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HourUniverse will take place in summer 2021 at the earliest

HourUniverse will take place in summer 2021 at the earliest

While new dates have not yet been communicated, HourUniverse remains committed to organising an event this year. Summer 2021 is currently targeted as the (...)

China: what is at stake for luxury watchmaking in Hainan?

China: what is at stake for luxury watchmaking in Hainan?

MARKETS

The rise of Hainan, the tropical island in the South China Sea, as a hub for Chinese mainlanders’ luxury offshore shopping – in the works since 2011 – has (...)

Greubel Forsey: envisioning the future

Greubel Forsey: envisioning the future

INTERVIEW

Antonio Calce, the new man at the helm of Greubel Forsey, has been tasked with ensuring the long-term development of the brand at the top end of the luxury (...)

TAG Heuer x Porsche: the launch of an ambitious global partnership

TAG Heuer x Porsche: the launch of an ambitious global partnership

Fueled by a common history with innovation and motor racing at its core, TAG Heuer and Porsche join forces to unveil an extensive collaboration that aims (...)

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Phillips Watches: “Most successful year ever” in 2020

Phillips Watches: “Most successful year ever” in 2020

AUCTIONS

The auction house’s horological division declared an annual result of over US$133 million, up 20% from 2019. This result is also “a record for the highest (...)

Watchmaking and the environment: on the front line

Watchmaking and the environment: on the front line

INNOVATION

Future customers will necessarily be more attentive to the environmental impact of their purchases. A few established watch brands stand out for their (...)

Watches and Wonders 2021: dates and participating brands

Watches and Wonders 2021: dates and participating brands

Some forty leading brands will be present, April 7-13, on a newly enhanced digital platform. It will be followed a few days later, by the Watches and (...)

Watch Angels: a watch incubator is born

Watch Angels: a watch incubator is born

INDUSTRY

We are witnessing the emergence of a new category in the watch industry. The “incubation workshop” is neither licensing nor crowdfunding; it takes (...)

The Gübelin Academy launches an online course

The Gübelin Academy launches an online course

Starting immediately, gem aficionados can deepen their knowledge online with the Gübelin Academy - anywhere and at any time. The new online course (...)

Louis Erard to launch a blockchain-powered loyalty programme

Louis Erard to launch a blockchain-powered loyalty programme

INNOVATION

The new loyalty programme, designed in cooperation between Louis Erard and Qiibee, comes with an ad hoc branded web application, for all fans to track (...)

Initium: the time is right for home watch assembly

Initium: the time is right for home watch assembly

HOROLOGICAL WORKSHOPS

The events sector has been badly affected by the pandemic. A Swiss company that specialises in running introductory watchmaking workshops, Initium, is (...)

The five most sought-after watches online

The five most sought-after watches online

STUDY

In November 2020, Watchfinder & Co. released a 12-month study of Google data to identify the world’s most sought-after luxury timepieces – representing (...)

Presenting the “sculptors of light”

Presenting the “sculptors of light”

INNOVATION

Start-up Rayform, a spin-off from the EPFL, has patented a method for projecting messages from every conceivable surface, from the crown of a watch to a (...)

Watchfinder & Co.: why e-commerce still values physical stores

Watchfinder & Co.: why e-commerce still values physical stores

INTERVIEW

In the midst of the pandemic, the platform specialising in pre-owned watches has just opened two physical stores, in Paris and Geneva. It is also (...)

Swiss watchmaking: the workforce has contracted by 3%

Swiss watchmaking: the workforce has contracted by 3%

EMPLOYMENT

At the end of September 2020, the workforce in the Swiss watch industry stood at 57,550 workers, a reduction of 1,553 jobs (-2.6%) compared with the (...)

Fogged up

Fogged up

EDITORIAL

We’re all of us, all fogged up. Literally, because wearing a mask makes your glasses steam up, and metaphorically because the horizon is looking very murky (...)

Watch enthusiasts always find each other

Watch enthusiasts always find each other

TESTIMONIALS

Some of them have been active for two centuries, others just since last year; horological societies, associations and clubs feed the global watchmaking (...)

Kross Studio: a story of resilience in the midst of chaos

Kross Studio: a story of resilience in the midst of chaos

INTERVIEW

The former managers of RJ Watches (Romain Jerome), which shuttered its operations at the beginning of the year, have just launched a new design studio. In (...)

SIHS: the “Red Cross” of watch industry suppliers

SIHS: the “Red Cross” of watch industry suppliers

PORTRAIT

Founded in August 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, SIHS – the French acronym for Subcontractors to the Swiss Watch Industry – is the first non-profit (...)

Watch retailers: strategies for dealing with the pandemic

Watch retailers: strategies for dealing with the pandemic

REPORT

With international travel halted, the absence of tourist customers has been keenly felt by the watch retail trade. Without this category of buyers, many (...)

The Carlyle Group to acquire Acrotec

The Carlyle Group to acquire Acrotec

INDUSTRY

The Carlyle Group, the US private equity giant, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Acrotec Group. The transaction is subject to (...)

Acrotec: vertical integration in the supply sector

Acrotec: vertical integration in the supply sector

INDUSTRY

Acrotec is probably one of the most important players in the watch supply industry. Operating in the watchmaking, medtech and precision high-tech sectors, (...)

Collecting watches: a meeting with Lung Lung Thun

Collecting watches: a meeting with Lung Lung Thun

INTERVIEW

Watch collecting is often synonymous with men, and yet there is a growing contingent of female collectors who are actively involved in horology. Lung Lung (...)

A decade lost, or a decade won for watchmaking?

A decade lost, or a decade won for watchmaking?

EDITORIAL

The watch industry is going through its sharpest decline ever recorded over the last 80 years. How to make a “lost decade for watchmaking” a decade won in (...)