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.
Six months down the line with Baume
Six months after launching, Baume is adapting its strategy without compromising its environmental principles. Proof that you can put a wise head on young shoulders. Marie Chassot, who heads the brand, tells more.
The changing playing field of luxury e-commerce
Not a month goes by without a luxury watch brand announcing an online partnership or e-commerce launch, including the first website to offer Swiss buyers the chance to own a high-end watch through leasing; a new player that brings with it a different clientele and is shifting digital boundaries.
Breitling in Paris to debut a new range and present its strategy
Well-known for its aviator and diver’s watches, Breitling is reintroducing the Premier, an elegantly stylish line to be worn on land that first appeared in the 1940s, as a complement to the brand's more sporty tool watches.
Are lab-grown diamonds an ethical alternative?
Are sustainability and ethics reshaping the market for gem-quality diamonds? That the world's biggest diamond mining company, De Beers, has started selling jewellery made with lab-grown stones suggests the industry is taking these issues seriously. So could diamond mines become a thing of the past?
Carl F. Bucherer: Haute Horlogerie in central Switzerland
Based in Lucerne and backed by one of the world's largest retailers, from its first watch in 1919 to the fully integrated manufacturing site opened a decade ago, Carl F. Bucherer continues its ascension. Chief Executive Sascha Moeri answered our questions as the brand becomes a partner to the FHH.
Audemars Piguet to build a new Manufacture
Following on from its new Museum and Hôtel des Horlogers, currently under construction in Le Brassus, Vallée-de-Joux, Audemars Piguet has launched a third building project. Earlier this month, the company's directors laid the first stone for the new Manufacture at the Saignoles industrial zone in Le Locle, Neuchâtel.
