Dimension, sound, light: the digital illusion of reality
INNOVATION
April 2021
To appeal to collectors and beyond, replicating the physical experience online is a new imperative for the watch industry. The Covid-led lockdowns, the rise (…)
eBay unveils ambitious plans for its watch segment
E-COMMERCE
March 2021
Online marketplace eBay has its sights on the top end of the market, starting with watchmaking. The e-commerce behemoth has just set up a new authentication (…)
Louis Erard to launch a blockchain-powered loyalty programme
INNOVATION
January 2021
The new loyalty programme, designed in cooperation between Louis Erard and Qiibee, comes with an ad hoc branded web application, for all fans to track their (…)
Ariel Adams on the digital evolution of the watch industry
CONVERSATION
décembre 2020
The founder of aBlogtoWatch shares his thoughts as new digital initiatives are piling up this year in reaction to the pandemic crisis. A candid conversation (…)
Watches will have their own biometric passports
INNOVATION
November 2020
To replace the traditional authenticity papers, Origyn, a new Swiss foundation, is offering biometric recognition of watches by means of a simple smartphone (…)
Is the luxury watch industry ready for Blockchain?
GUEST COLUMN
août 2020
A new crop of start-up technology companies would have you believe so. But are the brands biting?
Digital certificates enter the collecting scene
BLOCKCHAIN
July 2020
Digital certificates are about to infiltrate the world of collectors’ watches via an initiative by the authors of the famous “Only” watchmaking book series, (…)
Instagram Live: social media show their limits
CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES
June 2020
Numerous players in the watch industry have responded swiftly to the absence of physical encounters by increasing the number of sessions and interviews they (…)
Tomorrow, a digital twin for watches
BLOCKCHAIN
May 2020
The pandemic crisis that the watch industry is going through is also accelerating its digital transition. Among the most promising elements of this is the (…)
Watchmaking’s “pre-Netflix” moment
CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES
April 2020
The pandemic has led to the accelerated digitisation of our daily life. However, the watch industry finds itself still stuck at a stage similar to that of (…)
Online sales in the fast lane
CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES
April 2020
The coronavirus crisis is leading to grand-scale initiatives, such as total lockdowns, which would have been considered impossible only a few weeks ago. We (…)
Talking watches at Google
IN THE SILICON VALLEY
January 2020
To say that Google has been quite active on the smartwatch front last year year would be an understatement. In January 2019, it acquired the Fossil Group’s (…)