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EUROPA STAR ARCADE: Sascha Moeri - Carl F. Bucherer

EUROPA STAR ARCADE: Sascha Moeri - Carl F. Bucherer

Sascha Moeri, CEO of Carl F. Bucherer, on his brand philosophy, relations with the distribution networks and growing in a period of economic (...)

WATCH EXPORT 2015: The Slowdown is Easier at the Top, but the Happy Few are Inceasingly Scarce

WATCH EXPORT 2015: The Slowdown is Easier at the Top, but the Happy Few are Inceasingly Scarce

In 2015, for the first time, watches priced at over CHF 15,000 (over CHF 35,000 retail price) constituted the biggest export category in terms of value. (...)

SIHH 2016 AND THE PRICE DICHOTOMY

SIHH 2016 AND THE PRICE DICHOTOMY

As the big day approached, everyone was saying the 2016 SIHH would bring a ‘moment of truth’ about the climate of the watchmaking industry. But, as is the (...)

WATCHES - SIGNALS

WATCHES - SIGNALS

A column featuring key data and business facts, mixing numbers and statements for a condensed market overview.

Girard-Perregaux - Antonio Calce: “Let's show them what we're made of

Girard-Perregaux - Antonio Calce: “Let’s show them what we’re made of

Just over a year ago, Antonio Calce was appointed CEO of Girard-Perregaux, after a career that included managing Corum for seven years before being edged (...)

ANNIVERSARY: Raymond Weil - 40 years of family independence

ANNIVERSARY: Raymond Weil - 40 years of family independence

Raymond Weil is one of the rare Swiss watch brands to have remained a family concern. The Geneva-based company, now in the hands of the family’s 3rd (...)

ANNIVERSARY: Century - Half a century in sapphire

ANNIVERSARY: Century - Half a century in sapphire

For 50 years the family company Century has specialised in producing elegant jewellery watches, calling upon an exceptional material, sapphire, whose (...)

ANNIVERSARY: Ernest Borel - A 160-year romance

ANNIVERSARY: Ernest Borel - A 160-year romance

This ‘romantic’ brand with a strong client base in China, known for its logo of a dancing couple, is now hoping to revive the spark with its old flames in (...)

ANNIVERSARY: Rudis Sylva - Ten years to preserve three centuries

ANNIVERSARY: Rudis Sylva - Ten years to preserve three centuries

Founded in 2006 with the aim of preserving the artisanal expertise of the Franches Montagnes, which was in danger of dying out, the brand based in the Jura (...)

2015 results for the French watch market

2015 results for the French watch market

INTERVIEW

Lower volumes but higher values: the French market holds a mirror to global trends, with a few Gallic peculiarities, such as the importance of the Asian (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / In the watch aisle of Les Galeries Lafayette: interview with Daphné Barré de Jenlis

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / In the watch aisle of Les Galeries Lafayette: interview with Daphné Barré de Jenlis

In addition to its Parisian department store, the company owns France’s largest watch distribution network Louis Pion as well as Royal Quartz, a leading (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Yvan Arpa - ArtyA: The spirit of Bushido

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Yvan Arpa - ArtyA: The spirit of Bushido

He is known as the White Wolf. Feared by some, admired by many, hated by a few, Yvan Arpa, the founder of ArtyA, one of the most ground-breaking watch (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Laurent Katz - Pequignet: The last bastion of made in France-

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Laurent Katz - Pequignet: The last bastion of made in France-

A manufacture of indomitable Gauls is still holding back the invading hordes. While all the major Parisian fashion houses have opted for Swiss made, (...)

LAKIN@LARGE - Europa Star: A Zest for Bargains

LAKIN@LARGE - Europa Star: A Zest for Bargains

One of the world’s great bargains is the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. For 30 Swiss centimes (HK$ 2.50) you can take the ferry from Wan Chai to Kowloon, or vice (...)

THE WATCH INDUSTRY IS NOT A WORLD APART

THE WATCH INDUSTRY IS NOT A WORLD APART

Many watch industry leaders like to believe, or to have others believe, that the health of watchmaking is intimately linked to factors over which it has no (...)

SIHH Innovation- PIAGET'S MECHANICAL-QUARTZ HYBRID

SIHH Innovation- PIAGET’S MECHANICAL-QUARTZ HYBRID

We thought the Swiss had abandoned that avenue forever. But no, the mechanical-quartz hybrid is back, right where you’d least expect it. And its (...)

SIHH GALLERY

SIHH GALLERY

Audemars Piguet, Cartier, H. Moser & Cie, Jaeger-LeCoultre, MB&F, Montblanc, Officine Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Richard Mille, Urwerk, Vacheron (...)

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - 2016 LUXURY INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - 2016 LUXURY INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS

2015 was a transformative year for the luxury industry across the globe, as new technologies, digital advances, currencies, wealth, media & marketing (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Jean Depéry - EMILE CHOURIET: Return to the Roots

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Jean Depéry - EMILE CHOURIET: Return to the Roots

The Geneva-based brand bet on the right horse from the start, producing Swiss made models for the Middle Kingdom. But as the Chinese juggernaut shows signs (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Benoît Mintiens - RESSENCE: Organic Horology

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Benoît Mintiens - RESSENCE: Organic Horology

The Belgian brand, which has just introduced its third model, is quite unlike anything else you might have seen. Its biomimetic hands-free design (...)