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.
A mechanical breakthrough from Greubel Forsey
Continuing its research into nano-energy, the brand has announced the first Nano Foudroyante EWT with a power reserve of 180 days.
Melted-down luxury watches become "luxury" watches. Really?
The e-commerce website QoQa, in conjunction with ArtyA founder Yvan Arpa, recently ran an offer of "luxury" watches. Each featured a plate made from five melted-down Fine Watches which, by some form of transfer, supposedly gives them identical status. A line customers were happy to believe.
Rolex steals the show at Christie's
The highlight of the recent New York sale, a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Paul Newman Daytona Ref. 6263, manufactured in 1969, sailed through the $1 million mark.
"Cartier Libre" at SIHH 2018
The Cartier Libre collection was born of a desire to play with the Maison’s signature watch shapes. They are stretched, shrunk and transformed into objects of fantasy with unbridled creative licence. Cartier Libre appeals to the Collectionneuse, the figure of the watchmaking collector.
What's next with e-commerce?
The growing might of e-commerce and social media is blurring geographical and functional boundaries. Who will be watch seller of the year in a decade's time: a media, an internet platform, a brand, a retailer? Some thoughts on the subject from Dubai Watch Week.
