De Bethune, in harmony
October 2008
All of the true watch designers that I know are nostalgic about their many childhood afternoons spent building Meccano sets, dismantling alarm (…)
If watches had a home - the Bucherer retail operation
September 2008
Bucherer is unlike any other retailer in that they do it all - they sell the highest end watches and jewellery, they make high end jewellery themselves ...
Consumer Generated Media: marketing by consumers
September 2008
In September 2004, in an online discussion forum, an anonymous web surfer explained how Kryptonite branded locks could be opened with a Bic pen.
Long live the watch industry holiday!
August 2008
The watch industry in Switzerland is perhaps one of the only industries in the world to draw the curtain shut and stop production for three weeks every summer.
LAKIN@LARGE - When a safe isn’t!
August 2008
The term ‘fusion’, especially after Jean-Claude Biver made it into a powerful marketing tool for the Hublot brand, is quite in fashion.
‘There’s no Business like Show Business’
August 2008
Another year, another show, another successful conclusion to those two weeks in springtime that bring watch and jewellery buyers from every corner of the (…)
Spoilt for choice
July 2008
There has never been such an incredible choice of watches for women.
Letter from England: UK MARKET OVERVIEW
June 2008
The Signet Group is well positioned to provide the most reliable estimate of the size of the UK watch and jewellery market.
WorldWatchReport 2008: Results revealed
June 2008
Before entering a boutique or deciding to purchase a watch, it has become quite customary for most consumers to spend a number of hours on the Internet (…)
Obaku, the time of Zen
June 2008
The encounter was, in a certain manner, predictable. On one side is a certain Japanese minimalism with a ‘Zen’ tendency, while on the other side (…)
The empires, kingdoms, and knights of the watch table
June 2008
The great empires and kingdoms that make up the largest slice of the proverbial watchmaking pie (Swatch Group, Richemont, LVMH, Rolex, (…)
The large watchmaking casino
June 2008
If we returned home from the spring watch fairs with less weight in our luggage than in previous years, it is not at all because there were less (…)