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A world watch tour
Almost every country in the world boasts a horological scene full of surprises, even if small in size. These Europa Star articles venture off the beaten track.
Stepan Sarpaneva: from Cable Guy to Candyman
May 2024
Stepan Sarpaneva’s studio used to be in a former cable factory. In 2022 he moved the production of his two brands, Sarpaneva and Sarpaneva Uhrenfabrik (...)
Jurmo Watches offers customisation of adventurous horology
May 2024
Finnish 7-year-old Jurmo watches has impressive production capabilities and an in-house designer, which makes it an extremely agile brand that also (...)
De Motu: Flying High Again
April 2024
Finnish watch brand De Motu works actively with fighter pilots with the aim of creating the ultimate pilot watches. For founder Valdemar Hirvelä, this means (...)
African retailers and the exodus of capital
TRAVEL NOTES 🇳🇬 NIGERIA
April 2024
Deremi Ajidahun is often congratulated by Swiss CEOs on the appetite for watches of Nigerians vacationing in Paris, London or New York. The African (...)
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Future secured For Finland’s famous Watchmaking School
March 2024
In 2024 Kelloseppäkoulu – with alumni like Kari Voutilainen and Stepan Sarpaneva – celebrates 80 years of existence. It has great recognition in the watch (...)
Geopolitics and the watchmaking sector: 2024, a pivotal year
February 2024
The watchmaking year ticks over as regular as clockwork. Not so the geopolitical agenda. 2024 is set to be an exceptional year in terms of its political, (...)
In the Gulf, collectors call the shots
REPORT
January 2024
“Their ‘small’ collectors would be considered big collectors elsewhere”. Edouard Meylan (H. Moser & Cie) observes, emphasising the role of the Middle East (...)
Country focus: Sweden
January 2024
Perhaps Sweden – famous for IKEA, meatballs, pickled herring, red cottages, elks, and midnight sun – should add watch brands to the list? In the last decades (...)
Claesson Koivisto Rune, Swedish-made watch design
December 2023
Skypod, one of the latest Ikepod models, is designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune. The trio behind the eponymous Swedish architect and design office has made (...)
Where is Daniel Wellington today?
December 2023
The social media marketing pioneer took off like a rocket in the 2010s with its minimalist watch design and distinctive Nato straps. But just after the (...)
Mille Miglia: a country united
REPORT
September 2023
Our reporter Lorenzo Maillard, a self-confessed watch and vintage car geek, was given the chance to take part in the celebrated Italian race, which has a (...)
Luch, the last surviving Belarusian watchmaker
REPORT
February 2022
A flagship of the Soviet watch industry, the Luch factory was propelled into the market economy in the early 1990s. Faced with competition and threatened (...)
Bajer Watches, committed to Kurdish art and culture
PORTRAIT
February 2022
As we continue our world tour of watchmaking, we meet an entrepreneur of Kurdish origin now living in the United States, who chose horology to express her (...)
SIAR: building on the Mexican retailers’ networks
THE FAIR TRADE
March 2020
When publisher Carlos Alonso started the annual SIAR watch fair in Mexico City, he quickly realised that the way to reach out to the best clients was to (...)
Dubai Watch Week: the show inspiring other shows
THE FAIR TRADE
February 2020
For the first time, Rolex has taken part in a trade show other than Baselworld, showing a retrospective of the Submariner at Dubai Watch Week. Organised (...)
Meeting India’s largest luxury watch retailer
MARKETS
February 2020
India will likely become the most populous country in the world by 2027. This stunning growth is not yet reflected in the watch industry, due to historical (...)
The emerging watch market of Canada
REPORT
September 2019
Why is Canada not in the top 20 global markets for Swiss watchmakers, despite its high level of development? The potential of the Canadian watch market, in (...)
Mexico: an unconventional watch market
LATIN AMERICA
May 2019
The country is undoubtedly Latin America’s giant in terms of luxury watches consumption, clearly ahead of Brazil or Argentina. It is an important market for (...)
In Pakistan, watchmaking follows geopolitics
MEGACITIES & HUBS
February 2019
It is hard to put an accurate figure on the population of the biggest cities in the world. What we do know is that most of them are in developing (...)
What are the main markets for Swiss watches?
WORLD RANKING
August 2018
The Swiss watch industry posted growth in 2017, between January and November accordingly to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Exports totaled (...)
Panama, a future watch hub?
TRAVEL NOTES 🇵🇦 PANAMA
August 2018
The country is already a commercial, logistical and financial hub for Central America and the Caribbean region. With its modern infrastructure, political (...)
Top 10 watch markets
EVOLUTION SINCE 1885
August 2018
According to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, the value of Swiss watch exports fell just short of the 20 billion francs mark last year. But what (...)
Israel: in search of a new direction
TRAVEL NOTES 🇮🇱 ISRAEL
August 2018
In their narrow local market, Israeli retailers are counting on the rise of tourism to boost watch sales. Geopolitical tensions however jeopardise this (...)
A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
July 2018
Max Büsser has found new Friends in the world’s largest shopping mall, located in the United Arab Emirates. The watchmaker who continues to follow his (...)