The Binda Group is one of the historic leaders in the Italian market. Worthy of mention for its successful marketing campaigns, especially those of the (…)

A small remark made in passing in one of our last editorials, raising a question as to the health of Maurice Lacroix following an announcement of a (…)

Most of the watch companies questioned about their activities in the Russian market were basically passionate about working there and particularly (…)

The Russian watch market is unlike most others and at first glance is somewhat complicated. The system usually entails a company importing watches and then (…)

The year 2003 will not remain in the annals of watchmaking. Or, rather it will, but for the simple reason that 2003 was literally a year filled with (…)

One of my watch journalist friends, Timm Delfs, just took over managing a boutique in Basel, specialized not in watches, but in… sundials. (…)

Saint-Honoré, Vuillemin-Régnier and Lip have initiated bold new strategies for developing their brands. As for Pierre Lannier, (…)

Italy holds the fourth place in world markets for Swiss Made watch exports, after the USA, Hong Kong, and Japan, but before France, (…)

As a result of a weak economy, high unemployment and confusing government decisions concerning healthcare, retirement wages and job planning, (…)

If wishes and hopes could make it so, the American watch market would be back up and running at full speed. Unfortunately, it's not.

The retailing scene here is buoyant. Optimism for the immediate futureis generally felt, as last year’s new models, presented in Basel and (…)

The beginning of the Russian love affair with horology dates back to 1404 when the first chiming clock was built into the Kremlin tower in Moscow by a (…)