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The language of truth

The language of truth

Alain Silberstein is, and always will be a man that speaks his mind. Talking with him, as we did on this occasion for over three hours, means (…)

Gran'Chrono Astro by Dubey & Schaldenbrand

Gran'Chrono Astro by Dubey & Schaldenbrand

Around 1946, when Georges Dubey and Ren

Excenter Timezone by Harry Winston

Excenter Timezone by Harry Winston

EXCENTER TIMEZONE by Harry Winston is a distinctive-looking timepiece that has a retrograde second time zone and a compensating toothed gear (a gear with no (…)

Ukraine, a kind of 'terra incognita'

Ukraine, a kind of 'terra incognita'

Several years ago almost every person we met at Basel Fair asked: “Oh, Ukraine? Is that Russia?” The question was quite reasonable because not long ago (…)

Watching out for watches

Watching out for watches

The good news… watch sales in the UK are doing fine, right across the board, at all price points. The strange news… The Bank of England has just (…)

Nothing new?

Nothing new?

Describing the economic situation of Germany's watch and jewellery branch can be boring because nothing seems to change – at first sight. People (…)

Inhorgenta Europe remains No. 1 in the EU

Inhorgenta Europe remains No. 1 in the EU

Despite tougher times for business, the organisers of the watch, clock and jewellery fair, Inhorgenta Europe 2004 (20 – 23 February), are (…)

Italy's dangerous margin

Italy's dangerous margin

Besides their many qualities, the Italians also have their faults. One in particular is the bad habit of cultivating a certain sympathy for fake (…)

Autumn, my favourite time of year

Autumn, my favourite time of year

Autumn is here in the States, which is a good thing for the watch industry, for retailers and for consumers. The new product, introduced at (…)

Raymond Weil affirms its status

Raymond Weil affirms its status

When Olivier Bernheim, son-in-law of the brand's founder Raymond Weil, took over the reins of the family enterprise, the dominant (…)

Moscow: The lost world

Moscow: The lost world

While mechanical watches all over the world have less than 4% share of the watch market, there are markets where besides being just popular, (…)

England: Four out of No.8: new watches and new shops from Asprey

England: Four out of No.8: new watches and new shops from Asprey

London's Bond Street is lined up and down and either side with luxury goods retailers bearing world-famous names, and some of them are distinctly (…)

Germany: Time for true values

Germany: Time for true values

Germany's watch and jewellery retailers have enormous economic problems. As a result jewellers stagger into bankruptcy and shopkeepers look to the (…)

France: The large groups and their irreproachable networks

France: The large groups and their irreproachable networks

I am writing this letter upon my return from Vinexpo, the largest wine-related fair in the world, which took place at the end of June in Bordeaux. (…)

Everything was there, right from the beginning

Everything was there, right from the beginning

François-Paul Journe: Invenit et Fecit was the inscription that 18th Century French horologers engraved on their pocket watches, once their (…)

Girard-Perregaux inaugurates its new 'manufacture'

Girard-Perregaux inaugurates its new 'manufacture'

This man of action, as much as reflection, had not worked so hard to re-gild the venerable brand in La Chaux-de-Fonds simply to abandon it to one (…)

Cultural revolution at Seiko

Cultural revolution at Seiko

Seiko is undergoing a major transformation. Since 2001, the watch division of the Seiko Corporation, still belonging to the founding Hattori (…)

The Watch Culture in Rumania

The Watch Culture in Rumania

PART 1

The lack of a watch culture is obvious in Romania, and not only among ordinary people… Before 1989, stores in Rumania were full of watches from the (…)

Has Russia potential?

Has Russia potential?

During the years of Gorbachov's perestroika the former USSR's watch industry, which had supplied a country with a population of 260 million and (…)

England: BaselWorld and SIHH recalled

England: BaselWorld and SIHH recalled

Please excuse diary form. Too much to say to write good English! BaselWorld, so named this year suddenly, yet excluding therefore second venue (…)