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SMARTWATCHES: Watchmaking Federation Presidents Air Their Views

SMARTWATCHES: Watchmaking Federation Presidents Air Their Views

At the 33rd Hong Kong Clock & Watch Fair it was impossible to escape the ubiquitous smartwatch. The watchmaking world is asking: how do we categorise (...)

LETTER FROM CHINA - 25th Shenzhen Watch and Clock Fair “JE T'AIME, MOI NON PLUS...”

LETTER FROM CHINA - 25th Shenzhen Watch and Clock Fair “JE T’AIME, MOI NON PLUS...”

The 25th Shenzhen watch and clock fair was heavily coloured by the Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement. In the watchmaking sector particularly, the agreement (...)

Letter from China - CHINA WATCH MARKET in 2013, a zone of turbulence

Letter from China - CHINA WATCH MARKET in 2013, a zone of turbulence

After years of growth at over 40 per cent, the Chinese market started to lose steam in 2012 and took a nose dive in 2013. Is this the chronicle of a (...)

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

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

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 (...)

HONG KONG SHOW REPORT - Uncertain HORIZONS

HONG KONG SHOW REPORT - Uncertain HORIZONS

The Hong Kong Watch and Clock show is as much about selling as BaselWorld is about image. Whereas the buyers in Basel do their business inside the imposing (...)

Letter from China - THE 24TH SHENZHEN WATCH FAIR - Three in front and everyone else behind

Letter from China - THE 24TH SHENZHEN WATCH FAIR - Three in front and everyone else behind

For journalists, the fair starts with an entire day of listening to conferences. While the speakers may change each year, the theme is always the same: how (...)

Tian Wang – The famous stranger

Tian Wang – The famous stranger

It may have sold a million watches last year, but Tian Wang remains a discreet, almost secret, brand without history or any discernible image. Its (...)

China Report - The Most Sought-After Luxury Watch Brands by Chinese Consumers

China Report - The Most Sought-After Luxury Watch Brands by Chinese Consumers

In a long-time partnership with Europa Star, the leading watch industry magazine, and Luxury Society, the world’s largest community of luxury executives, (...)

Hong Kong: Synchronised slow-down

Hong Kong: Synchronised slow-down

At the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair Europa Star had the opportunity to talk to Mr Geoffrey Kao, Vice-Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Watch (...)

The Hong Kong Watch & Clock Show design competition

The Hong Kong Watch & Clock Show design competition

This year saw the 29th edition of the Hong Kong Watch & Clock design competition, which comprises open and student categories. We present the winners (...)

Hong Kong: Getting quieter on the eastern front

Hong Kong: Getting quieter on the eastern front

It is easy to underestimate Hong Kong’s importance in the global watch trade. Not only is the former British colony the biggest exporter of watch components (...)

The Prince of Hong Kong

The Prince of Hong Kong

To succeed in selling watches in Hong Kong, where the competition is more ferocious than anywhere else in the world, you must do more than just represent (...)

Hong Kong under the WorldWatchReport™ magnifying glass

Hong Kong under the WorldWatchReport™ magnifying glass

The report from the HKTDC Watch & Clock Fair in this issue is the perfect occasion for Digital Luxury Group, which has been monitoring the (...)

Small Swiss watchmakers set out to capture mainland China

Small Swiss watchmakers set out to capture mainland China

SWISS PAVILION — The Shenzhen Watch Fair is the new showcase for Chinese brands. Yet at the heart of main hall, a discreet luxury pavilion houses a dozen (...)

The Middle Kingdom counter attacks in Shenzhen

The Middle Kingdom counter attacks in Shenzhen

23rd China Watch & Clock Fair, Shenzhen

Europa Star’s Shanghai bureau has been scouring the aisles of the Shenzhen Watch and Clock Fair, “the Chinese BaselWorld” this week. We participated in an (...)

Highlights from the Walpole Summit: Luxury in Greater China

Highlights from the Walpole Summit: Luxury in Greater China

Europa Star’s partner DLG recently took part in the Walpole Summit, held in London last week, where the topic of discussion was Luxury in Greater (...)

The top 50 most searched-for brands in China

The top 50 most searched-for brands in China

In partnership with Luxury Society, the world’s largest community of luxury executives, Europa Star’s partner DLG has unveiled its first ranking of the top (...)

The online world of Chinese consumers: Insights for luxury brands from China Connect

The online world of Chinese consumers: Insights for luxury brands from China Connect

China Connect is one of Europe’s leading conferences on marketing and digital in China. DLG participated in the event, which took place in Paris at the end (...)

WorldWatchReport 2012: China overtakes, Omega closes in on Rolex and other key findings

WorldWatchReport 2012: China overtakes, Omega closes in on Rolex and other key findings

Since 2004, the WorldWatchReport™, published by the Digital Luxury Group in partnership with Europa Star, has provided the industry with an exclusive (...)

Sea-Gull's new factory

Sea-Gull’s new factory

The Chinese are like big kids, always in a hurry to build the framework of what we might call “Modern China”. With more or less competency, they produce (...)