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Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030: two years of actions

Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030: two years of actions

It has only been two years since the actual creation of the Watch and Jewellery Initiative 2030 (WJI 2030), announced at Watches and Wonders in 2022, but (...)

The Watch Book: Hanhart and the German Watch Industry out now

The Watch Book: Hanhart and the German Watch Industry out now

The 224-page book marks a milestone in the German brand’s history. None other than Gisbert L. Brunner has dedicated himself to the subject. An incredibly (...)

How Breitling creates value through sustainability

How Breitling creates value through sustainability

CASE STUDY

For many companies, a full-fledged sustainability approach to business is synonymous with constraints and costs. And indeed, implementing a truthful (...)

Patek Philippe: Operation Cubitus

Patek Philippe: Operation Cubitus

Evening. October 17, 2024. The outskirts of Munich. Thierry Stern stands on a metal walkway inside a former power station that is now a cultural and events (...)

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The peculiar case of the watch brand relaunch

In an industry that values heritage and tradition, relaunching a dormant brand is common practice. Europa Star looks at Favre Leuba and Universal Genève, (...)

Nuclear apocalypse or AI apocalypse?

Nuclear apocalypse or AI apocalypse?

IMD Business School in Lausanne has launched the AI Safety Clock. Its job is to alert the world to the potential dangers of uncontrolled artificial general (...)

Richard Mille partners with MoMA to champion artistic innovation

Richard Mille partners with MoMA to champion artistic innovation

The brand has announced a multi-year partnership with The Museum of Modern Art in New York to support a series of contemporary programs. It launches with (...)

Watch auction: the long perspective

Watch auction: the long perspective

DATA

With their watch archives going back almost a century, the Europa Star team asked us to find the oldest data we have at EveryWatch on watch auctions. Here (...)

Reviving Europa Star's “Letter from Italy”

Reviving Europa Star’s “Letter from Italy”

More than a decade ago, Paolo De Vecchi penned the final instalment of his “Letter from Italy” series for Europa Star. While it’s no easy task to follow in (...)

Watch collecting in the Philippines

Watch collecting in the Philippines

Admittedly a minor market for Swiss watches but with galloping demographics: Europa Star reports from the Philippines. A leading observer of the region, (...)

Wanderlust

Wanderlust

EDITORIAL

In our latest issue, we’re inviting you on a world tour, to meet watchmakers who are practising their art, plying their trade, inventing, innovating and (...)

At Eberhard & Co, the time is right for the third generation

At Eberhard & Co, the time is right for the third generation

Ginevra Ripamonti takes on the role of Marketing Coordinator for Eberhard & Co.’s new markets, with a view to strenghten the brand’s global (...)

Longines and the equestrian world – elegant affinities

Longines and the equestrian world – elegant affinities

INTERVIEW

In the grandstands for the Longines League of Nations showjumping competition, VP Marketing Bernardo Tribolet talked about the Swiss brand’s sports timing (...)

Gerald Charles' Federico Ziviani wins Forbes Under 30 award

Gerald Charles’ Federico Ziviani wins Forbes Under 30 award

At just 29, Federico Ziviani is at the helm of Gerald Charles and represents a new generation of talent shaping the future of Swiss (...)

Geneva Watch Days 2025: All you need to know

Geneva Watch Days 2025: All you need to know

Jean-Christophe Babin, President of Geneva Watch Days, confirms the fair is to become a permanent fixture in the industry calendar, citing its (...)

Laurent Perves appointed new CEO of Vacheron Constantin

Laurent Perves appointed new CEO of Vacheron Constantin

Laurent Perves has been appointed as the Maison CEO, effective 1st January 2025, succeeding Louis Ferla with whom he worked closely for the past 8 (...)

Epos, against the grain

Epos, against the grain

As the quartz crisis raged, Epos was founded as a brand making only mechanical watches. Today, in a luxury-dominated space, it refuses to move upmarket, (...)

Bulgari opens doors to renovated manufacture

Bulgari opens doors to renovated manufacture

Nestled in the Jura Mountains, the facility is home to the production of dials and cases for the brand, serving as an essential pillar of its watchmaking (...)

Edox: “We built the brand back from almost nothing”

GENERATIONS REPORT

Founded in 1884, Edox was a thriving concern that fell victim to the quartz crisis. The family that bought the brand, a century after it was established, (...)

On the difficulties of waking a sleeping beauty: the case of Léon Hatot

On the difficulties of waking a sleeping beauty: the case of Léon Hatot

GUEST COLUMN

In an industry that values history and heritage, there is great temptation to revive old names, as recent examples have shown. The Europa Star archives are (...)

From here to eternity: the GPHG rewards IWC's eternal calendar

From here to eternity: the GPHG rewards IWC’s eternal calendar

Christoph Grainger-Herr, IWC Chief Executive, stepped onto the stage at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, visibly moved. While the Schaffhausen brand is (...)

Hypercars on the fast track

Hypercars on the fast track

Does your sports car lack bite? Do driving regulations cramp your style? Don’t worry: the car manufacturers have the solution. Welcome to the world of cars (...)

Watches as investments: a narrative in decline

Watches as investments: a narrative in decline

Once pitched as high-yield alternative assets, watches are no longer hailed as secure investments. As easy profits fade, the industry must rekindle (...)

A preview of Van Ham's November watch auction

A preview of Van Ham’s November watch auction

The Cologne-based auction house’s upcoming sale is featuring stars from the world of watches. Headlining is Ulysse Nardin’s Astrolabe Galileo Galilei, which (...)