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.
10 tips for novice watch collectors
You're into watches but don't know where to begin? Follow these 10 tips for building a great watch collection.
SIHH, the age of reason
The curtain has come down on the 27th Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, marked by a record number of exhibitors that proved themselves well able to adapt their products to a mixed environment.
Is the mighty tourbillon going down?
Some say we are now living in a post-luxury world, and if it’s true, we may be seeing the last of the tourbillons. This difficult, beautiful and expensive complication became the symbol of the now-waning 20-year boom in luxury watches. Have we encountered a luxury apocalypse? If so, these five great tourbillons introduced at SIHH 2017 may be the last of a dying species.
Ladies’ watches: it’s all about value and options
Maybe it takes a crisis to flush out value (good prices for quality pieces) and great selection. Ladies’ watch collections figured prominently at SIHH in Geneva last week. Beyond the high-end showpieces from the elite brands, there were some very practical, affordable choices.
The price is right?
Falling sales of Swiss watches in 2016 raise questions as to the price hikes observed in recent years. There is, however, no obvious answer to the problem.
The half-full glass
Latest export figures have proved better than anticipated, which bodes well for what's to come. So let us drink from a half-full glass rather than mope over one left half-dry.
