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Economy
Luxury, biodiversity and the sixth mass extinction

At five points in the past 500 million years, life on Earth was almost completely wiped out. We are now on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, and we are the cause. Can humans right their wrongs? The luxury industry must lead by example.

Thursday, 27 January 2022
8 min read
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Economy
Investors see opportunity in the watch sector

An influx of capital ends a year marked by a boom in sales at auction and on the pre-owned market as watches take on a new role as investment products.

Monday, 20 December 2021
5 min read
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Economy
The different levels of maturity in watch export markets

The price of exported watches varies from one market to another, often significantly. A look at what the figures reveal…

Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Quentin Simonet
4 min read
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Economy
Richemont to open its Campus Genevois de Haute Horlogerie

The Richemont Group has announced a vast project for a campus in Geneva. Costing CHF 100 million, the site will be home to new production facilities and, more importantly, an innovative training centre.

Tuesday, 24 April 2012
4 min read
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Economy
Watchmaking's billion dollar babies

Swiss watch exports could double over the next fifteen years to reach CHF 40 billion as the number of ten-digit turnovers grows.

Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Quentin Simonet
4 min read
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Economy
A step closer to shaping the new Swiss-Made

Swissness, which proposes to increase the Swiss-made value of industrial products to 60%, has reached an important stage in its adoption. Debate is rife among watchmakers, particularly concerning the objective to raise the threshold for mechanical watches to 80%.

Monday, 16 April 2012
Quentin Simonet
5 min read
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Economy
Major players snap up specialist suppliers

After the takeover of La Joux-Perret by the Japanese Citizen group, Hermès enters the fray. The Parisian firm, which recently took a 32.5% stake in case manufacturer Joseph Erard, is in negotiations to buy dialmaker Natéber.

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
3 min read
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Economy
Watch groups now hiring

Swatch Group took on 2,800 people in 2011. Cartier, part of Richemont, has plans to create 2,000 new jobs over two years. LVMH is to expand its production capacity in Switzerland. Crisis, what crisis?

Friday, 02 March 2012
4 min read
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