“We would like to see more brands buy back their vintage timepieces”
AUCTION
April 2018
An interview with Paul Boutros, Head of Americas & International Strategy Advisor at Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo.
Marco Tedeschi, millennial boss
RJ #JUSTRAW
April 2018
At the age of 32, Hublot’s former regional manager for the Middle East is taking the reins of the unconventional brand RJ, with the intention of developing (…)
On the shortness of life
A LAST WORD TO START
March 2018
I am always astonished when I see people requesting the time of others and receiving a most accommodating response from those they approach. Both sides (…)
Patrick Pruniaux: from Apple to Ulysse Nardin
INTERVIEW
March 2018
Europa Star had the good fortune of receiving Patrick Pruniaux, the new CEO of Ulysse Nardin and the man who contributed to successfully launch the Apple (…)
Urban Jürgensen: the sharp eye of Mr Petersen
INTERVIEW
March 2018
The former executive manager of Nokia, Danish-born Søren Jenry Petersen, lead the acquisition of the Swissmade Danish brand Urban Jürgensen with fellow (…)
A last word to start
WHERE TO?
February 2018
"Change, but in what direction?” This apparently simple question was put by French philosopher André Comte-Sponville at the most recent Forum de la Haute (…)
Our direction in 2018
EDITORIAL
February 2018
Every industry has been transformed by digital technology – the media as much as, if not more than the watch industry! Times of transition, periods of (…)
Worldtimer and the snob
FREELY SPEAKING
January 2018
Browsing on the internet I came across a blog by ‘Watch Snob’ on which a potential buyer wrote that he knew nothing about watches but was interested in a (…)
Recommended reading
WATCHPRINT.COM
January 2018
Great eggspectations
FREELY SPEAKING
January 2018
I like Hong Kong. I love the vibrant ambience in the streets, the shops and the malls, the Temple Street Night Market, the hubbub around the food stalls in (…)
Who are the brands’ main competitors? Themselves!
January 2018
The sale of a Paul Newman Daytona for 17 million dollars is just the tip of the iceberg. The vintage (and second-hand) market is stealing a march on the (…)
Far East Travel Journal
REPORT
January 2018
What’s happening in the Far East? Europa Star spent a month on the ground in China and Japan, to build up a picture of the watchmaking landscape in what (…)
