Europa Star TIME.BUSINESS / TIME.KEEPER - contents Chapter 3/17, Global edition

EDITORIAL What’s the deal with ‘vintage’? (and beards?) •••MAIN REPORT: LESSONS OF VOLUME BRANDS•••CASE STUDIES & INTERVIEWS They adorn the wrists of many: what can we learn from brands such as Swatch, Fossil, Guess, Timex, Hugo Boss or the pioneer of the fashion watch Gucci? •••“THE WINNERS ARE INDEPENDENT HIGH-END BRANDS” Interview with René Weber on the latest Vontonbel watch report •••DEALING WITH PROTECTIONISM Has protectionism been globalised too? And does watchmaking have the wherewithal to fight back?•••THE TRUE SIZE OF THE SWISS MARKET Everything you always wanted to know about the Swiss watch trade: a recent survey lifts the veil on this crucial market for the industry. •••FREELY SPEAKING Where will it all end? •••WATCHWORDS Dial or screen •••A last word to start: WHEN GRAFTS don’t take.

EDITORIAL1984 on your wrist •••COVER STORY Carl F. Bucherer Under the sign of the manta ray •••PARAPHERNALIA Agenhor - Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, continually forgetting in order to start afresh•••HIGHLIGHTS Titoni Space Star - Zenith  Defy El Primero 21•••PORTFOLIO :Wrist jewellery•••TRENDS Jewellery and the new ways of wearing it •••INTERNET Digital bespoke••• WATCH AUCTIONSThree decades of a legend part I •• DID YOU SAY VINTAGE? By Dominique Fléchon, Expert at The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, Geneva••• MATERIALS Wooden Watches••• INDUSTRY The clasp that says a lot about your watch••• PORTRAIT Vincent Calabrese, obsessions of a neapolitan wanderer••• RECOMMENDED READING By Fabrice Mugnier, WATCHPRINT.COM••• ARCHIVES Severin Wunderman, the genius precursor of the fashion watch.