SOLID FOUNDATIONS at the base of the watchmaking pyramid

SOLID FOUNDATIONS at the base of the watchmaking pyramid

June 2013
My planning for BaselWorld saw me in contact with many of the industry’s biggest volume manufacturers. As luck would have it, it was in this very segment (…)

RETAILER PROFILE - H. BRIONES COMERCIAL, Chile

RETAILER PROFILE - H. BRIONES COMERCIAL, Chile

June 2013
I met Constanza Briones at the SIHH – we were waiting in line for the hotel shuttle buses and decided to save time and get a taxi together. She turned out (…)

SERVICE, PLEASE! Collaborative customer service at ICE-WATCH

SERVICE, PLEASE! Collaborative customer service at ICE-WATCH

June 2013
There is a wonderful symmetry to the headline statistics that Ice-Watch presented at this year’s BaselWorld, with the huge figure of four million being a (…)

BASELWORLD wasn't built in a day

BASELWORLD wasn’t built in a day [Video]

June 2013
At the end of the day, eight if you had the stamina, the question that begs an answer is: was the prestigious BaselWorld 2013 more about architectural kudos (…)

LADIES' WATCHES - THE SKY is not the limit

LADIES’ WATCHES - THE SKY is not the limit

June 2013
Long before Zenith’s ambassador Felix Baumgartner used a not-so-simple hot air balloon, a high-tech astronaut-style suit and an inordinate amount of courage (…)

Corum opens new boutique in Miami

Corum opens new boutique in Miami

June 2013
Corum’s latest own-brand boutique has opened at the Aventura Mall in Miami, Florida, the second most-visited mall in the US and one of the top five highest (…)

IWC opens first boutique on a cruise ship

IWC opens first boutique on a cruise ship

June 2013
IWC has opened its first own-name boutique on a cruise ship. The 60m2 store is one of the luxury shops to be found on the 1,020-foot “Mariner of the Seas”.

Letter from France: Eldorado is within reach

Letter from France: Eldorado is within reach

June 2013
An entire region of France, devastated by mass unemployment, sees its salvation in the new sites being set up by Swiss watchmaking companies just across the (…)

Breguet opens biggest-ever store in Shanghai

Breguet opens biggest-ever store in Shanghai

June 2013
Breguet last week celebrated the opening of its largest store, located at the Langham Hotel in the Xintiandi area in Shanghai. The 598m2 three-floor store, (…)

Blancpain inaugurates its largest boutique in the world in Shanghai

Blancpain inaugurates its largest boutique in the world in Shanghai

June 2013
Last week, Blancpain opened a boutique in the Xintiandi district of Shanghai in a ceremony attended by its President and CEO, Marc A. Hayek.

Service at the independent manufacturers

Service at the independent manufacturers

June 2013
Independent watch companies certainly don’t have it easy, struggling to find distribution and customers around the world. Customer service, however, is (…)

 Frederique Constant opens its first shop-in-shop in Switzerland

Frederique Constant opens its first shop-in-shop in Switzerland

June 2013
Aletta and Peter Stas, Founder, CEO and COO of the Frederique Constant watch brand, opened the brand’s first shop-in-shop in Switzerland at Espace Temps in (…)