The SIHH, which this year celebrated its twentieth anniversary, is a victim of its own success, attracting an increasing fleet of hangers-on around the (...)

On 23 October 2014, a rare example of the Celsius LeDIX portable phone went up for auction by Maître Dufrèche in Besançon (France). “After a frenzied auction (...)

In 2002, a little over twelve years ago, Michael Vogt, a marketing executive who had previously worked alongside Christian Viros at TAG Heuer, launched his (...)

Europa Star recently spent some time with Julie Laulusa, an astute and knowledgeable executive from the Mazars consulting group. She shed some light on the (...)

The issue of after-sales service is more relevant than ever. Each year, almost 30 million Swiss watches – including around 6 million mechanical watches – (...)

The year 2014 came to a close in a more difficult context for the Swiss watch industry, however exports by the sector continued to grow. The annual result (...)

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The dark and the light. Man has defined them as ‘evil’ and ‘good’. Remember how the bad cowboy always wore black and the good guy white? Black has often been (...)

Tissot is planning to launch a smartwatch that will be very different from current Apple and Samsung products. Interview with director François (...)

As we approach this year’s SIHH, Europa Star looks back at the origins of the ladies’ watch. There follows a selection of past ladies’ models from brands that (...)