ANNIVERSARY: Ernest Borel - A 160-year romance
March 2016
This ‘romantic’ brand with a strong client base in China, known for its logo of a dancing couple, is now hoping to revive the spark with its old flames in (…)
ANNIVERSARY: Rudis Sylva - Ten years to preserve three centuries
March 2016
Founded in 2006 with the aim of preserving the artisanal expertise of the Franches Montagnes, which was in danger of dying out, the brand based in the Jura (…)
EUROPA STAR ARCADE / In the watch aisle of Les Galeries Lafayette: interview with Daphné Barré de Jenlis
March 2016
In addition to its Parisian department store, the company owns France’s largest watch distribution network Louis Pion as well as Royal Quartz, a leading (…)
EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Laurent Katz - Pequignet: The last bastion of made in France-
March 2016
A manufacture of indomitable Gauls is still holding back the invading hordes. While all the major Parisian fashion houses have opted for Swiss made, (…)
EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Yvan Arpa - ArtyA: The spirit of Bushido
March 2016
He is known as the White Wolf. Feared by some, admired by many, hated by a few, Yvan Arpa, the founder of ArtyA, one of the most ground-breaking watch (…)
LAKIN@LARGE - Europa Star: A Zest for Bargains
March 2016
One of the world’s great bargains is the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. For 30 Swiss centimes (HK$ 2.50) you can take the ferry from Wan Chai to Kowloon, or vice (…)
THE WATCH INDUSTRY IS NOT A WORLD APART
January 2016
Many watch industry leaders like to believe, or to have others believe, that the health of watchmaking is intimately linked to factors over which it has no (…)
SIHH Innovation- PIAGET’S MECHANICAL-QUARTZ HYBRID
January 2016
We thought the Swiss had abandoned that avenue forever. But no, the mechanical-quartz hybrid is back, right where you’d least expect it. And its (…)
SIHH GALLERY
January 2016
Audemars Piguet, Cartier, H. Moser & Cie, Jaeger-LeCoultre, MB&F, Montblanc, Officine Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Richard Mille, Urwerk, Vacheron (…)
WORLDWATCHWEB™ - 2016 LUXURY INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS
January 2016
2015 was a transformative year for the luxury industry across the globe, as new technologies, digital advances, currencies, wealth, media & marketing (…)
EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Jean Depéry - EMILE CHOURIET: Return to the Roots
January 2016
The Geneva-based brand bet on the right horse from the start, producing Swiss made models for the Middle Kingdom. But as the Chinese juggernaut shows signs (…)
EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Benoît Mintiens - RESSENCE: Organic Horology
January 2016
The Belgian brand, which has just introduced its third model, is quite unlike anything else you might have seen. Its biomimetic hands-free design (…)