Hamilton Jewelers reopens its doors

Hamilton Jewelers reopens its doors

March 2011
Hamilton Jewelers, Florida has reopened the doors to its newly redesigned Palm Beach Gardens location. The entire demolition process began in September (…)

RETROPERSPECTIVE - The Watch Year 2010/2011: The great normalization

RETROPERSPECTIVE - The Watch Year 2010/2011: The great normalization

March 2011
We are all small seconds hands ticking on the surface of time before disappearing and ceding the place to another small hand that will travel its own way (…)

An ode to paper

An ode to paper

March 2011
I was just looking at my email inbox and I noticed that there were still 656 non-opened messages, without even counting the 324 that I designated with a (…)

Simonetta Orsini – Time in Buenos Aires

Simonetta Orsini – Time in Buenos Aires

March 2011
Buenos Aires, Argentina is a bustling city that attracts travellers and tourists from all over the world, including other countries in South America. While (…)

Rodolphe – What's in a name?

Rodolphe – What’s in a name?

March 2011
In the beginning, there was ‘Rodolphe by Longines’, then ‘Rodolphe by Rodolphe’, and then simply ‘Rodolphe’, followed by ‘Rodolphe’ at the heart of the (…)

Post-Geneva – Classical offensive and retreat of the UFOs

Post-Geneva – Classical offensive and retreat of the UFOs

March 2011
At the very same moment the SIHH was opening its doors, Richemont published its numbers for the last quarter of 2010.

Post-Geneva – Time for the girls

Post-Geneva – Time for the girls

March 2011
This year’s Geneva shows revealed that the ladies are just as hungry for new watches as their male counterparts, with new products galore.

Maximum minimalism - watchmaking is a good mirror of society

Maximum minimalism - watchmaking is a good mirror of society

March 2011
Since time is in the form of a spiral, meaning that it always returns upon its x-axis but not on its y-axis (or the opposite, if you like), we always return (…)

Retailers in the digital era

Retailers in the digital era

March 2011
Like the brands that promote and sell watches, most retailers also have a place in cyberspace. This digital presence reflects the inevitable evolution in (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - Comeuppance time down south

LAKIN@LARGE - Comeuppance time down south

March 2011
This year was the first time since its inauguration in 1991 that I have not attended the SIHH. It was the brainchild of Alain-Dominique Perrin, the then CEO (…)

Post-Geneva – Watches for real men

Post-Geneva – Watches for real men

March 2011
The word on the street has been that the time for big watches is over and thin, elegant and small is in. Not so fast, say many brands who are succeeding (…)

The SEPTAGRAPHTM by BorgeauD

The SEPTAGRAPHTM by BorgeauD

March 2011
A new complication is born: the intimate complication. Traditional timekeeping at the service of a true concept: Time for yourself