The key words in the current economic crisis: price, quality and authenticity
PART THREE
July 2009
Maurice Lacroix, Oris, Linde Verdelin, Vulcain, H. Moser, Raymond Weil, Vogard
LAKIN@LARGE - This doesn’t ring true!
July 2009
I was intrigued by the photos published earlier this year of the ring-watch that was excavated from a four hundred year old Chinese tomb and, needless (…)
Industrial culture
June 2009
With the economic crisis, certain words are returning to our vernacular -words that, only a short time ago, hardly a few months at most, (…)
LAKIN@LARGE - The Blonde, the GPS and the Tourbillon
June 2009
If there¿s one thing that I love about the weekend, it¿s the Sunday news-papers. If I¿m in Geneva, Menton or even on that remote lump of rock (…)
Facebook and watch brands: Success in the making
June 2009
Return to FacebookIn November 2008, as the Facebook phenomenon was reaching an international audience, IC-Agency and Europa Star had already (…)
Twixt the moon and the deep
May 2009
As anniversaries abound this year, Omega hails the Speedmaster’s trip to the moon in 1969 and the Ploprof, a deep-sea diver’s watch launched a year (…)
‘British Eccentric’: Graham debuts the Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph
April 2009
Four years ago, Graham decided it was time to make a timepiece that was worthy of its namesake, famous British watchmaker George Graham.
Retrospective-Perspective: The Watch industry 2008/2009 - Children of the Bubble
April 2009
Last year, at this same time and when the market was in full euphoria, we wrote in these columns that, “when the watch bubble will explode, (…)
Frederique Constant launches new movement
April 2009
Five years ago, the Frederique Constant brand successfully launched its first in-house movement. Today, it launches its second Calibre.
As watchmaking levitates
April 2009
The management of Concord has nicknamed the brand's latest creation—the C1 QuantumGravity—the `creature´.
Strange Bedfellows - refrigerators, stereos and fine watches at Abt Electronics
April 2009
Usually, fine watches are sold in carefully crafted environments, designed to make customers feel comfortable and luxurious. Watch boutiques are (…)
Carl F. Bucherer's Patravi EvoTec DayDate
April 2009
Last year at Basel, Thomas Morf, the CEO of Carl F. Bucherer, introduced the brand's in-house movement, the CFB A1000, developed (…)
