Ask anyone over the age of thirty if they remember their very first watch and their eyes will light up as they recall the pride and joy they experienced (…)

The question of luxury and its corre-lation—supposed or real—with decadence is an age-old philosophical and historical debate. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (…)

Russia is customarily considered one of the most important and potential markets. However if you ask any export manager what he knows about the Russian (…)

There is a watch for just about every customer nowadays. Watches are continuing to get more specialized and one of the more interesting niche categories (…)

As luxury watch manufacturers, retailers and aficionados descend upon Basel, Switzerland for the international watch fair known as BaselWorld, (…)

Moving upmarket. Raising prices and quality. Moving upmarket.

It continues. . . It continues to rise, unflappable, with no let up in sight. Every month, watches worth more than a billion (yes, with a (…)

Quartz is dead, long live the mechanical watch. That seems to be the rallying cry of most of the established Swiss brands.

The day was balmy, the sea was like a sheet of softly tinted silk and the gentle ripples upon its surface did nothing more than create a soothing (…)

In this new digital era, the traditional style of networking for social and business purposes has changed a great deal. People of all sorts are turning (…)

For too many years, one jewellery and watch store has been much like any other. Display windows, bright lights and cases all over the store.

Surprisingly, using new materials is a tradition in watchmaking as old as the hills. Sure, watchmakers are using previously unknown materials in (…)