François-Paul Journe, sovereign timekeeping

François-Paul Journe, sovereign timekeeping

March 2006
A grande sonnerie not only chimes the hour at will, as in the repeater watch, but it also chimes the hours and quarter-hours in passing, like a (…)

PRIVATE EVENTS DURING BASELWORLD & SIHH 06

PRIVATE EVENTS DURING BASELWORLD & SIHH 06

March 2006
Calendar of eleven salons and exhibitions.

Panerai and Ferrari

Panerai and Ferrari

March 2006
Panerai unveiled its newest product, the Ferrari Engineered by Panerai watch collection, at the Ferrari test track in Maranello, Italy. Designed (…)

MeisterSinger - Expanding German Watch Brand

MeisterSinger - Expanding German Watch Brand

March 2006
Whoever knew best how to hit a “new tone” in the singing schools of the late Middle Ages was elected MeisterSinger. Richard Wagner’s opera “The (…)

Audemars Piguet New Escapement

Audemars Piguet New Escapement

March 2006
In the snow and rain of Le Brassus, at the aptly titled Hotel des Horlogers, Audemars Piguet unveiled a totally new escapement on which the (…)

US Survey: Young and wealthy research and buy online

US Survey: Young and wealthy research and buy online

March 2006
A majority of well-heeled shoppers rely on the Internet to research products prior to purchase, finds a new survey, and many buy online, as well.

Swatch Group: Key Figures 2005

Swatch Group: Key Figures 2005

March 2006
– Gross sales up 8.3% to a record CHF 4 497 million (net sales: +7.8%).- Brilliant performance in Group’s core business, Watches and Jewelry segment.- (…)

Omega opens first U.S. boutique

Omega opens first U.S. boutique

March 2006
The luxury watch brand will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the store Thursday March 23. Omega's new 16,000-square-foot space sits between (…)

Letter from England: News and Views on the Retail Front

Letter from England: News and Views on the Retail Front

March 2006
Watch collectors and investors in London are celebrating the reopening of The Watch Gal-lery at the same address as before (129 Fulham Road). It had been (…)

TAG Heuer Ambassador Uma Thurman is named "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres"

TAG Heuer Ambassador Uma Thurman is named "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres"

March 2006
Hollywood superstar and TAG Heuer Ambassador Uma Thurman, the glamorous star of Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1/2, and the just-released Prime, (…)

VNU Nielsen//NetRatings newsletter reports Online Search Hits All-Time High of 5.7 Billion Searches

VNU Nielsen//NetRatings newsletter reports Online Search Hits All-Time High of 5.7 Billion Searches

March 2006
Online search conducted across approximately 60 search engines in the U.S. rose 39 percent year-over-year in January 2006 from four billion searches to (…)

Milus press brunch – exquisite treasures at the Inhorgenta Europe 2006

Milus press brunch – exquisite treasures at the Inhorgenta Europe 2006

March 2006
At the Inhorgenta Europe 2006 fair, Barbara Becker, Jan Edöcs – CEO Milus International SA – and Philipp Kohlermann, Managing Director of (…)