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.
Richemont to open its Campus Genevois de Haute Horlogerie
The Richemont Group has announced a vast project for a campus in Geneva. Costing CHF 100 million, the site will be home to new production facilities and, more importantly, an innovative training centre.
Baume & Mercier, "a gateway to luxury"
The very first fine watch you buy is the one you will keep for a lifetime. Which is precisely where Baume & Mercier aims to position itself, as a brand with a powerful identity at the gateway to luxury. CEO Alain Zimmermann explains.
Jasmine Audemars invites the future into the past
Jasmine Audemars does not court nostalgia. At a time when Audemars Piguet, the company that she has presided for the past 20 years, marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary Royal Oak, she engages the future in the celebrations of the past.
