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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?

Thursday, 09 February 2023
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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.

Thursday, 02 February 2023
6 min read
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Economy
Hold on to your hats – Swiss watch exports set to go on climbing

The deed is done, and how. As predicted, in 2012 Swiss watchmaking surpassed previous performances with exports rising by almost 11% to reach CHF 21.4 billion. One for the record books, for a year at least. Historians will tell us how 2012 fares in the wider scheme of things. In the meantime, however, there are lessons to be learned from this latest financial year. An eight-point analysis (eight being a lucky number on China…).

Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Quentin Simonet
6 min read
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New Models
Omega creates a buzz with a totally anti-magnetic movement

The Swatch Group brand presents the new Seamaster Aqua Terra 15'000 Gauss whose movement has been completely revised in terms of materials, design and industrial production to make it insensitive to magnetic fields. It should equip every Co-Axial watch by 2016.

Friday, 15 February 2013
5 min read
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Videos
Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantée : the functioning of the movement
Friday, 15 February 2013
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Videos
Audemars Piguet - The art of openworking
Thursday, 14 February 2013
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Economy
Travelling Chinese consumers stock up on luxury overseas

Three recent studies show that Chinese consumers are buying more luxury goods when they travel. A fast-growing phenomenon that Swiss watchmakers can only welcome.

Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Quentin Simonet
3 min read
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Point of View
Is Georges-Henri Meylan the new Saint Bernard of Fine Watchmaking?

Former CEO of Audemars Piguet and at the head of MELB Holding, Georges-Henri Meylan now steers the fortunes of Hautlence and H. Moser & Cie.

Monday, 28 January 2013
5 min read
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Event

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