Les Ambassadeurs, founded 1964, is one of Switzerland’s finest retailers. They bill themselves as “The Leading House of Leading Brands” and have four stores (…)

The figures are there, impressive, unmistakable: in 2012, the Swiss watchmaking industry passed the historic barrier of CHF 20 billion at export (figures (…)

Planck the satellite (not the physicist, he died in 1947), has just sent us a photograph of our universe that turns the clock back 13.8 billion years, (…)

At the time of writing, we do not yet know the name of Jean-Christophe Babin’s successor at the head of TAG Heuer, but he or she will arrive at the controls (…)

Zenith achieved sales of around CHF 150 million in 2012 after selling around 25,000 watches (including 100 high-end pieces like the Colombus) and has just (…)

An exceptional watch recently created (and sold) by Louis Vuitton is the perfect example of the brand’s watchmaking strategy. This unique piece costing (…)

Having started at Corum in 2005 as vice-president of operations, Antonio Calce became CEO in 2007 and, when Séverin Wunderman died in 2008, also became a (…)

By the time you read this, we Europeans will have once again messed about with time and put our clocks forward an hour to benefit from the joys of extra (…)

Schaffhausen-based IWC this week opened its first store in Italy on Piazza di Spagna 28, in the heart of the nation’s capital. “Hardly anyone goes to Rome (…)

Since taking the helm of the Sowind Group as Chief Executive Officer in August 2011, Michele Sofisti has quickly made his mark on the group’s (…)

With 200,000 watches sold in 2012 (at an average retail price of about CHF 2,000, with price tags ranging from CHF 850 to 5,000 and the core range situated (…)

In 2012, Patek Philippe launched a vast marketing campaign based not on any single new product, but rather on the notion of service itself. For the (…)