HIGHLIGHTS - HERMES elevated to the ranks of haute horlogerie

HIGHLIGHTS - HERMES elevated to the ranks of haute horlogerie

January 2014
The Hermès boutique on Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the centre of Paris was chosen for the launch of the timepiece that signals the brand’s entrance into the (…)

HIGHLIGHTS - René Kriegbaum - The collector's dilemma

HIGHLIGHTS - René Kriegbaum - The collector’s dilemma

January 2014
What do you do if you’re an avid watch collector but you just can’t seem to find exactly what you’re looking for? Make it yourself is the idea that René (…)

HIGHLIGHTS - DARKO, the “philosigner”

HIGHLIGHTS - DARKO, the “philosigner”

January 2014
Let’s take a look at Darko Mladenovic’s watch, the Darko Geometric. It shines all over, it’s a sun. It seems evident, as if it had always existed. If we (…)

ANNIVERSARY - F.P. JOURNE - 30 YEARS AGO, a young rebel made his own tourbillon...

ANNIVERSARY - F.P. JOURNE - 30 YEARS AGO, a young rebel made his own tourbillon...

January 2014
Some 30 years ago, in 1983, a young man who had just turned 25 put the finishing touches to his first timepiece: a pocket watch with tourbillon. It took him (…)

MANUFACTURE - OMEGA enters a new era of manufacturing

MANUFACTURE - OMEGA enters a new era of manufacturing

January 2014
The first phase of the ambitious project to reshape the site of the headquarters of Omega is already under way, with the former Swatch headquarters (…)

MANUFACTURE - A new factory for VACHERON CONSTANTIN

MANUFACTURE - A new factory for VACHERON CONSTANTIN

January 2014
Forty professions grouped together over 9,000m2, 200 people today, eventually increasing to 350, 35 million Swiss francs’ worth of investment, gives you an (…)

STUDIES - Two spotlights turned on to THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWISS WATCH INDUSTRY

STUDIES - Two spotlights turned on to THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWISS WATCH INDUSTRY

January 2014
One after the other, two studies have recently been published that attempt to analyse the Swiss watchmaking industry. Credit Suisse has published its (…)

THE AMERICAN RE-REVOLUTION - Detroit, Shinola and the future

THE AMERICAN RE-REVOLUTION - Detroit, Shinola and the future

January 2014
The Detroit train station, Michigan Central Station, is a beautiful, iconic Beaux-Arts Classical building, but it is in complete disrepair, a symbol of the (…)

DETROIT SPECIAL - DARAKJIAN Jewelers

DETROIT SPECIAL - DARAKJIAN Jewelers

January 2014
Darakjian Jewelers opened in Detroit in 1964, then moved to the suburb of Southfield in 1970. This year, Darakjian Jewelers moved to Birmingham, another (…)

DETROIT SPECIAL - TAPPER'S Jewelers

DETROIT SPECIAL - TAPPER’S Jewelers

January 2014
Tapper’s Jewelers opened in Detroit in 1977 and the family business soon grew into a three-store chain with almost 100 employees. “As a team we work for a (…)

LETTER FROM CHINA - ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN: reprimand or bluff?

LETTER FROM CHINA - ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN: reprimand or bluff?

January 2014
In November 2012, China’s new government launched an anti-corruption campaign. And this “good conduct” supposedly has a negative impact on sales of luxury (…)

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE MOST DESIRED LUXURY WATCH BRANDS IN SWITZERLAND – Insights from the WorldWatchReport™ 2013

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE MOST DESIRED LUXURY WATCH BRANDS IN SWITZERLAND – Insights from the WorldWatchReport™ 2013

January 2014
A lot is written about the performance of Swiss luxury watches in markets such as China and the US but what about their performance at home? How do Swiss (…)