Italy, a stable market and a deep watch culture
2017: -0.6%
February 2018
Contrary to Hong Kong, China or the UK, which have experienced dramatic increases or decreases these last years, the Italian market seems much more stable. (…)
Worn in the USA: market analysis
WORLD MARKETS
February 2018
It is probably the avant-garde of world markets in terms of smartwatch sales: American buyers are looking both for connection and for vintage prestige. Is (…)
Zulu time
TRAVEL WATCHES
February 2018
Compared with Universal Time and its traditional 24 time zones, the GMT watch is more modest in its offerings: a second time zone, a second ‘point of (…)
An interview with Seddiqi
WORLD MARKETS
February 2018
The third edition of Dubai Watch Week was an incontestable success, despite the fact that the world of watch trade fairs is currently in turmoil. The event (…)
Reflections and travel notes on the japanese watchmaking market
FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL
February 2018
Exports of Swiss watches to Japan seem to have decreased again in 2017. Rolex, Cartier and Omega remain the top brands sold in Japan.
ROLEX SKY-DWELLER [Video]
A DISTINCTIVE TECHNOLOGICAL MASTERPIECE
February 2018
The Rolex Sky-Dweller is the classic Rolex watch displaying a dual time zone and an annual calendar with patented Saros system.
The rise of the second-hand watch in China
FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL
January 2018
It is hardly surprising to hear that watch auction sales are particularly buoyant at the moment compared with modern watches, when a single vintage watch (…)
Watch auctions: three decades of a legend (part II)
HISTORY
January 2018
During the 2000s, the sector saw the arrival of so-called “modern” brands in the watch auction catalogues. Charity events began to emerge...
Almost 20 million for a steel Rolex?
AUCTIONS
December 2017
The topic up for debate is whether the auction system is out of control. Is the race to beat the record counter-productive for the watchmaking sector? One (…)
The holy grail of Rolex watches shatters world record at auction
October 2017
The Rolex "Paul Newman” Cosmograph Daytona is now the world’s most valuable collector’s watch, worth over USD $17 million. Here’s why it fetched the massive (…)
Recommended reading
WATCHPRINT
October 2017
THE WATCH BOOK: ROLEX by Gisbert L. Brunner WATCH ADS 1900-1959 By Marco Strazzi TIME AND A LIFETIME By Vincent Calabrese
Watch auctions: three decades of a legend.
HISTORY. PART I
June 2017
In the early 90s, watches at auction could only be found among the general objects to come under the hammer at non-specialist sales. We take a look back in (…)
