LVMH: 22% Increase in Revenue for the First Nine Months of 2012

LVMH: 22% Increase in Revenue for the First Nine Months of 2012

October 2012
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading high quality products group, recorded revenue of €19.9 billion for the first nine months of 2012, an (…)

IWC Schaffhausen opens its own boutique on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse

IWC Schaffhausen opens its own boutique on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse

September 2012
After only recently opening a store at Zurich airport in collaboration with the retailer Turler, IWC now opens a new store at Banhhofstrasse 61 in Zurich’s (…)

Market Focus USA: No rainbows, but a glimpse of the sun

Market Focus USA: No rainbows, but a glimpse of the sun

September 2012
Ever since the global recession, the United States has been, in varying degrees, written off by the watch industry. For most watch brands, China has become (…)

Richemont Reports Five Months Sales at Annual General Meeting

Richemont Reports Five Months Sales at Annual General Meeting

September 2012
Ahead of its Annual General Meeting to be held later today in Geneva, Richemont announces that its sales for the five months ended 31 August 2012 increased (…)

How TAG Heuer is slowly distancing itself from Huygens

How TAG Heuer is slowly distancing itself from Huygens

August 2012
The Mikrotourbillon S presented this autumn by TAG Heuer is the culmination of a long study that goes back nearly ten years. Just to remind you, TAG Heuer (…)

Mechanical wonders – Alternative solutions

Mechanical wonders – Alternative solutions

August 2012
Almost two years ago, Europa Star published a long three-part investigation entitled, “The Swiss watch planet in movement”. In this article, we detailed the (…)

Optimo, a new alternative source for assortments

Optimo, a new alternative source for assortments

August 2012
The young Valérien Jaquet is hungry, very hungry indeed. Undoubtedly, his hunger has something to do with the problems of his father, Jean-Pierre Jaquet, (…)

Citizen acquires Manufacture La Joux-Perret

Citizen acquires Manufacture La Joux-Perret

August 2012
While everyone was obsessively looking towards China, and even the smallest Chinese investment in Swiss timekeeping was scrutinised down to the last detail, (…)

Technotime: double barrels, tourbillons, and balance springs

Technotime: double barrels, tourbillons, and balance springs

August 2012
“Technotime is still a small player but a very determined one. We are getting stronger and are increasing our volume. Step by step, we are building our (…)

Centagora, a new type of watchmaking “coach”

Centagora, a new type of watchmaking “coach”

August 2012
When Harry Winston unveiled its new Opus 12 at last spring’s BaselWorld, the spotlight was on the name Centagora.

The universal additional plate from AJS

The universal additional plate from AJS

August 2012
The old adage has it that after sleeping on a problem, you can often come up with the solution. This seems to be the case for the young watch constructor (…)

The watchmaking seismograph

The watchmaking seismograph

August 2012
These days, a strange ambiance reigns in the Swiss watch industry. Following its spectacular and rapid recovery after the 2009 post-crisis dive, it again (…)