LETTER FROM CHINA - ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN: reprimand or bluff?

LETTER FROM CHINA - ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN: reprimand or bluff?

January 2014
In November 2012, China’s new government launched an anti-corruption campaign. And this “good conduct” supposedly has a negative impact on sales of luxury (…)

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE MOST DESIRED LUXURY WATCH BRANDS IN SWITZERLAND – Insights from the WorldWatchReport™ 2013

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE MOST DESIRED LUXURY WATCH BRANDS IN SWITZERLAND – Insights from the WorldWatchReport™ 2013

January 2014
A lot is written about the performance of Swiss luxury watches in markets such as China and the US but what about their performance at home? How do Swiss (…)

Omega opens new store in winter wonderland St. Moritz

Omega opens new store in winter wonderland St. Moritz

December 2013
Omega opened its eighth boutique in Switzerland on 12 December in the ski resort of St. Moritz. The 40-square-metre store on Via Serlas is the second one to (…)

Harry Winston opens new “salon” in Geneva

Harry Winston opens new “salon” in Geneva

December 2013
Harry Winston has opened a new retail outlet in Geneva, Switzerland, at 42 Rue du Rhone. The new 4,768 square-foot “salon” will showcase the breadth of (…)

Uhr-Kraft opens flagship store in Essen, Germany

Uhr-Kraft opens flagship store in Essen, Germany

December 2013
German watch brand Uhr-Kraft, based in Essen-Kettwig in the north of Germany, has opened a flagship store in the brand’s home town.

RETAILER PROFILE - ZAKAA BOUTIQUES are revolutionising retail in Nigeria

RETAILER PROFILE - ZAKAA BOUTIQUES are revolutionising retail in Nigeria

December 2013
Aderemi Ajidahun, CEO of Hole19 Group and Zakaa retail stores, is determined to change the way Nigerians purchase fine watches. The culture before he opened (…)

Omega opens re-located and renovated historic flagship boutique in Zurich

Omega opens re-located and renovated historic flagship boutique in Zurich

December 2013
Exactly thirteen years after the grand opening of Omega’s first monobrand boutique, the brand opens its doors to a completely renovated store at a new (…)

Glashütte Original & Jaquet Droz Open Shared Boutique in Geneva

Glashütte Original & Jaquet Droz Open Shared Boutique in Geneva

November 2013
Since Wednesday November 27, 2013, the Swatch Group brands Glashütte Original and Jaquet Droz are represented here by a single shared boutique. In close (…)

ARTS & CRAFTS - Damascus steel by GOS WATCHES

ARTS & CRAFTS - Damascus steel by GOS WATCHES

November 2013
As we noted earlier this year in our report on Scandinavian watch brands, GoS Watches is the Swedish partnership between bladesmith Johan Gustafsson and (…)

Carl F. Bucherer joins forces with Cortina Watch Thailand

Carl F. Bucherer joins forces with Cortina Watch Thailand

November 2013
Carl F. Bucherer concludes a new distribution agreement with Cortina Watch in Thailand. This partnership will help the Lucerne watchmaker to further (…)

ARTS & CRAFTS - ANGULAR MOMENTUM & MANU PROPRIA the capital difference

ARTS & CRAFTS - ANGULAR MOMENTUM & MANU PROPRIA the capital difference

November 2013
The outskirts of Switzerland’s capital city of Bern are an unlikely place to find one of the country’s unsung heroes of the métiers d’art, but it is here, (…)

Grand Reopening of the Cartier Boutique in Geneva

Grand Reopening of the Cartier Boutique in Geneva

November 2013
Exclusive jewellery and grand watchmaking tradition come together at this cosmopolitan address housing the Cartier boutique, Cartier Tradition restoration (…)