Seiko’s Spring Drive is heading for a ‘spacewalk’
May 2008
The technology of the Spring Drive has opened new horizons by combining in a spectacular and ingenious way, the best of mechanical timekeeping with a (…)
Richard Mille reinvents the pocket watch
May 2008
With its middle case and chain in titanium, its plate made of carbon nanofibres...
Retailer voices
April 2008
At the eve of the recent BaselWorld show, Europa Star decided to check in with retailers from around the world and see how things are going, what (…)
How do you solve a problem like the Internet: words from those on the inside
April 2008
The Internet. We all use it. We all couldn't live without it. Are we all, in the watch industry, afraid of it, too?
Maurice Lacroix conquers the mechanical memory with its new Mémoire 1
April 2008
Maurice Lacroix has recently introduced a truly exceptional watch.
IWC - going back to its roots at 140 years young
April 2008
The newest range of watches to be introduced at the SIHH is the Vintage Collection, designed to honour the company's 140th anniversary this year.
Do you remember your very first watch?
April 2008
Ask anyone over the age of thirty if they remember their very first watch and their eyes will light up as they recall the pride and joy they experienced (…)
Are we approaching the end of the bling era?
April 2008
The question of luxury and its corre-lation—supposed or real—with decadence is an age-old philosophical and historical debate. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (…)
Letter from Russia: Moving towards a legal market
April 2008
Russia is customarily considered one of the most important and potential markets. However if you ask any export manager what he knows about the Russian (…)
Extreme watches: who's using them?
April 2008
There is a watch for just about every customer nowadays. Watches are continuing to get more specialized and one of the more interesting niche categories (…)
A market study like no other: World Watch Report 2008 launches at BaselWorld
April 2008
As luxury watch manufacturers, retailers and aficionados descend upon Basel, Switzerland for the international watch fair known as BaselWorld, (…)
Affordable sophistication
April 2008
Moving upmarket. Raising prices and quality. Moving upmarket.