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How China fell in love with watchmaking

How China fell in love with watchmaking

HISTORY

How did the watch achieve such an exalted status in China? The answer also raises some questions about the future of what has become a highly symbolic (...)

Our special report in China

Our special report in China

EDITORIAL

What explains the country’s “watch fever” over the last two decades? In our new issue’s feature on China, we attempt to provide keys to understanding the main (...)

Report on unrest in Hong Kong

Report on unrest in Hong Kong

DEMONSTRATIONS

Since the beginning of the year, we’ve heard nothing but bad news from the watchmaking metropolis, the historic hub of Swiss watches in Asia. The trade (...)

Pilo & Co: a case study in China

Pilo & Co: a case study in China

PORTRAIT

Active in the challenging segment of affordable Swiss watches – unlike the majority of independent watchmakers, who go for the high end – the brand founded (...)

Meeting the Shanghai Watch Gang

Meeting the Shanghai Watch Gang

COLLECTORS

Think RedBar meets “Crazy Rich Asians”. The Shanghai Watch Gang is based in the most promising market in the world for luxury watches. And they are at the (...)

Introducing the Shanghai Watch Festival

Introducing the Shanghai Watch Festival

CHINA

Organized for its second edition by a group of Chinese collectors, the event will take place over three days in December 2019. It provides watch brands (...)

The 38th Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair

The 38th Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair

3-7 SEPTEMBER 2019

The HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair and the concurrent Salon de TE will be open during 3-7 September 2019 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition (...)

An introduction to the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair

An introduction to the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair

The 37th edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong Watch&Clock Fair kicks off at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on September 4 and will (...)

Surprise! Most people in Hong Kong don't care about watches…

Surprise! Most people in Hong Kong don’t care about watches…

GUEST COLUMN

The founder of the online retail platform for independent watch brands Skolorr, Sky Sit shares with our readers her vision of the industry. This first (...)

Time measurement in imperial China

Time measurement in imperial China

HISTORY

According to legend (even though writing was not invented until 1800 years later), Chinese astronomy is thought to date from the 61st year of Huangdi’s (...)

Farfetch: the online retail giant targets China

Farfetch: the online retail giant targets China

AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSÉ NEVES

Currently the largest online luxury fashion retail platform in the world, Farfetch has been revolutionising the online luxury shopping experience since its (...)

Japan: towards a revival?

Japan: towards a revival?

2017

In 2017, Japan’s watch market showed some very interesting trends. Following the return of tourists from greater China, inbound demand is showing a gradual (...)

One billion watches produced in China

One billion watches produced in China

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

My interlocutor is the honourable Mr Shunhua Zhu (朱舜华), co-founder of the Shenzhen Watch & Clock Fair and a member of the Horologe Association since (...)

Longines, an empire in China

Longines, an empire in China

CASE STUDY

Like a cruise ship, moving forward slowly but surely, the world’s fourth-largest brand - underexposed in the Western media in comparison with its real (...)

China, the horizon brightens

China, the horizon brightens

2017: +19.6%

The watch market of the Far Eastern giant should be worth 10 billion euros by 2020. The rush on China is far from over... Or, rather, the rush of the (...)

Beijing Watch Factory and FIYTA join forces

Beijing Watch Factory and FIYTA join forces

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

The “Beijing” and Fiyta signed a partnership agreement in October 2016 that could spawn the very best of Chinese watchmaking. An interview with the new (...)

The rise of the second-hand watch in China

The rise of the second-hand watch in China

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

It is hardly surprising to hear that watch auction sales are particularly buoyant at the moment compared with modern watches, when a single vintage watch (...)

China: trying to earn watchmaking credentials

China: trying to earn watchmaking credentials

FAR EAST TRAVEL JOURNAL

Faced with the difficulties of the Swiss luxury manufacturers and their high prices, and encouraged by the new Chinese patriotism, some local companies are (...)

Chinese pride restored

Chinese pride restored

WATCH MARKETS

To understand the China-related upheaval that is affecting the watchmaking microcosm, we need to step backwards a pace to grasp the depth of the reforms (...)

Inside the world's “watchmaking factory”

Inside the world’s “watchmaking factory”

CHINA

It is next to Hong Kong, in Shenzhen, that we traditionally find producers of a very large proportion of the watches and components used in world (...)