The new EUROPA STAR ultra-innovative concept

The new EUROPA STAR ultra-innovative concept

January 2017
For our 90th anniversary, we are proud to present the new Europa Star. In this ultra-innovative concept, the context provides the physical and metaphorical (…)

PRODUCTS TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE

PRODUCTS TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE

January 2017
How do you keep your head above water in such turbulent times? By taking another look at your products, obviously. Price, which we examine in closer detail (…)

A LAST WORD TO START - Journalists: the new merchants in the temple?

A LAST WORD TO START - Journalists: the new merchants in the temple?

January 2017
The watch industry is in crisis, of that there is no doubt, but it’s a storm of moderate proportions compared with the roaring tempest enveloping the media. (…)

LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN

LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN

December 2016
When the printing press began to take off in the 1450s, booksellers, who made a living from selling manuscripts – and quite a handsome living at that – were (…)

Europa Star Winter issue Europe & International No. 5/16 available now

Europa Star Winter issue Europe & International No. 5/16 available now

The winter issue of Europa Star magazine is about to hit the shelves, and we have the exclusive preview for what’s in store for the European and (…)

EUROPA STAR'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY and some birthday surprises

EUROPA STAR’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY and some birthday surprises

December 2016
In 2017, Europa Star celebrates its 90th year as an independent voice in watch journalism. Back in 1927, Europa Star played a pioneering role by launching (…)

MARKET FOCUS - What's going on in Hong Kong?

MARKET FOCUS - What’s going on in Hong Kong?

December 2016
Europa Star conducted a watchmaking tour of three key markets which lie at a business crossroads: Hong Kong, the historical global hub currently living (…)

MARKET FOCUS - U.S. watch Market faces a new challenge while catering to shifting demands

MARKET FOCUS - U.S. watch Market faces a new challenge while catering to shifting demands

December 2016
Following the slowdown in China starting in 2014, many Swiss watchmakers have viewed the U.S. market as a ‘compensating’ eldorado. Has it really been the (…)

MARKET FOCUS - Report on the Italian watch market

MARKET FOCUS - Report on the Italian watch market

December 2016
In 2015 the Italian watch market became the leading European market for Swiss watches. 2016 looks to be more difficult, but Italians’ enthusiasm for watches (…)

SMARTWATCHES - Focus on smartwatches from A to Z

SMARTWATCHES - Focus on smartwatches from A to Z

December 2016
Smartwatches are garnering little enthusiasm from Swiss companies, to say the least. Brands feel ‘forced’ to get involved, without any real appetite to do (…)

Review of SMARTWATCHES

Review of SMARTWATCHES

December 2016
Twenty-eight brands under review, from A to Z

SMARTWATCHES - MMT: a swiss engineered connected alternative + Sinn's hybrid straps

SMARTWATCHES - MMT: a swiss engineered connected alternative + Sinn’s hybrid straps

December 2016
Manufacture Modules Technologies – otherwise known as MMT – the Swiss company established in Geneva in 2015 for the development and commercialisation of (…)