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Officine Panerai Piccolo Due Madreperla with alligator strap
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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Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 5711 1A-018 Tiffany Blue® lacquer dial (2)
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 Swiss watch industry sheds jobs gained in 2008

Figures published by the Swiss watch industry's employer organisation, Convention Patronale de l'Industrie Horlogère Suisse, show that the sector shed 4,200 jobs in 2009 and now employs 49,100 people, the same as two years ago. As the organisation points out, fewer jobs have been lost than forecast and staff are more qualified than before.

Tuesday, 13 July 2010
The FHH Journal editors
2 min read
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Economy
Fortune smiles again on HNWIs

The world's population of High Net Worth Individuals grew 17% in 2009 while their global wealth increased 19% to $39 trillion, according to the 2010 World Wealth Report. For the first time, HNWIs in Asia-Pacific, a prime destination for luxury goods, outnumber those in Europe.

Wednesday, 07 July 2010
4 min read
ExoTourbillon Chronographe from Montblanc’s Collection Villeret 1858 © Montblanc
Economy
Montblanc brings Collection Villeret 1858 watches to Beverly Hills

Ideas, trends and fashions may be born the world over in cities like London, Tokyo and New York, but it’s in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive that a product gets its test for success.

Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Meehna Goldsmith
4 min read
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The main markets for Fine Watches in the Caribbean region are Aruba,...
Economy
Under the Caribbean sun

Tourism is taking off again in the Caribbean, and watch sales with it. In Saint Martin, Barbados and Porto Rico, purchases are made in a matter of minutes, and retailers must explain complex timepieces to holiday-makers in less than an hour.

Sunday, 27 June 2010
Manuel Palos
5 min read
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Guido Terreni, Managing Director of Bulgari's Watch Business Unit © Bulgari
Economy
Bulgari moves to a new level

Over the past decade, Bulgari has one by one ticked the boxes of vertical integration, leading to the presentation, earlier this year, of its in-house mechanical movement, Calibre BVL 168. This base calibre will be the springboard for future complication movements.

Monday, 14 June 2010
6 min read
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Inauguration of the Cartier boutique in Shenzen (China), January 13th, 2010 © Cartier
Economy
Verbatim - Cartier intends tripling its presence in China

That Cartier only experienced a "marginal decline" in 2009 is largely thanks to China. The Asia-Pacific zone (except Japan) was Richemont's only growth region for the financial year to end March 2010. Needless to say, Cartier has already planned its expansion in the Middle Kingdom.

Wednesday, 09 June 2010
2 min read
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