Glamour by association
November 2008
By definition, glamour is something that attracts attention. Miriam-Webster defines glamour as ‘an exciting and often illusory and romantic (…)
Perrelet - new means to carry out new ambitions
November 2008
Since 2004, Perrelet has belonged to Miguel Rodriguez, who also owns the Festina Group, which includes Candino, Lotus, Jaguar, and (…)
From Imperia to Versailles
November 2008
In a world of changing values, it is reassuring to see two successful watch brands, Panerai and Breguet, both custodians of an intriguing (…)
Chanel, Hermès, Givenchy: Swiss Made is not eternal
November 2008
The watch towns located in the Jurassian Arc region cannot, strictly speaking, talk about glamour per se.
The Great Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns
November 2008
After coming back from the spring watch shows, and having seen so many watches and having touched, held, examined, and turned them in every conceivable (…)
The reawakening of glamour
November 2008
Walking through the galleries of the Château des Monts watchmaking museum in Le Locle, the rich display of timepieces favoured by ladies from the (…)
Inside the bubble...
November 2008
One of the things to be expected (among others) about economic crises is that the abundant commentaries they incite are discredited nearly as soon as they (…)
Las Vegas puts on a show
November 2008
The Vegas watch shows couldn’t be more different from the Swiss ones.
LAKIN@LARGE - Vive la Révolution!
November 2008
“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da (…)
Fossil fashion brands
October 2008
The Fossil Group is one of the watch industry’s biggest and most successful, with revenues in 2007 near US$1.5 billion.
Quartz versus mechanical – do women care?
October 2008
Never before have there been so many ladies mechanical timepieces on offer. There is hardly a luxury watch brand on the market that hasn’t embarked on a (…)
The new watch designers: stars in the shadows
October 2008
They share some of the success of any given model, but most of the time the new watch designers work in the shadows of the brands that become the stars (…)