The Cultural Strategy of Richemont in China

The Cultural Strategy of Richemont in China

November 2004
The Richemont Group has organized a prestigious cultural and historical exhibition in Beijing, a strategic prelude to the distribution of its brands in (…)

Two speeds – Incredible growth in China

Two speeds – Incredible growth in China

November 2004
After leaving Beijing, one cannot help, unless deaf and blind, but be totally amazed by the incredible growth in China. Only a few years ago the (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - Deciphering Hong Kong

LAKIN@LARGE - Deciphering Hong Kong

November 2004
There are many things that one can do and see in Hong Kong and each and every trip there brings an abundance of fresh discoveries.

Monsieur Arpels and the new triumvirate

Monsieur Arpels and the new triumvirate

November 2004
Van Cleef & Arpels revisits its PA 49, but the brand’s three innovative Monsieur Arpels mechanical timepieces steal the headlines and also look (…)

An elegant tribute to the mechanical watch

An elegant tribute to the mechanical watch

October 2004
A modern brand, Jean-Mairet & Gillman offers a collection of timepieces that combine nostalgia with modernity.

It don't mean a thing … if you ain't got that swing

It don’t mean a thing … if you ain’t got that swing

October 2004
deLaCour, one of the new kids on the complications block, introduces the latest of its watches featuring a miniature automaton - ‘La Green’. It (…)

Bulgari and the Ergon family

Bulgari and the Ergon family

October 2004
Ergonimically-shaped (from the Greek ergon = work + economics) ergo the name Ergon!

Out of the blue … came blu

Out of the blue … came blu

October 2004
“Time is something emotional, it is something to be enjoyed and not destroyed by hands fighting to show something or other. What I try to do is show (…)

A look at the latest from Italy

A look at the latest from Italy

September 2004
Anonimo, Bulgari, De Bethune, Daniel JeanRichard, Locman, Lorenz, Panerai, ...

Distribution in Italy

Distribution in Italy

September 2004
If there is one thing that is sure in the general consumer crisis affecting the watch sector in Italy today, it is, first of all, that the (…)

What the Italians like best

What the Italians like best

September 2004
Since we can admit that, in the Bel Paese, the passion and culture for timepieces are rather vague, it thus remains difficult to explain why a (…)

Italy a market in slow recovery

Italy a market in slow recovery

September 2004
Italy’s national data for 2003 indicate an overall decrease in watch sales (as is unfortunately the case for the world in general, but, according to (…)