A year of the rabbit for watch brands?
China, which weighed on watch exports at end 2022, will be the key to activity in 2023, a year that opens with mixed prospects. Will China’s impact on luxury sales be as great as in 2021?
News
What next for the pre-owned market?
Once dismissed as a hang-out for unscrupulous traders touting fakes, in little more than a decade the pre-owned watch market has grown to remarkable proportions and is expected to surpass sales of new watches. Consultancy firm LuxeConsult predicts this reversal in roles for 2033.
Luxury and watches: online at last
It's been a long time coming. Finally the luxury and watch industries have put their reservations aside and are ready to embark on their internet adventure. Though still only a small step, it nonetheless marks a giant leap in mentality. While numerous other industries have embedded the digital revolution into their business model, luxury and watchmaking have been dragged almost kicking and screaming into the online era. But the page has been turned, the race is on, and there is no going back.
The moment of truth for Moser and Hautlence
Acquired by MELB Holding in 2012, Hautlence and H. Moser & Cie. have started to reveal their new face. An interview with Georges-Henri Meylan, the former Chief Executive of Audemars Piguet who brought the two brands back from the brink.
Three brands in harmony under Marc Hayek
Blancpain, Breguet, Jaquet Droz: each of the three brands under Marc A. Hayek's leadership enjoys a strong positioning and is securing some solid footholds, particularly in movements.
Girard-Perregaux, spin doctor
Following on from the Constant escapement, Girard-Perregaux again demonstrates its mastery of complex constructions with a tri-axial tourbillon. The Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges completes the different interpretations of this complication from a Manufacture in the midst of renewal.
Aurel Bacs to join Phillips Auctioneers?
The auction world is permanently rife with rumours, some targeting the lots under the hammer, others relating to the auction houses themselves.
