HH Magazine

Christophe Roulet

A year after the acquisition of Sowind (Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard), François-Henri Pinault, head of PPR, discusses the group's strategy for its watch brands in an interview to French daily "Le Figaro"…

Quentin Simonet

Bernard Droux, President of the Geneva Financial Center Foundation, delivered a comparative analysis of Switzerland's banking and watchmaking industries…

Christophe Roulet

Some CHF 100 million (USD 110 million / EUR 83 million) invested between 2011 and 2012; 150 job creations over the last financial year which ended with sales up 15%; fifteen store openings over the past twelve months; the start of production at Fleurier Ebauches whose first movements were unveiled at Baselworld… Chopard steers a steady course…

Christophe Roulet

Much can be learned from Nestlé's experience in China. According to Frits van Dijk, Executive Vice President at the multinational, any company still saying it needs to get into the country has already left it too late…

Christophe Roulet

Hublot CEO Jean-Claude Biver concluded the FT Business of Luxury Summit, partnered by the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, on a more than optimistic note for an industry "with a fantastic outlook…

Christophe Roulet

In an article published in Swiss daily Le Temps, Pierre-Yves Donzé, a research fellow at Osaka University, demonstrates that the 1975-1985 crisis in the watch industry had nothing to do with the advent of Japanese quartz watches…

Cyrille Vigneron

Between "Charybdis-too-fast" and "Scylla-too-slow" there is an oasis of "just right." Provided, that is, we know how to "take" time rather than let time take over…

Christophe Roulet

With a population of 1.2 billion, India is Asia's third biggest economy yet accounts for just 2% of the global luxury market…

Christophe Roulet

With five-month sales for the current fiscal up 22% at constant exchange rates, analysts have issued a buy recommendation for Richemont shares…

Christophe Roulet

Ever since the mechanical watch returned to the fore, numerous master watchmakers have set their seal on this revival with timepieces that carry their name…