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Artificial Intelligence: the next big thing for the watch industry?

Artificial Intelligence: the next big thing for the watch industry?

INTERVIEW

Since the dramatic fall from grace of crypto and NFTs, attention has turned to artificial intelligence. But is AI just the latest in a long line of (...)

Garrick Watchmakers: the curious case of British High Horology

Garrick Watchmakers: the curious case of British High Horology

With a full order book for the next three years but a dedication to making hand-crafted watches in limited volumes, Garrick co-founder, David Brailsford, (...)

HSNY introduces three new financial aid opportunities for 2023

HSNY introduces three new financial aid opportunities for 2023

Honoring innovation in horology, watchmaking students & school watches: the Horological Society of New York (HSNY) is welcoming 2023 with three brand (...)

De Bethune takes majority stake in Reuge

De Bethune takes majority stake in Reuge

Together, the two Sainte-Croix-based companies will expand their technical vocabulary, developing synergies to accelerate the renewal of art mechanics. The (...)

Dubai Watch Week returns for its 6th edition

Dubai Watch Week returns for its 6th edition

Set to take place from 16th to 20th November 2023, the event will return with an immersive programme, further cementing its significance across the luxury (...)

At Hamilton, 40% of sales are online

At Hamilton, 40% of sales are online

INTERVIEW

The Swiss brand with American roots celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2022 with a slew of special watches, from the Railroad to the Murph. What are CEO (...)

Fears Watch Company: renewing a 177-year family business

Fears Watch Company: renewing a 177-year family business

Once the largest watch manufacturer in the West of England, the British firm has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes since 2016. After fading into oblivion (...)

Books: Timepieces: A Lifelong Love and Passion

Books: Timepieces: A Lifelong Love and Passion

After a career in hospitality, finance and energy, six years ago Laurent Martinez decided to turn his passion for watches into a full-time occupation. And (...)

The Tempus Fugit project: time flies with no return

The Tempus Fugit project: time flies with no return

As everyone knows, but tries not to think about, our time will one day run out. That is written into our DNA. It was handed down to us from our ancestors (...)

Bremont announces $59m investment by Bill Ackman and Hellcat LP

Bremont announces $59m investment by Bill Ackman and Hellcat LP

The completion of this new investment comes 18 months after Bremont opened its 35,000 sq ft state-of-the-art manufacturing and technology centre, The Wing, (...)

Concentration continues in watch distribution

Concentration continues in watch distribution

MARKETS

A distribution strategy that emphasises monobrand stores is benefitting a small number of powerful retailers with the necessary logistical and financial (...)

Should we still be talking about primary and secondary markets?

Should we still be talking about primary and secondary markets?

After a strong performance early in the year, the collectible watch market contracted with prices down for those models that had registered the biggest (...)

Michelangelo Foundation: in the service of “manual intelligence”

Michelangelo Foundation: in the service of “manual intelligence”

ARTS & CRAFTS

Based in Geneva, the Michelangelo Foundation is making a fantastic contribution to the promotion and conservation of exceptional crafts throughout Europe, (...)

Watch CertificateTM – From marketplace to blockchain

Watch Certificate^TM – From marketplace to blockchain

CASE STUDY

Blockchain certification is a hot topic for today’s watch industry. A French start-up that began life as a marketplace for watches now specialises in (...)

SevenFriday: solid expertise in community building

SevenFriday: solid expertise in community building

CASE STUDY

Using blockchain to power an inclusive community, SevenFriday’s spin-off UPO7F will offer its platform and in-house technology as a service to other watch (...)

Jacob & Co. blazes a trail for NFT-crossover watchmaking

Jacob & Co. blazes a trail for NFT-crossover watchmaking

CASE STUDY

Turning NFT art into a GPHG-nominated mechanical watch may not follow the rule book but for CEO Benjamin Arabov that’s the point – the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ (...)

Panerai opens a new boutique in Basel

Panerai opens a new boutique in Basel

RETAIL

The brand new boutique right in the heart of Basel is operated in partnership with leading watches and jewellery retailer Seiler Juwelier. Strategically (...)

Dubois et fils: vintage movements tokenised on the blockchain

Dubois et fils: vintage movements tokenised on the blockchain

CASE STUDY

Web3 solutions need not be executed on an industry-wide scale. A small Swiss brand has custom-built itself a blockchain as a ledger for traceability of its (...)

How TAG Heuer finds new aficionados through tech

How TAG Heuer finds new aficionados through tech

CASE STUDY

Accepting crypto-currencies or launching NFT-enabled watches is just the beginning for tech-savvy CEO Frédéric Arnault, who wants to make TAG Heuer the (...)

Reset: how five watch brands made a successful comeback

Reset: how five watch brands made a successful comeback

STRATEGY

Recently, we have seen a sometimes spectacular renaissance of watch brands and companies thought – for a variety of reasons – to be in decline or on the (...)