Like Hong Kong itself, the watch fair is changing
September 2024
The 43rd Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair was a chance to observe the new trends on the Asian markets. Coming to the rescue of a struggling industry in 2024 (…)
China: an industry obsession since the 1990s
COLUMN
June 2024
In 2024 Europa Star is celebrating 30 years of its China issue (the magazine’s Asia version goes back even further, to 1950). Pascal Brandt, a longstanding (…)
Master Cheng, China’s first guilloché emperor
March 2024
Working from a studio set in a mountainside, away from the disturbances of the outside world, China’s one and only guilloché master craftsman supplies dials (…)
CIGA Design, a different path for Chinese watchmaking
January 2024
CIGA Design, the first Chinese watch brand to win a GPHG award, was created by a specialist in urban design, heir to the key precept of the Bauhaus school: (…)
Behrens, new-generation Chinese watchmaking
January 2024
Aside from mass production, the Chinese watch industry has long relied on the industrial clout of some of its conglomerates and flagship companies to export (…)
Hong Kong: a “crucial, life-and-death moment”
RETAIL
June 2020
Retail sales of watch and jewellery in specialized stores and department stores in Hong Kong continued to free-fall in April 2020 (-74.5% year-on-year), (…)
China: “Revenge saving, not revenge spending”
GUEST COLUMN
May 2020
A cofounder of the well-known Chinese horological club, the Shanghai Watch Gang, Kelvin Sa shared with us his personal notebook, shedding some light on the (…)
In the labyrinth of counterfeit watches
CHINA WATCH REPORT
January 2020
It’s a very closed world, but we were able to follow the field work of a company specialising in intellectual property, which collaborates with the Chinese (…)
“We are only at the beginning of business in China”
JULIEN TORNARE
December 2019
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (…)
The Chinese independent watch scene
ARTISANS
November 2019
Beyond mass production, an ecosystem of independent watchmakers has emerged in the Shenzhen area. Several of these craftsmen have joined the renowned (…)
Chinese fashion: breaking the curse?
ANALYSIS
November 2019
Some big names in luxury have already tried to launch Chinese avatars and had their noses bloodied. The obstacles are formidable. Startup Atelier Wen is (…)
Titoni, the most Chinese of traditional Swiss watchmakers
INTERVIEW
November 2019
No other Swiss watch brand has a history in China comparable to that of the independent family company Titoni. Having conquered the hearts and minds of (…)
