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.
Made to order by Speake-Marin's Cabinet des Mystères
Customisation, even made-to-measure, is all the rage. Speake-Marin's Cabinet des Mystères has the necessary resources to produce, in-house and on demand, one-of-a-kind timepieces and limited editions.
Watch Live makes knowledge the key to luxury watchmaking
The online world is awash with information on every conceivable product, including Haute Horlogerie. But how much is verified fact and how much is opinion masquerading as the truth? More to the point, how can industry professionals get access to the latest news from reliable sources? A new app has the answer.
Watch Live goes live!
Watch Live? It's the first ever "instant learning" app for watches and watchmaking. Developed by the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie and a participatory platform for watch brands, Watch Live is set to become the all-round, must-have app that will support sales staff on the floor in their day-to-day contact with customers. Eight brands set the ball rolling with the FHH on June 27. Free from the App Store, Google Play and the main Chinese stores.
Smart data is the key to customization
Watch brands are using smart data to give the market exactly what it wants. Customization is one of the services to benefit from this.
A new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms for ocean preservation
The third Blancpain Ocean Commitment, coinciding with World Oceans Day, is a new Fifty Fathoms proposed as a 250-piece limited edition. A donation from sales of CHF 250,000 will go to support ocean preservation.
Richard Mille's production quartet
Richard Mille, together with friend and business partner Dominique Guénat, has built up a small industrial empire of four companies and a 150-strong workforce in Les Breuleux, where the brand's watches are made amidst beautiful Swiss countryside.
