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.
"Tomorrow's internet revolution will be about content"
Forumamontres is one of the leading French-language watch forums. We talk to its founder and administrator Joël Duval, better known to readers as Zen.
How a Volleyball Champion Became a World-Class Enameller
Do all roads lead to Neuchâtel? The amazing story of the multi-talented Vanessa Lecci certainly takes us there.
High Jewellery Marvels that Tell the Time
Timepieces, jewels or objets d’art? The High Jewellery watches revealed in Paris in July 2017 are all of these and more.
Patrick Pruniaux CEO of Ulysse Nardin
Kering announces the appointment of Patrick Pruniaux as the CEO of Swiss watchmaking house Ulysse Nardin, effective 28 August 2017. He will report to Albert Bensoussan, CEO of Kering Luxury - Watches and Jewellery division.
Clocking Time
Almost everywhere one looks, from the computer to the phone, there is a clock to offer the time. Still, few can resist the beauty and allure of a finely made clock that doubles as an object of art and a statement of being.
Urban commando
A man needs a NATO strap in summer. Why? For the instant street cred that bermuda shorts, cable knits and yachting shoes just don't have.
