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.
Jaeger-LeCoultre puts the accent on its points of sale
In autumn 2008, the Le Sentier firm revised its distribution business model. Its objective for this year is to step up its marketing activity and to open new points of sale. All is revealed in an interview with Jérôme Lambert, CEO of Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre.
Van Cleef & Arpels brings its poetic vision of the world
With Une Journée à Paris, the Les Jardins "quantième de saison" models and its Midnight collections, Van Cleef & Arpels stays true to the poetic complications that have become a hallmark of the brand. Nicolas Bos, International Marketing Director, explains.
"IWC is a solidly Germanic company"
IWC, which last year celebrated its 140th anniversary, sits firmly on solid foundations, patiently laid by Georges Kern, CEO since 2002.
"The skills and expertise of Fine Watchmaking are timeless"
HH Magazine caught up with Stefano Macaluso, VP at Girard-Perregaux, at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2009, where he discussed latest developments at the brand.
Anti-counterfeiting: pulling out all the stops to protect tradition
With the counterfeit market apparently thriving, and intent on taking advantage of the current crisis while ever it can, the weapons with which to fight this scourge are many and varied.
