It could have been a great advertisement
VINTAGEMANIA
July 2018
It was a sunny day on the Atlantic coast in France. Mr. X (pseudonym) thought it was a great opportunity to practice his swing on the golf course nearby. It (…)
Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona by Rolex
May 2018
Movement: Perpetual, mechanical chronograph, self-winding. Calibre:4130, Manufacture Rolex. Oscillator: Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring. Winding: (…)
Rolex and Omega break records at Phillips auction
May 2018
The “Daytona Ultimatum” thematic sale raised over 22 million Swiss francs at the Geneva auction May 11-13. We also saw a new world record for an Omega watch (…)
Laboratories are the hub of progress
12 DISRUPTIONS IN THE WATCHMAKING INDUSTRY
May 2018
Watchmakers tried, prototyped, disassembled, reassembled and tweaked until it worked – like clockwork. That was then. Now, watchmaking no longer revolves (…)
The end of the passive ambassador?
12 DISRUPTIONS IN THE WATCHMAKING INDUSTRY
May 2018
We’ve seen so many stars posing with a luxury watch on their wrist and being handsomely paid for the service that we’ve forgotten one thing: if these (…)
The vintage tool watch vs. the modern luxury watch
VINTAGEMANIA
April 2018
We all remember how our first mobile phone impacted our daily routine. Suddenly we were offered the ability of calling, texting, surfing on the web, playing (…)
Watches and connection: parting on good terms
12 DISRUPTIONS IN THE WATCHMAKING INDUSTRY
April 2018
Every market needs a strong symbolic leader, a locomotive, a benchmark to ensure its survival. Rolex is that symbol for the “traditional” watch, and Apple (…)
Personalisation, for the privileged few?
12 DISRUPTIONS IN THE WATCHMAKING INDUSTRY
April 2018
Reserved until recently for a few highend watches, personalisation is now gaining ground. Mainly as a result of the internet, new technologies, or the new (…)
“We would like to see more brands buy back their vintage timepieces”
AUCTION
April 2018
An interview with Paul Boutros, Head of Americas & International Strategy Advisor at Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo.
Japan: towards a revival?
2017
March 2018
In 2017, Japan’s watch market showed some very interesting trends. Following the return of tourists from greater China, inbound demand is showing a gradual (…)
Architecture in the US watch market
BUILDING TIME
March 2018
When Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to design the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, his mandate was to create “a temple of the spirit.” But on one evening (…)
Senegal: at the sickbed of the watch market
WORLD MARKETS
March 2018
On the beaches of Dakar, lapped by the Atlantic, time is on the move. It slips between the Western tourists languishing on the sand of Yoff or the pebbles (…)
