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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
6 min read
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Economy
Analyse des statistiques d’exportation horlogère suisse - 2009
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
The FHH Journal editors
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André Stefanov, Director of the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Office of Metrology, with the first Swiss Continuous Fountain (FOCS-1). The test phase should be completed within the coming months © Fabrice Eschmann / BIPH
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Switzerland's atomic clock is one of a kind

The Swiss Federal Office of Metrology (METAS), in partnership with Neuchâtel University's Institute of Physics, has developed an atomic clock, the primary reference in precision. Unique in the world, it positions Switzerland at the forefront of time measurement.

Friday, 12 March 2010
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Friday, 26 February 2010
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Lacquer shines on exceptional timepieces

Fine Watchmaking's preservation of the applied arts now extends to Japanese lacquer techniques, as Vacheron Constantin and Van Cleef & Arpels brilliantly demonstrated at the last SIHH.

Friday, 26 February 2010
4 min read
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The sophistication of maki-e

The three most representative categories of lacquer work are carving on multiple layers of lacquer, inlay to create a raised impression and maki-e.

Friday, 26 February 2010
2 min read
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Economy
2009 exports: all is revealed

Swiss watch exports contracted by almost a quarter in 2009, slipping 22.3% to CHF 13.2 billion. Quentin Simonet gives his analysis of what this means for the industry.

Thursday, 25 February 2010
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4 min read
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