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.
Wake up to Vulcain
"The watch for Presidents" ranks among Vulcain's claims to fame. Its Cricket mechanical alarm watch has indeed graced the wrist of several American heads of state, and would rouse any leader from their sleep, no matter how well-earned.
Anticounterfeiting fight in dubai: operation «Habibi»
In the vanguard of an anti-counterfeiting operation, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) plunges into the narrow streets of old Dubai, accompanied by the city’s police.
Greubel Forsey: An Artistic Interpretation of Fine Watchmaking
More than just a passion, Greubel Forsey considers fine watchmaking to be an art, as its new project, Art Piece 1, shows. The brand was in Paris for Belles Montres prestige watch fair.
The tourbillon, more art than science
For Vianney Halter, in Paris for Belles Montres, the tourbillon is an exercise in style that makes no contribution to precision, but beautifully demonstrates the watchmaker's savoir-faire.
On the road to Mandalay...
Watchmakers are heading for pastures new and countries that will be all the rage in five, maybe ten years' time. Nations that will one day join the ranks of "emerging" countries.
