Ice-Watch to launch in USA
November 2012
Just in time for this year’s Christmas shopping period, Ice-Watch timepieces will be launched in the US. Distributor Geneva Watch Group has announced that (…)
Richemont Interim Report 2012 Available Online
November 2012
Richemont is pleased to announce the publication of its interim report and accounts for the six months ended 30 September 2012. The report may be downloaded (…)
Vacheron Constantin inaugurates a new boutique in Lucerne
November 2012
Vacheron Constantin has chosen Lucerne, a city of culture, history and design, as a flagship location in German-speaking Switzerland for its brand-new (…)
Richemont Announces its Unaudited Consolidated Results for its Last Six Month Period
November 2012
Richemont is reporting a solid set of results for the first half of this year. The Group’s Maisons benefitted from favourable exchange rates effects, (…)
Corum welcomes its Peruvian clients during an exclusive cocktail at Aldo & Co
October 2012
Montres Corum SARL reaffirms its desire to reinforce the distribution network in Latin America by organizing an exclusive event at Aldo & Co, the (…)
Watch Industry: Europe, a (still rich) museum
October 2012
Upon my return from a trip to São Paulo, an incredible metropolis of nearly 20 million people (or, about three times the size of Switzerland), I couldn’t (…)
Price ladder: Diamond watches
October 2012
Despite an uncertain global economy, diamond watches are still going incredibly strong. There was a time when diamond watches were a sub-category in the (…)
LAKIN@LARGE - A bridge too far?
October 2012
This year, I left Menton’s 38º Celsius sauna at the beginning of August to enjoy a cooler clime and get far away from the madding crowd. Cooler was (…)
Hong Kong under the WorldWatchReport™ magnifying glass
October 2012
The report from the HKTDC Watch & Clock Fair in this issue is the perfect occasion for Digital Luxury Group, which has been monitoring the international (…)
The Prince of Hong Kong
October 2012
To succeed in selling watches in Hong Kong, where the competition is more ferocious than anywhere else in the world, you must do more than just represent (…)
Hong Kong: Getting quieter on the eastern front
October 2012
It is easy to underestimate Hong Kong’s importance in the global watch trade. Not only is the former British colony the biggest exporter of watch components (…)
Focus on Latin America – Introduction
October 2012
Over the last twenty years Latin America as a whole has experienced an unprecedented phase of sustained economic growth, driven by the increase in commodity (…)