Swatch Group - Key Figures for 2013
February 2014
With its 20 brands, the worldwide leader in the watch sector grew by a further 8.3%, generating record sales of CHF 8 817 million in 2013, despite the (…)
LVMH annual results - excellent performance in 2013
January 2014
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton recorded a revenue of €29.1 billion in 2013, an increase of 4% over the previous year. Organic revenue growth was 8%. The (…)
Richemont Trading Statement for the Third Quarter
Ended 31 December 2013
January 2014
The period’s performance reflected continuing demand for jewellery and watches, particularly through the Group’s retail channel. Compared to retail, slower (…)
JeanRichard arrives in Xi’an, China
January 2014
JeanRichard celebrated the new year with a new presence at the Harmony World Watch Centre in Xi’an, China that was announced together with famous actor Xia (…)
Watch Industry in 2014: THE AIR is getting thinner
January 2014
Is it a strong signal, a simple symptom, an “industrial accident” or collateral damage? Whatever the verdict may be, the fact that the GTE (Geneva Time (…)
LAKIN@LARGE - MUSEUMS, CLOCKS, PLANES and a shirt
January 2014
One of the problems of semi-retirement is that you have so much time to do things that there is a tendency to forget organisation with the result that, (…)
EUROPA STAR, the seismograph of the world’s watch market
January 2014
Europa Star occupies a unique position in the galaxy of watchmaking media: that of the indispensable business magazine of reference. We speak to the entire (…)
SIHH 2014 - Form and function from CARTIER
January 2014
It is perhaps because she was born into a family of watchmakers that Carole Forestier, head of fine watchmaking at Cartier, makes her team’s innovative (…)
SIHH 2014 - GREUBEL FORSEY, feet in tradition, head in invention
January 2014
In 2014, the Greubel Forsey manufacture officially celebrates 10 years of existence but Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have been working together for (…)
SIHH 2014 - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - An horological narrative
January 2014
The Poetic Complications of Van Cleef & Arpels are a unique example of an horological narrative. In order to achieve this, different kinds of complex (…)
SIHH 2014 - PIAGET and the constraints of size on the watch and the company
January 2014
Legitimacy is an important concept in fine watchmaking and the finer and older the brand, the more important the question of legitimacy becomes. Piaget has (…)
SIHH 2014 - PANERAI - Radiomir in the spotlight
January 2014
Officine Panerai is one of relatively few watch brands to offer timepieces whose power reserve is measured in days rather than hours. This is the legacy (…)
