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Books: Timepieces: A Lifelong Love and Passion

Books: Timepieces: A Lifelong Love and Passion

After a career in hospitality, finance and energy, six years ago Laurent Martinez decided to turn his passion for watches into a full-time occupation. And (...)

The Tempus Fugit project: time flies with no return

The Tempus Fugit project: time flies with no return

As everyone knows, but tries not to think about, our time will one day run out. That is written into our DNA. It was handed down to us from our ancestors (...)

Bremont announces $59m investment by Bill Ackman and Hellcat LP

Bremont announces $59m investment by Bill Ackman and Hellcat LP

The completion of this new investment comes 18 months after Bremont opened its 35,000 sq ft state-of-the-art manufacturing and technology centre, The Wing, (...)

Concentration continues in watch distribution

Concentration continues in watch distribution

MARKETS

A distribution strategy that emphasises monobrand stores is benefitting a small number of powerful retailers with the necessary logistical and financial (...)

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Should we still be talking about primary and secondary markets?

Should we still be talking about primary and secondary markets?

After a strong performance early in the year, the collectible watch market contracted with prices down for those models that had registered the biggest (...)

Michelangelo Foundation: in the service of “manual intelligence”

Michelangelo Foundation: in the service of “manual intelligence”

ARTS & CRAFTS

Based in Geneva, the Michelangelo Foundation is making a fantastic contribution to the promotion and conservation of exceptional crafts throughout Europe, (...)

Watch CertificateTM – From marketplace to blockchain

Watch Certificate^TM – From marketplace to blockchain

CASE STUDY

Blockchain certification is a hot topic for today’s watch industry. A French start-up that began life as a marketplace for watches now specialises in (...)

SevenFriday: solid expertise in community building

SevenFriday: solid expertise in community building

CASE STUDY

Using blockchain to power an inclusive community, SevenFriday’s spin-off UPO7F will offer its platform and in-house technology as a service to other watch (...)

Jacob & Co. blazes a trail for NFT-crossover watchmaking

Jacob & Co. blazes a trail for NFT-crossover watchmaking

CASE STUDY

Turning NFT art into a GPHG-nominated mechanical watch may not follow the rule book but for CEO Benjamin Arabov that’s the point – the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ (...)

Panerai opens a new boutique in Basel

Panerai opens a new boutique in Basel

RETAIL

The brand new boutique right in the heart of Basel is operated in partnership with leading watches and jewellery retailer Seiler Juwelier. Strategically (...)

Dubois et fils: vintage movements tokenised on the blockchain

Dubois et fils: vintage movements tokenised on the blockchain

CASE STUDY

Web3 solutions need not be executed on an industry-wide scale. A small Swiss brand has custom-built itself a blockchain as a ledger for traceability of its (...)

How TAG Heuer finds new aficionados through tech

How TAG Heuer finds new aficionados through tech

CASE STUDY

Accepting crypto-currencies or launching NFT-enabled watches is just the beginning for tech-savvy CEO Frédéric Arnault, who wants to make TAG Heuer the (...)

Reset: how five watch brands made a successful comeback

Reset: how five watch brands made a successful comeback

STRATEGY

Recently, we have seen a sometimes spectacular renaissance of watch brands and companies thought – for a variety of reasons – to be in decline or on the (...)

Charles Zuber: a creative legacy continued

Charles Zuber: a creative legacy continued

A highly regarded watch and jewellery designer, Charles Zuber left an immense creative legacy that a group of business associates want to bring to light. (...)

Hedging against crypto uncertainty

Hedging against crypto uncertainty

With market crashes and the dramatic downfall of exchange giant FTX dominating the headlines, 2022 ended with the crypto world in chaos. So, are brands and (...)

The metaverse: is it right for the watch world?

The metaverse: is it right for the watch world?

With the metaverse forecast by analysts to generate US$5 trillion in consumer and enterprise value by 2030, its potential seems too big to ignore, and (...)

Web3: dream or delusion?

Web3: dream or delusion?

EDITORIAL

The new version of the internet that we’re told will be immersive and decentralised, encompasses such a broad range of realities (or “virtualities”, perhaps) (...)

Bremont is set to resurrect British watch manufacturing

Bremont is set to resurrect British watch manufacturing

After a 50-year hiatus, Bremont’s H1 Generation heralds a new dawn for industrial-scale British watchmaking. Managing Director Chris Reynolds gets down to (...)

The Swiss Hour: serving the Swiss watch ecosystem

The Swiss Hour: serving the Swiss watch ecosystem

Watch clubs are springing up worldwide, from the US to Singapore, Dubai and Switzerland, where Thomas Campion has launched The Swiss Hour for the country’s (...)

Maison Alcée: time out in a non-stop world

Maison Alcée: time out in a non-stop world

In a world where our senses are constantly on alert, Maison Alcée came about through its founder’s belief - a young French woman with experience in the watch (...)

A retailer provides free parking to an entire town

A retailer provides free parking to an entire town

PORTRAIT

Ahee Jewelers, a multi-generational retailer based near Detroit in the United States, decided to offer free parking for two months to residents of its (...)

Bucherer acquires leading Danish retailer Klarlund

Bucherer acquires leading Danish retailer Klarlund

With the acquisition, the Swiss luxury retailer takes over the two boutiques and the service center of the Danish company and as such, gains access to new (...)

Jewellery magic in the air

Jewellery magic in the air

PORTRAITS

Young jewellers exhibiting at GemGenève, Geneva’s international gem and jewellery show, presented collections that are rich in imagination and seemingly (...)

Seiko's new studio begins operation in the heart of Ginza

Seiko’s new studio begins operation in the heart of Ginza

The studio is located in the heart of the Ginza district in Tokyo, where the company was founded in 1881. Here, some of the finest designers, craftsmen, (...)