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Inhorgenta: the european challenger

Inhorgenta: the european challenger

April 2020
You will no longer find Casio or Festina Group at the major Swiss professional fairs. If you want to meet them in Europe, you have to go north, to Munich (...)

SIAR: building on the Mexican retailers' networks

SIAR: building on the Mexican retailers’ networks

THE FAIR TRADE

March 2020
When publisher Carlos Alonso started the annual SIAR watch fair in Mexico City, he quickly realised that the way to reach out to the best clients was to (...)

Swiss Made: The debate flares up again…

Swiss Made: The debate flares up again…

CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES

March 2020
…or perhaps it never ended. But the breakdown of the supply chains due to the pandemic is certain to put the label under more pressure. Both the advent of (...)

New models: to launch or not to launch?

New models: to launch or not to launch?

CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLE

March 2020
One heck of a dilemma is facing all the watch brands in the starting blocks right now. Ready, or nearly, to launch their new models in the run-up to the (...)

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Not enough masks, too many watches

Not enough masks, too many watches

CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLE

March 2020
The world is short of masks, but brimming over with watches. Stocks are overflowing. When business takes up again, the idea that it will be business as (...)

Baselworld: the battle for redemption

Baselworld: the battle for redemption

INTERVIEW

March 2020
A wall of disenchantment nearly cost the world’s largest watch industry gathering its future. New manager Michel Loris-Melikoff has the twofold task of (...)

We're all in this together

We’re all in this together

EDITORIAL

March 2020
As we write these lines, the watch industry is in the throes of its worst existential crisis since the 1970s. A wave of bankruptcies has begun. And there (...)

Fabienne Lupo: “We'll reinvent trade shows!”

Fabienne Lupo: “We’ll reinvent trade shows!”

THE FAIR TRADE

March 2020
SIHH, the “Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie”, is changing its name to Watches & Wonders Geneva. What is behind this change? Even if the 2020 (...)

The clash of concepts and the remaking of watch fairs

The clash of concepts and the remaking of watch fairs

THE FAIR TRADE

March 2020
Total vertical integration or task-sharing: which is the right strategy for an era of digital globalisation? Baselworld and Watches & Wonders may well (...)

Xavier Dietlin: “Trade shows? They need reinventing!”

Xavier Dietlin: “Trade shows? They need reinventing!”

AN EXERCISE IN FORESIGHT ANALYSIS

March 2020
No introduction is needed for Xavier Dietlin, the joyous inventor and creator of new, playful, poetic, interactive, didactic or even humorous ways of (...)

Georges Kern: “A dozen global brands, no more”

Georges Kern: “A dozen global brands, no more”

INTERVIEW

March 2020
Surviving and thriving in our globalised, digital age means being one of those happy few brands that reach “godlike status”, as Georges Kern puts it. The CEO (...)

Time for the watch industry to dig deep

Time for the watch industry to dig deep

ANALYSIS

February 2020
The announcements of the cancellation of Watches & Wonders and Baselworld, and the bankruptcy of RJ Watches, are symptomatic of the deep troubles (...)

Are groups compatible with Baselworld?

Are groups compatible with Baselworld?

THE FAIR TRADE

February 2020
It’s not all about coronavirus... Swatch Group’s decision to leave Baselworld is in line with a fundamental trend: after grappling with the production chain (...)

Dubai Watch Week: the show inspiring other shows

Dubai Watch Week: the show inspiring other shows

THE FAIR TRADE

February 2020
For the first time, Rolex has taken part in a trade show other than Baselworld, showing a retrospective of the Submariner at Dubai Watch Week. Organised (...)

Luxury: a gilded cage for the Swiss watch industry?

Luxury: a gilded cage for the Swiss watch industry?

ANALYSIS

February 2020
Is the watchmaking industry simply coming to the end of a 30-year revolution bent on pursuing the high-end segment as the ultimate goal? Or does the (...)

How Louis Erard is engineering its metamorphosis

How Louis Erard is engineering its metamorphosis

CASE STUDY

February 2020
From “entry-level mechanical watches” to “entry-level watchmaking excellence”: this more or less sums up the path of Louis Erard since 2004. CEO Alain Spinedi (...)

Meeting India's largest luxury watch retailer

Meeting India’s largest luxury watch retailer

MARKETS 🇮🇳

February 2020
India will likely become the most populous country in the world by 2027. This stunning growth is not yet reflected in the watch industry, due to historical (...)

Ice-Watch: moving into another segment

Ice-Watch: moving into another segment

INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-PIERRE LUTGEN

February 2020
Ice-Watch, known for its affordable timepieces designed for everyday wear, is directly affected by the rising power of the (...)

«Kudeta Lab»: a new watch incubator

«Kudeta Lab»: a new watch incubator

STARTUP

February 2020
Private label company Montrichard continues to amass an impressive number of requests for new watch ventures. The solution they have come up with to manage (...)

Swatch: New headquarters and a lot of questions

Swatch: New headquarters and a lot of questions

WHAT’S NEXT

February 2020
The magnificent “serpent” designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban for Swatch took more than eight years to rise out of the ground and unfurl its coils in (...)
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Peter Stas: “We're in talks with health insurance companies”

Peter Stas: “We’re in talks with health insurance companies”

INTERVIEW

January 2020
Smartwatches? They account for 12% of turnover at Frédérique Constant and 35% at Alpina. With the creation of MMT, Peter Stas is one step ahead in the (...)

Collective: the Silicon Valley's watch club

Collective: the Silicon Valley’s watch club

IN THE SILICON VALLEY (DAY 5)

January 2020
The new collectors’ club came to global attention when Zenith announced the launch of a “Collective” edition of its Chronomaster El Primero last October. The (...)

Talking watches at Google

Talking watches at Google

IN THE SILICON VALLEY (DAY 4)

January 2020
To say that Google has been quite active on the smartwatch front last year year would be an understatement. In January 2019, it acquired the Fossil Group’s (...)

Swissnex San Francisco, a future hub for Swiss watches?

Swissnex San Francisco, a future hub for Swiss watches?

IN THE SILICON VALLEY (DAY 3)

January 2020
Swissnex serves as a liaison office between Swiss companies and universities and the highly innovative ecosystem of Silicon Valley. But one big piece of (...)
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