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.
What now for watch fairs?
Swatch Group chairman Nick Hayek dropped a bomb during the summer recess. By pulling out of Baselworld, the world's biggest watch group raises the question of whether the industry can still benefit from "old-school" fairs.
"Nicknames" exhibition at Vacheron Constantin in Paris
Hosted at its Paris store, Vacheron Constantin is staging a temporary exhibition of vintage and legacy watches for which collectors have their favourite pet names.
Bovet 1822: almost 20 years of determination rewarded
Owned since 2001 by Pascal Raffy, Bovet 1822 is joining the historic Maisons exhibiting at Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie as from 2019. This comes as just recognition for the entrepreneur, who has made every investment to rebuild Bovet as a full-fledged manufacture.
The odyssey continues for Breguet and Race for Water
The watchmaker pushes the boat out with a partnership, announced at Baselworld last March, with Race for Water Foundation. Through its voyage across the oceans, the revolutionary Race for Water vessel seeks to promote the transformation of plastic waste into energy resources through innovative solutions.
Mercari Academy: distribution 3.0
Having observed the digital transformation of marketing and media, Thomas Baillod set up Mercari Academy to prepare current and future managers for the challenges in distribution as it enters its digital age.
Richard Mille and Sylvester Stallone join forces
This new Richard Mille watch would have perfectly fit John Rambo’s wrist, the adventurer revealed in 1982 by Sylvester Stallone. The actor has therefore been solicited for the development of this tourbillion chronograph RM 25-01 Adventure, a horological UFO with unprecedented functions.
