Watch Curator ’18
- Calibres
QUARTZ IS NOT DEAD!
October 2018
In our Watch Curator ’18 we have made clear the parallel trajectories of connected and vintage mechanical watches. In this context, things might not be (…)
A curated selection of vintage chronographs
VINTAGEMANIA
May 2018
The ’50s, ’60s and ’70s were the apogee of the chronograph. These ten chronographs, selected from hundreds of models, demonstrate the technical vitality (…)
Citizen Promaster
GO BEYOND
March 2018
Since its debut in 1989, the Promaster professional sports watch has been a firm favourite with professionals who challenge their limits.
GPS, satellite, radio, internet
TRAVEL WATCHES
February 2018
Like the Tissot T-Touch, Japanese watchmakers best stand out for their integration of new technologies into their watches, and particularly those that (…)
Japan transitioning from technology to luxury
JAPAN
February 2018
All have developed a continuum of unparalleled technological innovations, from the use of quartz to solar energy. All have continued to produce large (…)
Citizen: a strategy of acquisitions
FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL
January 2018
Unlike its two fellow watchmaking companies which are launching an offensive internationally by moving their own products upmarket, this giant has opted for (…)
Portfolio: let’s be slim
SLIM WATCHES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK
March 2017
If you needed a demonstration that time is cyclical, the ebb and flow of trends could serve as useful pointers. After a decade in which watches have (…)
BRANDS - CITIZEN’s changing times
October 2016
Japan’s Citizen Group has bought two Swiss watch companies in four years. What’s going on?
Citizen to acquire Frederique Constant
May 2016
Breaking news: all three Frederique Constant brands will enter Japanese watchmaking giant Citizen’s portfolio.
CEOs HAVE THEIR SAY - TOSHIO TOKURA, PRESIDENT & CEO CITIZEN WATCH
May 2016
In response to a questionnaire sent out by Europa Star, 50 CEOs from Switzerland, Europe, Japan and the USA reveal their strategies for dealing with the (…)
CITIZEN - 40 Years of Pioneering Eco-Drive Technology
March 2016
Eco-Drive is CITIZEN’s unique technology for generating power from any light source. It was born from the advent of batterydriven quartz watches in the 1970s.
STRATEGIES - Japanese Watchmaking Moves Upmarket
March 2015
Global sales of Japanese watches reached two billion dollars in 2013, a level not seen since 1998. This growth is accompanied by a bid to reposition towards (…)
