SERVICE, PLEASE! - Talking Service with GRAFF

SERVICE, PLEASE! - Talking Service with GRAFF

October 2014
An interview with Michel Pitteloud, Chief Executive Officer of Graff Luxury Watches, about the importance of after-sales service.

RETAILER PROFILE - A Look Inside the Newest M.A.D. GALLERY

RETAILER PROFILE - A Look Inside the Newest M.A.D. GALLERY

October 2014
The newest M.A.D. Gallery in the world is the one in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. Opened by Swiss Prestige, which is the distributor for (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - WHAT'S IN A NAME?

LAKIN@LARGE - WHAT’S IN A NAME?

October 2014
It all began when Lauren, my youngest daughter, was recently given a puppy. A delightful little chocolate-coloured female Bichon Havanese, so we set about (…)

MECHANICAL INTELLIGENCE

MECHANICAL INTELLIGENCE

August 2014
An interesting article that appeared recently in The Economist (“The high-tech world of old-world watches”) offered a different take on the implications of (…)

MECHANICAL - Simply Talking Complications with LUDWIG OECHSLIN

MECHANICAL - Simply Talking Complications with LUDWIG OECHSLIN

August 2014
Ludwig Oechslin is a simple man, and he appreciates the elegance in simple solutions to problems. Oechslin is also a famous man in the watch industry, (…)

MECHANICAL - Simply Talking Complications with STEPHEN FORSEY

MECHANICAL - Simply Talking Complications with STEPHEN FORSEY

August 2014
Greubel Forsey recently had its ten year retrospective and this gave co-founder Stephen Forsey the opportunity to look back at how things have changed in (…)

MECHANICAL - Entry-Level Mechanicals

MECHANICAL - Entry-Level Mechanicals

August 2014
Though it doesn’t get as much press as more expensive or complicated watches, one very important segment of the watch industry is the opening-price point, (…)

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - What is Driving Online Interest for THE LUXURY WATCH INDUSTRY'S “HIGH RANGE” BRANDS?

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - What is Driving Online Interest for THE LUXURY WATCH INDUSTRY’S “HIGH RANGE” BRANDS?

August 2014
At a global level, interest in the High Range category has increased by 6% in the past year. The top most sought-after brands of the category are Rado, (…)

BRANDS - A COURAGEOUS TRIO - A short tribute to three very different brands that dare to believe: VALBRAY, CHRONOSWISS and ATELIERS DEMONACO

BRANDS - A COURAGEOUS TRIO - A short tribute to three very different brands that dare to believe: VALBRAY, CHRONOSWISS and ATELIERS DEMONACO

August 2014
I’m sure that of the more than three hundred or so Swiss watch companies and the same amount of ‘foreigners’ at the last Baselworld, there were dozens of (…)

BRANDS - VALBRAY Opens its Shutters

BRANDS - VALBRAY Opens its Shutters

August 2014
Côme de Valbray and Olga Corsini met by chance in 2009 and realized that their interests in horology, design and creativity were closely allied. They spent (…)

BRANDS - The Resurgence of CHRONOSWISS

BRANDS - The Resurgence of CHRONOSWISS

August 2014
Oliver and Eva Ebstein – Managing Director and Chairman - took ownership of Chronoswiss in 2012. Neither having been in the watch industry prior to that (…)

BRANDS - The ATELIERS DEMONACO Challenge

BRANDS - The ATELIERS DEMONACO Challenge

August 2014
When the Ateliers deMonaco was launched in 2009, the vision of the founders was to create a high-end watch brand despite that at that particular moment in (…)