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.
Jaeger-LeCoultre wears its heart on its sleeve
Among the lots at a forthcoming sale at Christie's in Milan will be three exclusive Jaeger-LeCoultre watches, made in support of the Salam Centre in Khartoum, which is run by Emergency, an Italian humanitarian organisation which provides otherwise unobtainable treatment for children and adults suffering from heart disease.
Piaget's inside story
Opened in 1959, Piaget's Geneva store has adopted the company's new interior design concept. Marked by discreet elegance in a pleasant and refined atmosphere, this environment is an invitation to share the Piaget experience, which now includes acclaimed jazz singer Melody Gardot who embodies the new line of jewellery in the Rose collection.
Five leading watchmakers of our day
These five watchmakers are endowed with spirits of curiosity, technical supremacy and progressive thinking. They lead the mechanical industry by example: exploring theunknown while ensuring that stability and accuracy remain the prime elements of their creations. Meet five examples of horological brilliance as different as day and night—all bound to write their own chapters of watch history.
From Geneva to China: keeping up to speed
We've heard and read a lot about China of late, the country every luxury name has in its sights - watch brands no less than any other - and the driving force for this economy worldwide (Chinese tourists account for 30% to 50% of sales in Europe and the US). The People's Republic is on a spending spree that the gloomiest predictions of rocky roads and even ruin cannot curb.
