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.
"I had my team produce a book for in-house use on the métiers d’art"
Marketing director at Cartier International, Hélène Poulit-Duquesne describes herself as product-focused. A few years ago, she asked her team to inventory and define each of the métiers d'art. So that they will never fade into oblivion.
Watchmakers’ hearts beat faster
On the eve of the watchmakers’ salons, will brands once again yield to the high-frequency temptation? A marked trend in 2011, this new division of time into faster and faster oscillations offers advantages that will certainly endure.
Back to business for Vianney Halter
Winner of the Best Watchmaker prize at the recent Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, Vianney Halter is preparing a new model for 2012. Interview.
Fine Watchmaking has become second nature for Cartier
How Richemont powerhouse Cartier is in the process of balancing sales between watches and its other businesses of jewellery, leathergoods and accessories.
Coming soon: the biggest luxury store in the world
The official announcement back in early December sent the world of high-end watches in Paris into a spin. The competition was about to get tough in the City of Light. The Richemont Group, which owns Cartier, had acquired 2,250 sq m (24,000 sq ft) premises on Boulevard des Capucines, next to the Garnier Opera and minutes from the world-renowned Place Vendôme.
Understanding the poetic world of Van Cleef & Arpels
After the recent sale, by Christie's, of several Van Cleef & Arpels jewels belonging to Elizabeth Taylor, Stanislas de Quercize, CEO, describes the poetry that surrounds the Parisian firm, established Place Vendôme since 1906.
