Ladies' timepieces – innovation in unusual places

Ladies’ timepieces – innovation in unusual places

August 2009
There are two questions you systematically get asked during BaselWorld, “What would you like to drink?” and “Have you seen anything interesting?”

LAKIN@LARGE - A very fishy tale

LAKIN@LARGE - A very fishy tale

August 2009
Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I’ll begin.

The collective laboratories of watchmaking

The collective laboratories of watchmaking

July 2009
If, as we stated in our BaselWorld 2009 wrap-up report, the mechanical extravagances that have been so pronounced over the last few years were no (…)

The key words in the current economic crisis: price, quality and authenticity

The key words in the current economic crisis: price, quality and authenticity

PART ONE

July 2009
The current global economy has sent the watch industry into turmoil. This is a three part series by Europa Star’s Editor-in-Chief, Pierre Maillard.

The key words in the current economic crisis: price, quality and authenticity

The key words in the current economic crisis: price, quality and authenticity

PART TWO

July 2009
‘Aggressive pricing strategy’ was the refrain at BaselWorld. In this vein, TAG Heuer is pursing a ‘hyper aggressive’ policy by not raising prices.

The key words in the current economic crisis: price, quality and authenticity

The key words in the current economic crisis: price, quality and authenticity

PART THREE

July 2009
Maurice Lacroix, Oris, Linde Verdelin, Vulcain, H. Moser, Raymond Weil, Vogard

LAKIN@LARGE - This doesn't ring true!

LAKIN@LARGE - This doesn’t ring true!

July 2009
I was intrigued by the photos published earlier this year of the ring-watch that was excavated from a four hundred year old Chinese tomb and, needless (…)

Industrial culture

Industrial culture

June 2009
With the economic crisis, certain words are returning to our vernacular -words that, only a short time ago, hardly a few months at most, (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - The Blonde, the GPS and the Tourbillon

LAKIN@LARGE - The Blonde, the GPS and the Tourbillon

June 2009
If there¿s one thing that I love about the weekend, it¿s the Sunday news-papers. If I¿m in Geneva, Menton or even on that remote lump of rock (…)

Facebook and watch brands: Success in the making

Facebook and watch brands: Success in the making

June 2009
Return to FacebookIn November 2008, as the Facebook phenomenon was reaching an international audience, IC-Agency and Europa Star had already (…)

Twixt the moon and the deep

Twixt the moon and the deep

May 2009
As anniversaries abound this year, Omega hails the Speedmaster’s trip to the moon in 1969 and the Ploprof, a deep-sea diver’s watch launched a year (…)

‘British Eccentric': Graham debuts the Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph

‘British Eccentric’: Graham debuts the Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph

April 2009
Four years ago, Graham decided it was time to make a timepiece that was worthy of its namesake, famous British watchmaker George Graham.