Brands use digital to make an impact at the big watch fairs

Brands use digital to make an impact at the big watch fairs

April 2012
The first major watch event of the year, the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva was a star-studded show featuring the Haute (…)

Retailers have their say

Retailers have their say

April 2012
Europa Star contacted key retailers around the world ahead of BaselWorld to find out what issues are at the forefront of their minds, what brands are the (…)

Jean-Claude Biver – passing on the knowledge at Hublot

Jean-Claude Biver – passing on the knowledge at Hublot

March 2012
In our survey of various retailers from around the world in this issue, several include Hublot in their “must-see” brands at BaselWorld.

Junghans opens first store in China

Junghans opens first store in China

March 2012
German watch brand Junghans opened its first store in China in February at the five-star Jin Jiang Hotel in Taicang, 48 kilometres northwest of Shanghai. In (…)

Bovet – a rising star in fine watchmaking

Bovet – a rising star in fine watchmaking

March 2012
The development of the watchmaking industry in the small village of Fleurier is in no small part due to the work of Edouard Bovet and his brothers, who from (…)

Eva Leube brings high horology to Australia

Eva Leube brings high horology to Australia

March 2012
Eva Leube can claim to be Australia’s first bespoke watchmaker but she certainly enjoys a special honour as she appears to be the first to have arrived of (…)

Epos – a family affair

Epos – a family affair

March 2012
Tamdi Chonge, together with his wife Ursula, took over the Epos watch factory in 2002 from Peter Hofer, who had originally established the brand in 1983.

Keeping time the Chinese way

Keeping time the Chinese way

March 2012
For many Swiss watch companies, China has been the strongest market. It seems strange that the Chinese have embraced fine Swiss watches, while relatively (…)

Eterna's new Chinese blood

Eterna’s new Chinese blood

March 2012
After 156 years of being a Swiss company, Eterna has passed into Chinese hands. Symbolically, this is quite significant not only because Eterna is a true (…)

Watch shows, the big transition

Watch shows, the big transition

March 2012
Everyone who comes to Basel this year will be surprised to find a completely transformed Messeplatz. A large building hangs as if suspended in mid-air above (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - Seeing is believing

LAKIN@LARGE - Seeing is believing

March 2012
Just before Christmas I received an email entitled ‘An Invisible Wristwatch’. Presuming that it was some sort of shaggy dog story, I placed it in my ‘Jokes’ (…)

RETROPERSPECTIVE - The Watch Year 2011/2012: AAA

RETROPERSPECTIVE - The Watch Year 2011/2012: AAA

March 2012
AAA. It is the word of the year. Or, at least, the three most coveted letters of the moment. Well, there are the AAAs and then there are others. Those that (…)