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HourUniverse: “We're on track for 2021”

HourUniverse: “We’re on track for 2021”

INTERVIEW

Will the Basel Fair, the undisputed leader of the world’s watch fairs for a century, be reborn with a new identity, a new concept and a mix of physical and (...)

Success story: a reorientation towards protective masks

Success story: a reorientation towards protective masks

PORTRAIT

With the pandemic now a part of everyday life, mask production is becoming a huge industrial market. Thousands of factories have opened in China to produce (...)

A 100% digital edition of Watches & Wonders in 2021

A 100% digital edition of Watches & Wonders in 2021

SHOWS & FAIRS

In the light of uncertainty amid the current health crisis, the Watches and Wonders Geneva Exhibitor Committee has taken the decision not to hold the (...)

This week's auction: “Iconic Watches of Hollywood”

This week’s auction: “Iconic Watches of Hollywood”

VINTAGEMANIA

Pre-owned specialist Bob’s Watches presents its most notable vintage watch auction to date: “Fresh Finds – Iconic Watches of Hollywood”, which takes place (...)

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Watches will have their own biometric passports

Watches will have their own biometric passports

INNOVATION

To replace the traditional authenticity papers, Origyn, a new Swiss foundation, is offering biometric recognition of watches by means of a simple (...)

Omega opens a new “immersive” boutique at Zurich Airport

Omega opens a new “immersive” boutique at Zurich Airport

The Circle is the new must-see destination for business and lifestyle at Zurich Airport. Alongside the host of gastronomic, event and shopping venues, the (...)

GPHG 2020: the award-winning timepieces and people

GPHG 2020: the award-winning timepieces and people

PIAGET WINS THE “AIGUILLE D’OR”

The 2020 prize list of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) was unveiled on Thursday November 12 at the 20th GPHG awards ceremony, a poetic digital (...)

Inhorgenta Munich 2021 will take place in April

Inhorgenta Munich 2021 will take place in April

Europe’s leading platform for jewelry, timepieces and gemstones is making a strong statement with a new date for the event in spring 2021. By doing so, (...)

An extremely rare Patek Philippe to be auctioned in Geneva

An extremely rare Patek Philippe to be auctioned in Geneva

VINTAGEMANIA

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announces the sale of a Patek Philippe’s rare reference 2523/1 world time wristwatch in rose gold, to be (...)

Inhorgenta announces a successful premiere of its digital format

Inhorgenta announces a successful premiere of its digital format

The participants used the show’s trend platform on October 22 for interdisciplinary knowledge transfer, intensive discussions and networking. Here is a (...)

Unveiling the new face of Louis Erard

Unveiling the new face of Louis Erard

STRATEGIES

Alain Spinedi, the boss of Louis Erard, is known as a tireless fighter in the now sparse ranks of manufacturers of affordable, high-quality mechanical (...)

Facing the pandemic: is the secondary watch market more resilient?

Facing the pandemic: is the secondary watch market more resilient?

WATCH INDUSTRY

The specialist luxury watch platform Watchbox boasts that it has gained market share since the beginning of the year. Another recognised player in the (...)

Jaquet Droz, man and machine

Jaquet Droz, man and machine

EXHIBITION

From the end of November, the Swiss brand will take part in a retrospective on robotics at the prestigious MUDEC in Milan. For nearly three centuries, the (...)

What Ralph Lauren's watchmaking strategy reveals

What Ralph Lauren’s watchmaking strategy reveals

WATCHES AND FASHION

Fashion brands entering the watch industry are facing difficult strategic choices, particularly with regard to their positioning and distribution. (...)

A Swiss R&D team introduces “hosted watch manufacturing”

A Swiss R&D team introduces “hosted watch manufacturing”

NEW CONCEPT

Becoming a “manufacture” is the dream of many smaller and even large watch brands hoping to differentiate themselves, especially in the middle of a global (...)

When and how to watch this year's Horology Forum

When and how to watch this year’s Horology Forum

A DIGITAL GATHERING

The 6th edition of the Horology Forum will break with tradition and take place digitally, on the Dubai Watch Week YouTube platform. Four exciting panels (...)

Museum: Audemars Piguet's new oxymoron

Museum: Audemars Piguet’s new oxymoron

GUIDED TOUR

The new Audemars Piguet Museum is an oxymoron: a combination of opposites that create a strong and surprising experience. It associates the solid and (...)

A fragile fabric

A fragile fabric

A LAST WORD TO START

When the fabric of a dress dries out, it is weakened, unravels and tears, becomes shapeless and rapidly falls apart.

An app to regain control over watch distribution

An app to regain control over watch distribution

SELLING WATCHES

A new word, promising if not exactly elegant, has made its way into the horological lexicon in 2020: “phygital”. Thomas Baillod is among those who have (...)

The watchmakers that define the Geneva panorama

The watchmakers that define the Geneva panorama

BEHIND THE SCENES

Anyone who has travelled to Geneva for the SIHH or another watch-related event will have noticed them. Appearing as early as the 1930s and prized by watch (...)

Frédérique Constant, battling on two fronts

Frédérique Constant, battling on two fronts

INTERVIEW

While Frédérique Constant is much talked about as one of the rare Swiss brands to offer smartwatches, the brand remains focused on the mechanical watch, (...)

Innovating in times of crisis

Innovating in times of crisis

EDITORIAL

Innovations are perhaps were we need to look, if we are to overcome the major challenges of our time. In our latest report we identify some of the major (...)

Tissot: connection without disruption

Tissot: connection without disruption

STRATEGY

It will be new CEO Sylvain Dolla’s first major project. Tissot’s connected watch, the T-Touch Connect Solar, has been eagerly awaited, as the new market (...)

Nomos, the radical art of nuance

Nomos, the radical art of nuance

PORTRAIT

This year, the German town of Glashütte celebrates 175 years of watchmaking history. And while A. Lange & Söhne and Glashütte Original are its traditional (...)