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.
Peter Speake-Marin lays the foundations for growth
Like a good many independent master watchmakers, Peter Speake-Marin didn't emerge entirely unscathed from the crisis that hit the watch sector in 2008-2009. An opportunity to rethink his business model for the future, not least with a new "classic" collection. Interview.
Retro-futurism with MB&F
MB&F once again turns watchmaking on its head, this time with a retro-futuristic design. The just-released Legacy Machine LM1 has lost no time in becoming a "must have" for aficionados. Orders are already equivalent to three and a half years' production.
"At Greubel Forsey, we're not polishers"
Aiguille d’Or in 2010 at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, Greubel Forsey is also the proud winner of this year's International Chronometry Contest. Proof that all these years of research have not been in vain.
Breguet's infrastructure grows with its ambitions
Extended once in 2001/2002, Breguet's production facilities in L'Orient, at the heart of Swiss watchmaking in La Vallée de Joux, are embarking on their next transformation: two years of work to further extend the site on a par with its ambitions.
Swatch Group draws international artists to Shanghai
As part of its strategy to double its sales in China, Swatch Group has come up with a novel concept: a hotel that combines luxury, prestige, commerce and art. The Swatch Art Peace Hotel that was inaugurated in Shanghai at the beginning of November is the group’s flagship showroom in China with four luxury boutiques for the brands Swatch, Omega, Breguet and Blancpain.
More than a pretty face
Women want it all: mechanisms and diamonds, innovative on the inside, sophisticated on the outside. Recent years have seen a number of brands build up their women's collections, and bring watchmaking into a new era where complications are no longer for men only.
