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?
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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.
Philippe Dufour puts the final full stop on the Simplicity
Present on the Greubel Forsey stand with Michel Boulanger to present the Naissance d'une Montre project, Philippe Dufour looks back over the twelve years he spent making the 200 Simplicity watches. A series that has now come to an end.
"Piaget's daring creations reflected the free spirit of the 1970s"
Yves Gérald Piaget, at the head of the company in the 1970s and now President of Piaget SA, looks back on this colourful era and what it meant for the brand.
The "diamond king" now wears a Swiss crown
When last October Harry Winston announced interest regarding the potential purchase of its watch and jewellery business, LVMH and PPR were tipped as possible takers. Ultimately, however, Swatch clinched the deal for US$1 billion. Analysts have welcomed the operation.
