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Introducing the Shanghai Watch Festival
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Introducing the Shanghai Watch Festival

CHINA

June 2019
Organized for its second edition by a group of Chinese collectors, the event will take place over three days in December 2019. It provides watch brands with (…)

Surprise! Most people in Hong Kong don't care about watches…

Surprise! Most people in Hong Kong don’t care about watches…

GUEST COLUMN

June 2018
The founder of the online retail platform for independent watch brands Skolorr, Sky Sit shares with our readers her vision of the industry. This first (…)

Time measurement in imperial China

Time measurement in imperial China

HISTORY

June 2018
According to legend (even though writing was not invented until 1800 years later), Chinese astronomy is thought to date from the 61st year of Huangdi’s (…)
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Farfetch: the online retail giant targets China
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Farfetch: the online retail giant targets China

AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSÉ NEVES

May 2018
Currently the largest online luxury fashion retail platform in the world, Farfetch has been revolutionising the online luxury shopping experience since its (…)

One billion watches produced in China

One billion watches produced in China

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

February 2018
My interlocutor is the honourable Mr Shunhua Zhu (朱 舜华), co-founder of the Shenzhen Watch & Clock Fair and a member of the Horologe Association since 1988.

Longines, an empire in China

Longines, an empire in China

CASE STUDY

février 2018
Like a cruise ship, moving forward slowly but surely, the world’s fourth-largest brand - underexposed in the Western media in comparison with its real (…)
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China, the horizon brightens
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China, the horizon brightens

2017: +19.6%

February 2018
The watch market of the Far Eastern giant should be worth 10 billion euros by 2020. The rush on China is far from over... Or, rather, the rush of the (…)

Beijing Watch Factory and FIYTA join forces

Beijing Watch Factory and FIYTA join forces

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

February 2018
The “Beijing” and Fiyta signed a partnership agreement in October 2016 that could spawn the very best of Chinese watchmaking. An interview with the new (…)
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The rise of the second-hand watch in China
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The rise of the second-hand watch in China

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

January 2018
It is hardly surprising to hear that watch auction sales are particularly buoyant at the moment compared with modern watches, when a single vintage watch (…)
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China: trying to earn watchmaking credentials
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China: trying to earn watchmaking credentials

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

January 2018
Faced with the difficulties of the Swiss luxury manufacturers and their high prices, and encouraged by the new Chinese patriotism, some local companies are (…)
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Chinese pride restored
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Chinese pride restored

WATCH MARKETS

January 2018
To understand the China-related upheaval that is affecting the watchmaking microcosm, we need to step backwards a pace to grasp the depth of the reforms (…)
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Inside the world's “watchmaking factory”
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Inside the world’s “watchmaking factory”

CHINA

January 2018
It is next to Hong Kong, in Shenzhen, that we traditionally find producers of a very large proportion of the watches and components used in world watchmaking.