The Bartorellis, retailers in Italy since the 19th century, have adopted an original but successful strategy: they have opted out of the urban centres to (…)

The issue of after-sales service is more relevant than ever. Each year, almost 30 million Swiss watches – including around 6 million mechanical watches – (…)

On the first day of the SIHH I managed to find a vacant table just prior to the lunchtime scrum and settled down with a newspaper to read about the really (…)

The year 2014 came to a close in a more difficult context for the Swiss watch industry, however exports by the sector continued to grow. The annual result (…)

Twenty-three million, two hundred and thirty-seven thousand Swiss francs: that’s the figure on everyone’s lips, the price of the famous Patek Philippe Henry (…)

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The Grandmaster Chime is not the only timepiece of note launched by the Genevan manufacture on its 175th anniversary. Here is a selection of new watches (…)

The dark and the light. Man has defined them as ‘evil’ and ‘good’. Remember how the bad cowboy always wore black and the good guy white? Black has often (…)

Since the origins of modern diving, the watchmaking industry has always maintained close ties with the world of the sea. Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms (…)

Tissot is planning to launch a smartwatch that will be very different from current Apple and Samsung products. Interview with director François Thiébaud.

The Parisian house is continuing its push for vertical integration. A visit to its new watchmaking factory in Geneva and a meeting with Hamdi Chatti, (…)

As we approach this year’s SIHH, Europa Star looks back at the origins of the ladies’ watch. There follows a selection of past ladies’ models from brands (…)