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The real giants of the Chinese watchmaking industry
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The real giants of the Chinese watchmaking industry

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

January 2018
According to the figures of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, mainland China exported more than 652 million wristwatches in 2016! It is by far the (…)
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The Fat East
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The Fat East

EDITORIAL

January 2018
Today, the Far East is the biggest producer and consumer of watches on the planet. This situation will remain for a long time to come, despite the abrupt (…)

When grafts don't take

When grafts don’t take

EDITORIAL

June 2017
It’s not the first time an attempt has been made to graft a Chinese organ onto a Swiss watchmaking body but, once again, the graft has been rejected. Or, (…)
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The Chinese middle class: six times greater than the population of France
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The Chinese middle class: six times greater than the population of France

CHINA

China has a middle-class population of 350 to 400 million people, over six times the population of France. Those earning 120,000 RMB or more are considered (…)
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Watch prices: all China's fault?
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Watch prices: all China’s fault?

REPORT

January 2017
We are not going to trot out the figures for China and Hong Kong, who are often accused of being the root cause of the current crisis. It is true that the (…)