BaselWorld 2011 – In search of the perfect watch – Part 4
July 2011
At BaselWorld, Seiko gave its ritual press conference under a double and contradictory sign: the brand is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, but (…)
Solving the training dilemma with Europa Star’s Knowledge
July 2011
Daniel Ceballos Joyeros was the first retailer to take advantage of the Europa Star Knowledge training programme. Though Ceballos has training from the (…)
Opening of the first DeWitt Hong Kong Boutique
July 2011
DeWitt recently celebrated the Grand Opening of its first boutique in Hong Kong. Located in the Elements, at Kowloon Station, this boutique gives to the (…)
BaselWorld 2011 – In search of the perfect watch – Part 3
July 2011
Kari Voutilainen, always in search of absolute chronometry, pushes even further his classic expression with a very interesting new timepiece called the (…)
Bell & Ross opens its first boutique in Paris
June 2011
After several store openings in 2010 and 2011 (seven stores in Asia and in the Middle East), Bell & Ross continues its development strategy with the (…)
BaselWorld 2011 – In search of the perfect watch – Part 2
June 2011
In this great mixture of the most diverse and even contradictory trends, a few general movements and a few precursory signs emerge, which are above and (…)
Hublot opens on New Bond Street in London
June 2011
At the opening ceremony for this 36th Hublot boutique, Ilie Nastase, one of the world’s greatest tennis legends, joined Hublot CEO Jean-Claude Biver, and (…)
BaselWorld 2011 – In search of the perfect watch – Part 1
June 2011
There were 637 watch companies exhibiting at BaselWorld. Now, multiply that number by several new collections and then again by the number of references in (…)
A watchmaking torn between 1000th of a second and the suspension of time
June 2011
Two very particular watches attracted a lot of attention at the grand watch fair of BaselWorld: the Mikrotimer Flying 1000, a mechanical chronograph (…)
LAKIN@LARGE - Hello and goodbye, the end of the world is nigh!
June 2011
The summer silly season started earlier than usual this year. Since I had nothing better to do in early May, I was cruising around the Norwegian fjords, (…)
Wako and Seiko’s Flagship Store open after renovation
June 2011
President Katsu Nakamura of WAKO Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Seiko Holdings Corporation, and President Shinji Hattori of Seiko Holdings proudly announced (…)
The largest Gc Boutique is inaugurated in Jeddah
June 2011
Al-Dawliya for Watches recently inaugurated its flagship Gc boutique and the largest in the world for the brand thus far in Stars Ave Mall, Jeddah, in the (…)