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.
Cartier pushes back the boundaries of watchmaking
First it was the ID One, now it’s the ID Two, a second Cartier concept watch that fundamentally questions the principle of high efficiency. It is a totally innovative piece, in its materials and its technologies, that demonstrates Cartier’s ability to invent the watchmaking of tomorrow.
TAG Heuer brings cutting-edge technology to fine watches
Guy Sémon started at TAG Heuer four and a half years ago with the brief to build a research and development division from scratch. A mission he has accomplished with remarkable breakthroughs in fine watchmaking, the latest being the MikrotourbillonS.
Stamping and engraving: an original combination
Cendres+Métaux Galétan, a company in La Chaux-de-Fonds, has developed a method of combining stamping and electroplating. It produces a stamping that looks exactly like a guillochage or an engraving.
