Girard-Perregaux has been present in Japan since 1992. However, it was in 1998 that Gino Macaluso, a man with great experience in the domain of (…)

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The company’s watch sales increased 12% in Japan alone last year. What is the reason of this relative successı

Founded in 1877, a pioneer of modern watchmaking and the mechanical watch in Japan, Seiko is still owned by Hattori the founding family. As a (…)

One of the principal editors of the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman, recently compared the Japanese economy to a person who finally is able to (…)

TNG stands for ‘Tack and Gybe’, the two main and critical sailing manoeuvres that often make the difference between winning and losing a regatta.With (…)

Quite a few people have asked me about the title I used in the last issue, ‘The show’s not over until the fat lady sings’. Well, as most of you (…)

BaselWorld and Geneva’s SIHH are a bacchanalian banquet for the watch world. It’s impossible to visit close to the thousand watch exhibitors and it would (…)

“…I take out my pistol”, said the ‘Iron Chancellor’ Otto von Bismarck, who believed only in strength. In his military opinion, ‘culture’ could (…)

Claiming to be the fifth generation descended from Napoleon’s brother Jérôme, Jérôme de Witt has also inherited the family’s (…)

Having followed, step-by-step, Antoine Preziuso’s progress , I can definitely say that his evolution has been slow but sure. Antoine Preziuso (…)

After two short years, Gant watches are quietly making their presence felt throughout the world. The brands latest creations can only help speed up this (…)