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PRE-BASEL - TITONI, in China for over 50 years

PRE-BASEL - TITONI, in China for over 50 years

Titoni is one of the rare family-owned watch brands left in Switzerland. It was established nearly 100 years ago (it will celebrate its centenary in 2019) (...)

PRE-BASEL - RESSENCE, recapturing the essence of a watch

PRE-BASEL - RESSENCE, recapturing the essence of a watch

With the continuous flow of new movements and complications in high-end watchmaking, it’s easy to forget that the main function of a watch is to tell the (...)

PRE-BASEL - PILO & CO, the journey of an independent brand

The mid-range sector is suffering, caught between the hammer of the big brands, whose might has multiplied over the past decade, and the anvil of markets (...)

SERVICE, PLEASE! - Analysing CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR

SERVICE, PLEASE! - Analysing CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR

Each year, the international watch marketing days, organised by Kalust Zorik, co-founder of Switzerland’s Watchmaking Marketing Institute, allocate a day of (...)

RETAILER PROFILE - Retailer LIMITED EDITIONS

At the end of 2013, I went to a press conference at Geneva retailer Les Ambassadeurs where they announced the launch of their first collection of limited (...)

RETAILER PROFILE - DAKOTA WATCHES - Making a success in shopping malls

Dakota Watch Company started business in 1945, when Al Cooper leased counter space in department stores after World War II for servicing watches and other (...)

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE WORLDWATCHREPORT™ 2014 HAUTE HORLOGERIE PREVIEW

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE WORLDWATCHREPORT™ 2014 HAUTE HORLOGERIE PREVIEW

The preview of the Haute Horlogerie section of the WorldWatchReportTM 2014, which was presented by Europa Star’s Digital Partner, Digital Luxury Group, at (...)

Swiss watch exports in 2013

Swiss watch exports in 2013

Overall, 2013 was a good year for the Swiss watch industry. Exports attained a record level equivalent to 21.8 billion francs. This total exceeds by 400 (...)

Swatch Group - Key Figures for 2013

Swatch Group - Key Figures for 2013

With its 20 brands, the worldwide leader in the watch sector grew by a further 8.3%, generating record sales of CHF 8 817 million in 2013, despite the (...)

LVMH annual results - excellent performance in 2013

LVMH annual results - excellent performance in 2013

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton recorded a revenue of €29.1 billion in 2013, an increase of 4% over the previous year. Organic revenue growth was 8%. The (...)

Richemont Trading Statement for the Third Quarter

Richemont Trading Statement for the Third Quarter

Ended 31 December 2013

The period’s performance reflected continuing demand for jewellery and watches, particularly through the Group’s retail channel. Compared to retail, slower (...)

JeanRichard arrives in Xi'an, China

JeanRichard arrives in Xi’an, China

JeanRichard celebrated the new year with a new presence at the Harmony World Watch Centre in Xi’an, China that was announced together with famous actor Xia (...)

Watch Industry in 2014: THE AIR is getting thinner

Watch Industry in 2014: THE AIR is getting thinner

Is it a strong signal, a simple symptom, an “industrial accident” or collateral damage? Whatever the verdict may be, the fact that the GTE (Geneva Time (...)

LAKIN@LARGE - MUSEUMS, CLOCKS, PLANES and a shirt

LAKIN@LARGE - MUSEUMS, CLOCKS, PLANES and a shirt

One of the problems of semi-retirement is that you have so much time to do things that there is a tendency to forget organisation with the result that, (...)

EUROPA STAR, the seismograph of the world's watch market

EUROPA STAR, the seismograph of the world’s watch market

Europa Star occupies a unique position in the galaxy of watchmaking media: that of the indispensable business magazine of reference. We speak to the entire (...)

SIHH 2014 - Form and function from CARTIER

SIHH 2014 - Form and function from CARTIER

It is perhaps because she was born into a family of watchmakers that Carole Forestier, head of fine watchmaking at Cartier, makes her team’s innovative (...)

SIHH 2014 - GREUBEL FORSEY, feet in tradition, head in invention

SIHH 2014 - GREUBEL FORSEY, feet in tradition, head in invention

In 2014, the Greubel Forsey manufacture officially celebrates 10 years of existence but Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have been working together for (...)

SIHH 2014 - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - An horological narrative

SIHH 2014 - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS - An horological narrative

The Poetic Complications of Van Cleef & Arpels are a unique example of an horological narrative. In order to achieve this, different kinds of complex (...)

SIHH 2014 - PIAGET and the constraints of size on the watch and the company

SIHH 2014 - PIAGET and the constraints of size on the watch and the company

Legitimacy is an important concept in fine watchmaking and the finer and older the brand, the more important the question of legitimacy becomes. Piaget has (...)

SIHH 2014 - PANERAI - Radiomir in the spotlight

SIHH 2014 - PANERAI - Radiomir in the spotlight

Officine Panerai is one of relatively few watch brands to offer timepieces whose power reserve is measured in days rather than hours. This is the legacy (...)