Unite for the Long-Term

Unite for the Long-Term

January 2006
The guru of the Richemont group’s watch division, Doctor Franco Cologni, has just made a few ripples in the sea of watchmaking, by creating the (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - Talking turkey

LAKIN@LARGE - Talking turkey

January 2006
My original thought for Europa Star’s last printed page in 2005 was to talk about the rape, theft, butchery, murder and forgery that has become (…)

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 3

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 3

January 2006
Hong Kong is a shopper’s paradise. Shops seem to stay open just as long as there are shoppers prepared to make a purchase.

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 2

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 2

December 2005
Approximately 75% to 80% of Hong Kong’s exports are produced on the OEM or private label system...

Is it a Watch? Is it Jewellery? Does it Tell the Time? … Does it Matter?

Is it a Watch? Is it Jewellery? Does it Tell the Time? … Does it Matter?

December 2005
It’s that time of the year again!

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 1

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 1

December 2005
Occupied by the British in 1841, China ceded Hong Kong to them the following year with adjacent lands added later during the century...

Hong Kong manufacturers slowly move up-market

Hong Kong manufacturers slowly move up-market

December 2005
More than 16,000 buyers visited this year’s Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair.

‘Time is a luxury – so why hide it?'

‘Time is a luxury – so why hide it?’

December 2005
The new Dior collection, Christal, designed by John Galliano the highly flamboyant couture celebrity, has the ‘…feel of a gentleman’s watch, (…)

Letter from Italy: The need to redefine “luxury”

Letter from Italy: The need to redefine “luxury”

November 2005
Recently, we have been hearing more and more being said and written about “luxury”. It must be a sign.

Rolex practises evolution not revolution

Rolex practises evolution not revolution

November 2005
Rolex revolutionized watchmaking with the Rolex Oyster in 1926 and assured its place in history a year later when Mercedes Gleitze swam across the English (…)

Letter from Germany: ‘Second Leg' to Preserve Tradition

Letter from Germany: ‘Second Leg’ to Preserve Tradition

November 2005
A little more than two years after the celebration of the 125th anniversary of Wempe, the only German jeweller of international rank, another (…)

Letter from France: The watch – A Fashion Accessory

Letter from France: The watch – A Fashion Accessory

November 2005
Is a microwave oven a watch? Is a cellular telephone a watch? Is a key ring a watch? Watchmakers are asking themselves these questions, especially in (…)