT TIMEKEEPING
• URBAN JÜRGENSEN 1140 RG L BROWN CELEBRATING 245 YEARS OF CRAFTMANSHIP
• FABERGÉ VISIONNAIRE COLLECTION - FABERGÉ VISIONNAIRE CHRONOGRAPH & FABERGÉ VISIONNAIRE DTZ
• TITONI MASTER SERIES - PROUDLY INDEPENDENT
• CITIZEN PROMASTER - GO BEYOND
• TRASER P68 PATHFINDER AUTOMATIC FOR GLOBETROTTERS AND EXPLORERS
• ALEXANDER SHOROKHOFF AVANT-GARDIST CREATES NOT ONLY TIMEPIECES, BUT ART ON THE WRIST
• WOLF SINCE 1834 - THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS

TWELVE DISRUPTIONS:

STYLISTIC DISRUPTION

• THE RISKY LURE OF NEO-VINTAGE
• THE EXPONENTIAL RISE IN NICHE MARKETS
• XXL GETS A DOWNSIZING
• PERSONALISATION, FOR THE PRIVILEGED FEW?
• WATCHES AND CONNECTION: PARTING ON GOOD TERMS

COMMERCIAL DISRUPTION

• THE END OF THE “REGULAR” RETAILER
• THE FORCED MARCH TOWARDS DIGITISATION
• NEW ACTORS THE AMBITIOUS PLAN OF CHRONO24
• THE END OF THE PASSIVE AMBASSADOR?

MECHANICAL DISRUPTION

• LABORATORIES ARE THE HUB OF PROGRESS
• WATCHMAKING AND SCIENCE: ORIGAMI, NANOTUBES AND CAPSULES
• THE HYBRIDISATION OF HIGH-END WATCHES

RECOMMENDED READING BY FABRICE MUGNIER, WATCHPRINT.COM

FREELY SPEAKING: WHEN I WAS OLD

WATCHWORDS: GOOD, BETTER, BEST

A LAST WORD TO START: ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE

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