A world watch tour

A world watch tour

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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.

African retailers and the exodus of capital

African retailers and the exodus of capital

TRAVEL NOTES 🇳🇬 NIGERIA

Deremi Ajidahun is often congratulated by Swiss CEOs on the appetite for watches of Nigerians vacationing in Paris, London or New York. The African (...)

Future secured For Finland's famous Watchmaking School

Future secured For Finland’s famous Watchmaking School

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

Geopolitics and the watchmaking sector: 2024, a pivotal year

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

In the Gulf, collectors call the shots

REPORT

“Their ‘small’ collectors would be considered big collectors elsewhere”. Edouard Meylan (H. Moser & Cie) observes, emphasising the role of the Middle East (...)

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Country focus: Sweden

Country focus: Sweden

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

Claesson Koivisto Rune, Swedish-made watch design

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?

Where is Daniel Wellington today?

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

Mille Miglia: a country united

REPORT

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

Luch, the last surviving Belarusian watchmaker

REPORT

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

Bajer Watches, committed to Kurdish art and culture

PORTRAIT

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

SIAR: building on the Mexican retailers’ networks

THE FAIR TRADE

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

Dubai Watch Week: the show inspiring other shows

THE FAIR TRADE

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

Meeting India’s largest luxury watch retailer

MARKETS

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

The emerging watch market of Canada

REPORT

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

Mexico: an unconventional watch market

LATIN AMERICA

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

In Pakistan, watchmaking follows geopolitics

MEGACITIES & HUBS

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?

What are the main markets for Swiss watches?

WORLD RANKING

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?

Panama, a future watch hub?

TRAVEL NOTES 🇵🇦 PANAMA

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

Top 10 watch markets

EVOLUTION SINCE 1885

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

Israel: in search of a new direction

TRAVEL NOTES 🇮🇱 ISRAEL

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

A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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 (...)

India's luxury watch market, a complex case

India’s luxury watch market, a complex case

ANALYSIS

While 2017 was a year focused on absorbing the shock of “demonetisation” in India – as the government suddenly withdrew more than two-thirds of the country’s (...)

Luxury market expectations in Australia

Luxury market expectations in Australia

WORLD MARKETS

Record continuous growth and buoyant conditions are strong indicators for the luxury makers but they face contradictory generational (...)

Russia, a challenging year

Russia, a challenging year

2017

2017 has been a challenging year for the Russian watch market. For the first nine months of the year, the value of imported watches increased by 5%, but (...)