New models: to launch or not to launch?

New models: to launch or not to launch?

CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLE

March 2020
One heck of a dilemma is facing all the watch brands in the starting blocks right now. Ready, or nearly, to launch their new models in the run-up to the (…)
The clash of concepts and the remaking of watch fairs

The clash of concepts and the remaking of watch fairs

THE FAIR TRADE

March 2020
Total vertical integration or task-sharing: which is the right strategy for an era of digital globalisation? Baselworld and Watches & Wonders may well (…)
Baselworld: the battle for redemption

Baselworld: the battle for redemption

INTERVIEW

March 2020
A wall of disenchantment nearly cost the world’s largest watch industry gathering its future. New manager Michel Loris-Melikoff has the twofold task of (…)
Fabienne Lupo: “We'll reinvent trade shows!”

Fabienne Lupo: “We’ll reinvent trade shows!”

THE FAIR TRADE

March 2020
SIHH, the “Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie”, is changing its name to Watches & Wonders Geneva. What is behind this change? Even if the 2020 (…)
2003: Horology hit by SARS (from our archives)

2003: Horology hit by SARS (from our archives)

CORONAVIRUS

March 2020
The comparison is not 100% accurate, obviously. But we wanted to find in our archives the impact that the first pandemic of the 21st century, SARS, had on (…)
Xavier Dietlin: “Trade shows? They need reinventing!”

Xavier Dietlin: “Trade shows? They need reinventing!”

AN EXERCISE IN FORESIGHT ANALYSIS

March 2020
No introduction is needed for Xavier Dietlin, the joyous inventor and creator of new, playful, poetic, interactive, didactic or even humorous ways of (…)
Are groups compatible with Baselworld?

Are groups compatible with Baselworld?

THE FAIR TRADE

February 2020
It’s not all about coronavirus... Swatch Group’s decision to leave Baselworld is in line with a fundamental trend: after grappling with the production chain (…)
Bulgari, beyond all records

Bulgari, beyond all records

STYLE

April 2019
Yes, it is the fifth world record for finesse for the Octo Finissimo line. Yes, with the 3.3 mm thick of its automatic movement with peripheral mass, a (…)
The great scattering
Europa Star

The great scattering

OPINION

April 2019
The watchmaking industry shoots at hoot and slide, and everyone starts to play in their own corner. My living room, my exhibition, my summit, my meetings. A (…)
Basel and Geneva play a game of go

Basel and Geneva play a game of go

EDITORIAL

March 2019
The recent announcement that, in 2020, the dates of the SIHH and Baselworld will basically coincide, is just the latest salvo in a protracted territorial (…)
Baselworld Vision 2020

Baselworld Vision 2020

VIDEO

February 2019
The whole industry is changing at a fast pace – and it seems that Baselworld is on the same path. Here is the future vision of the fair for 2020.
Trade shows: the domino theory

Trade shows: the domino theory

ANALYSIS

November 2018
Another one bites the dust. All on the same day, we learned that Raymond Weil was quitting Baselworld as of 2019, then that Audemars Piguet and Richard (…)