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Market Focus Germany: Hesitating – Selling Luxury in Hard Times

Market Focus Germany: Hesitating – Selling Luxury in Hard Times

PART 1

In autumn of 2005, the Federal Republic of Germany was at a turning point. However, many people refuse to recognize the current serious situation (...)

It's Carnevale time

It’s Carnevale time

As Michel Benetar, Façonnable’s watch designer and Director, zooms off on yet another promotional tour, he takes time out to tell us (...)

Japy, the cloning of an illustrious ancestor

Japy, the cloning of an illustrious ancestor

The bride should be introduced at the next edition of the BaselWorld show in the spring… or rather the groom, since this is a masculine watch, made (...)

Faces that make watches tick

Faces that make watches tick

Referred to by the rather imperial title of ‘ambassadors’, many of today’s superstars of cinema, sports and the arts are seconded by watch companies (...)

Baume & Mercier turns the page

Baume & Mercier turns the page

With its new watch collections and a new advertising campaign, Michel Nieto has rejuvinated the brand’s image. “We had to turn the page, there were (...)

WorldWatchReport.com

WorldWatchReport.com

IC-Agency has just published its latest World Watch Report May-November 2005 analyzing the Internet performances of 12 Swiss watch (...)

Cirina, Eridana and … Milus

Cirina, Eridana and … Milus

Unadulterated luxury with a seductive allure, the latest watches from Milus underline the brand’s dedication to creating harmonious and elegant (...)

Unite for the Long-Term

Unite for the Long-Term

The guru of the Richemont group’s watch division, Doctor Franco Cologni, has just made a few ripples in the sea of watchmaking, by creating the (...)

LAKIN@LARGE - Talking turkey

LAKIN@LARGE - Talking turkey

My original thought for Europa Star’s last printed page in 2005 was to talk about the rape, theft, butchery, murder and forgery that has become (...)

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 3

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 3

Hong Kong is a shopper’s paradise. Shops seem to stay open just as long as there are shoppers prepared to make a purchase.

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 2

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 2

Approximately 75% to 80% of Hong Kong’s exports are produced on the OEM or private label system...

Is it a Watch? Is it Jewellery? Does it Tell the Time? … Does it Matter?

Is it a Watch? Is it Jewellery? Does it Tell the Time? … Does it Matter?

It’s that time of the year again!

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 1

Market Focus Hong Kong...A Moveable Feast: Part 1

Occupied by the British in 1841, China ceded Hong Kong to them the following year with adjacent lands added later during the (...)

Hong Kong manufacturers slowly move up-market

Hong Kong manufacturers slowly move up-market

More than 16,000 buyers visited this year’s Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair.

‘Time is a luxury – so why hide it?'

‘Time is a luxury – so why hide it?’

The new Dior collection, Christal, designed by John Galliano the highly flamboyant couture celebrity, has the ‘…feel of a gentleman’s watch, (...)

Letter from Italy: The need to redefine “luxury”

Letter from Italy: The need to redefine “luxury”

Recently, we have been hearing more and more being said and written about “luxury”. It must be a sign.

Rolex practises evolution not revolution

Rolex practises evolution not revolution

Rolex revolutionized watchmaking with the Rolex Oyster in 1926 and assured its place in history a year later when Mercedes Gleitze swam across the English (...)

Letter from Germany: ‘Second Leg' to Preserve Tradition

Letter from Germany: ‘Second Leg’ to Preserve Tradition

A little more than two years after the celebration of the 125th anniversary of Wempe, the only German jeweller of international rank, another (...)

Letter from France: The watch – A Fashion Accessory

Letter from France: The watch – A Fashion Accessory

Is a microwave oven a watch? Is a cellular telephone a watch? Is a key ring a watch? Watchmakers are asking themselves these questions, especially in (...)

In a word… Elegance

In a word… Elegance

The segmentation of the watch market is the backdrop for a silent battle of words: “Glamour,” “Luxury,” “Prestige,” or “Class,” among (...)