In Dongguan, Eddie Leung is building his watchmaking city
REPORT
September 2026
With the Sino Swiss Inno Park, the head of Dailywin is investing some CHF 80 million in an extraordinary project: bringing manufacturing, design, (…)
CIGA design at ten: questioning watchmaking’s conventions
September 2026
As CIGA design marks its tenth anniversary, founder Zhang Jianmin discusses the evolution of its design philosophy, the international recognition brought by (…)
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 (…)
FIyta: The horological side of Chinese soft power
PORTRAIT
November 2019
As part of a group that controls a large proportion of China’s watch distribution, Fiyta represents the best of what the local industry has to offer in (…)
“Logistics is the ‘killer app’ of the Chinese e-commerce giants”
INTERVIEW WITH DIGITAL LUXURY GROUP
November 2019
WeChat or Weibo, Tmall or JD: which platform is most likely to align with the strategies of Swiss watch brands? Geneva-based Digital Luxury Group (DLG) was (…)
