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The crisis-proof side of watchmaking

The crisis-proof side of watchmaking

INTERVIEW

While the turnover of the Swiss watch industry collapsed in the first half of the year, the online platform for rare watches A Collected Man announced that (...)

“We're facing the deepest crisis of our generation”

“We’re facing the deepest crisis of our generation”

INTERVIEW

Launched in 1996, Parmigiani Fleurier is one of those “millennial” brands whose resilience is currently being tested. Its CEO, Davide Traxler, is lucid about (...)

Is the luxury watch industry ready for Blockchain?

Is the luxury watch industry ready for Blockchain?

GUEST COLUMN

A new crop of start-up technology companies would have you believe so. But are the brands biting?

Soprod's bet: a new entry-level Swiss mechanical calibre

Soprod’s bet: a new entry-level Swiss mechanical calibre

MOVEMENTS

With both volumes and demand falling, the pandemic crisis has somewhat overshadowed the long-standing debate on the supply of Swiss mechanical movements to (...)

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Towards a “deglobalisation” of watchmaking?

Towards a “deglobalisation” of watchmaking?

OPINION

The implosion of the industry’s calendar, with the prospects of a global event becoming ever more remote, is a symptom of the erosion of the globalisation (...)

Elie Bernheim, from watch to pen

Elie Bernheim, from watch to pen

PORTRAIT

“A life outside of watchmaking”: we start this special series on the little-known facets and passions of industry personalities with Elie Bernheim. Raymond (...)

Digital certificates enter the collecting scene

Digital certificates enter the collecting scene

BLOCKCHAIN

Digital certificates are about to infiltrate the world of collectors’ watches via an initiative by the authors of the famous “Only” watchmaking book series, (...)

MCH launches new concept to replace Baselworld

MCH launches new concept to replace Baselworld

WATCH FAIRS

Following the end of Baselworld, MCH is announcing a new concept for a global platform for the watch, jewellery and gemstone industries: “HourUniverse”. (...)

Watches & Wonders Shanghai 2020

Watches & Wonders Shanghai 2020

SEPTEMBER 9TH TO 13TH 2020

Watches & Wonders is coming to Shanghai for the first time. Eleven brands will exhibit at this leading watch fair, to be held September 9th to 13th, (...)

“Collectors won't be enough for Swiss watchmaking”

“Collectors won’t be enough for Swiss watchmaking”

FRANZ LINDER, MIDO

Mido, a Swiss volume brand specialising in automatic watches, plays a key role in the watchmaking ecosystem as a “transmission belt” between the bottom and (...)

Inhorgenta to come back in February 2021

Inhorgenta to come back in February 2021

OPEN LETTER

As all physical events are adopting new strategies following the Covid-19 pandemic, the European jewellery and watchmaking fair Inhorgenta has published an (...)

Behind the scenes: a watch design war

Behind the scenes: a watch design war

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

On an object that measures just a few centimetres across – a watch – the shapes and lines can sometimes end up looking disturbingly similar... even when (...)

Carl F. Bucherer launches new presentation concept

Carl F. Bucherer launches new presentation concept

STRATEGY

As Covid-19 has forced all watch brands to review the way they introduce their new timepieces, Lucerne-based Carl F. Bucherer has announced a series of (...)

“The creators of El Primero made me go beyond El Primero”

“The creators of El Primero made me go beyond El Primero”

JULIEN TORNARE, ZENITH

Since taking the reins of Zenith in 2017, Julien Tornare has been patiently moving ahead with the work of “refounding” the brand, to take it beyond its El (...)

Watch fairs are not dead!

Watch fairs are not dead!

EDITORIAL

At the height of the pandemic, when all physical events were cancelled, we asked our readers the fundamental question: what format should future (...)

Richemont: a corporate culture in question

Richemont: a corporate culture in question

CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES

The travails of the Richemont group more broadly reflect a corporate culture that seems somewhat out of sync with an ever more horizontal and complex (...)

GPHG: watch brands can submit their applications now

GPHG: watch brands can submit their applications now

It’s time to participate! Swiss and international watch brands are invited to enter the 2020 edition of the GPHG via a new digital platform. The cut-off (...)

Patek Philippe: a few lessons on resilience

Patek Philippe: a few lessons on resilience

RETROSPECTIVE

Resilience. Scientifically speaking, resilience is a value (expressed in joules per cm2) used in physics to represent the resistance of a metal to shocks (...)

The watch industry's mirror

The watch industry’s mirror

EDITORIAL

Let’s be honest: in the ocean of economic, social and societal catastrophes, watchmaking is no more than a drop of water. But drops of water become rivers, (...)

JCK announces virtual event in August 2020

JCK announces virtual event in August 2020

FAIRS

The American show announced its plans to launch “JCK Virtual 2020”, intended to be the largest and most comprehensive virtual jewelry trade event in this (...)

Watch industry: surviving Covid-19

Watch industry: surviving Covid-19

GUEST COLUMN

During the last few years, the Swiss watch industry has been faced with a growing number of challenges: shifting consumer interests, the emergence of the (...)

Talking resilience with Ariel Adams

Talking resilience with Ariel Adams

INTERVIEW

America has been the country to suffer the biggest blow from the pandemic. Before it struck, the country was on the way to reclaim its spot as the number (...)

Hong Kong: a “crucial, life-and-death moment”

Hong Kong: a “crucial, life-and-death moment”

RETAIL

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), (...)

Instagram Live: social media show their limits

Instagram Live: social media show their limits

CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES

Numerous players in the watch industry have responded swiftly to the absence of physical encounters by increasing the number of sessions and interviews (...)