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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?

Thursday, 09 February 2023
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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.

Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Point of View
Culture and science

Over 1,000 journalists, 12,000 visitors, 19 brands. And hundreds of precious watches on display, the result of thousands and thousands of hours of work and selfless devotion to the year's new creations. All these figures pertain to the recent Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, and they all give me grounds for reflection and, why not, a suggestion that is perhaps less practical than visionary and, who knows, even a little prescient.

Friday, 18 February 2011
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Economy
Watch exports chasing record levels

In 2010, the Swiss watch sector came through the turbulence of the previous year. After wristwatch exports pulled in CHF 15.1 billion, the sector is within a hair's breadth of equalling its record of 2008. The blots on the horizon: a strong Swiss franc and higher raw material costs.

Thursday, 17 February 2011
4 min read
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Analysts enthused by Swiss watch exports for 2010

Publication of figures for Swiss watch exports in 2010 gave financial analysts ample cause for satisfaction.

Thursday, 17 February 2011
2 min read
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Heuer Carrera Mikrograph
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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Heuer Carrera Mikrograph 1/100th second chronograph © TAG Heuer
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Time within a whisker

After Zenith's El Primero chronograph which measures tenths of a second, introducing the Mikrograph by TAG Heuer, accurate to a hundredth of a second thanks to its two balance wheels and two escapements. The chronograph hand sweeps the dial in one single second. Prepare to be impressed!

Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Thierry Brandt
3 min read
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New Models
Three torpedoes and a watch

Call them what you like – satellites, pointers or torpedoes, as on the latest UR-110 Torpedo, – at Urwerk, these innovative elements are all part of a singular determination to propose new ways of reading time.

Friday, 11 February 2011
Thierry Brandt
3 min read
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