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Israel: in search of a new direction

Israel: in search of a new direction

TRAVEL NOTES 🇮🇱 ISRAEL

In their narrow local market, Israeli retailers are counting on the rise of tourism to boost watch sales. Geopolitical tensions however jeopardise this (...)

Eberhard & Co.: “Today, it's all about local events”

Eberhard & Co.: “Today, it’s all about local events”

With 400 points of sale throughout the world and 16,000 watches produced per year, the Swiss watch house, with its mechanical, automotive Italian spirit, (...)

Swatch Group leaves Baselworld

Swatch Group leaves Baselworld

BREAKING NEWS

The world’s leading watch group leaves the world’s leading watch fair. Nick Hayek’s announcement raises the burning question of the future of specialised (...)

How to fix this Messe

How to fix this Messe

BASELWORLD

Following the departure of the Swatch Group, the vultures are circling over Baselworld. Located in a capital of art, the show may, however, find salvation (...)

Auctions: independent dominance explained

Auctions: independent dominance explained

VINTAGEMANIA

The most recent sales in Geneva have once again demonstrated the overwhelming supremacy of Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet. Why have collectors (...)

Earthquake in Basel

Earthquake in Basel

Nick Hayek has announced that the Swatch Group is withdrawing from Baselworld 2019. Will the global trade fair ever recover?

Swatch Group: first half-year report infographics

Swatch Group: first half-year report infographics

DATA

The Swatch Group first half-year report 2018 is out and may be downloaded here. You can find some key figures in our special infographics here (...)

A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall

A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Max Büsser has found new Friends in the world’s largest shopping mall, located in the United Arab Emirates. The watchmaker who continues to follow his (...)

India's luxury watch market, a complex case

India’s luxury watch market, a complex case

ANALYSIS

While 2017 was a year focused on absorbing the shock of “demonetisation” in India – as the government suddenly withdrew more than two-thirds of the country’s (...)

Interview with Adrian Bosshard, CEO of Certina

Interview with Adrian Bosshard, CEO of Certina

Rather discreet in comparison with the heavyweights of the Swatch Group, the brand with the turtle logo is appreciated in northern and eastern Europe for (...)

What do we actually know about Shinola?

What do we actually know about Shinola?

TRAVEL NOTES 🇺🇸 DETROIT

The adventure continues! We’re still in Detroit, the American city determined to rise from the industrial ashes. At Shinola, they produce watches, bikes (...)

What the heck does that damn consumer want?

What the heck does that damn consumer want?

THE MYTHS OF COMMERCE (PART 1/5)

We are at a turning point in the history of retail. Many youngsters propose new models they deem “customer-focused” in the digital age. But their focus has (...)

Business is booming for Dallas retailer Timeless

Business is booming for Dallas retailer Timeless

TRAVEL NOTES 🇺🇸 TEXAS

Cruising along thanks to industry, farming and oil, the Texan capital is morphing into a choice destination for watch buyers. One retailer is doing (...)

Merci: the trendy Paris watchmakers

Merci: the trendy Paris watchmakers

FRANCE

The LMM-01 designed by Paris boutique Merci soon gained an illustrious customer – the president of France, Emmanuel Macron. No doubt he saw something of (...)

Interview with Thomas Meier, Glashütte Original

Interview with Thomas Meier, Glashütte Original

“THE GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR IDENTITY CLEAR”

The Swatch Group’s German brand is seeking to get back into the global watchmaking spotlight with models that are a bit out of the ordinary. Europa Star met (...)

Interview with Franz Linder, CEO of Mido

Interview with Franz Linder, CEO of Mido

“WE’RE EXPLORING ALL THE POSSIBILITIES E-COMMERCE OFFERS”

The brand with the Spanish name (“I measure”) came into being exactly one century ago, in 1918. Historically well-established in Latin America, the Swatch (...)

Interview with Laurent Perves, Vacheron Constantin

Interview with Laurent Perves, Vacheron Constantin

ARCADE EUROPA STAR

Vacheron Constantin’s launch of the Fiftysix line at the latest SIHH had its name on everyone’s lips. This coincided with a generational change at the helm (...)

Great Britain: a horological superpower for 200 years

Great Britain: a horological superpower for 200 years

GUEST COLUMN

For about 200 years before the 20th century, Great Britain boasted undisputed supremacy of watchmaking, thanks to the British Empire’s global maritime (...)

Interview with Christian Lattmann, CEO of Jaquet Droz

Interview with Christian Lattmann, CEO of Jaquet Droz

On the occasion of its 280th anniversary, Jaquet Droz is stepping up its contemporary exploration of historical luxury watchmaking, and focusing on one (...)

New materials: genuine progress or marketing hype?

New materials: genuine progress or marketing hype?

EDITORIAL

Suddenly, an anxiety installs: and if the multiples announcements about new materials, particular applied for watch casing, constituted actually a watch (...)