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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?

Thursday, 09 February 2023
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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.

Thursday, 02 February 2023
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The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie organises its first Forum

Early November, the FHH is inviting CEOs of Fine Watch brands to its first think-tank and forum on the theme "the changing business of time." The forum sets out to define what will inevitably be the new contours of the luxury industry.

Friday, 24 October 2008
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IWC, in Schaffhausen, has never stopped training watchmakers and all the other related professions © IWC
Economy
Training is the key to the future

Since the crisis triggered by the advent of the quartz watch in the 1970s, training new watchmakers was no longer a priority. Now the industry is seeking staff with the same urgency as jobs were cut back then. IWC in Schaffhausen, though, has never stopped training watchmakers.

Friday, 24 October 2008
5 min read
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Duty-free products, including watches, have made Hong Kong a popular destination for Asian tourists – Photo HKTDC
Economy
The Hong Kong connection

Hong Kong is the bridgehead from which brands distribute their products in Asia, as this autonomous region's top export ranking clearly shows. Logistics and financial considerations are the two main reasons behind this success.

Friday, 24 October 2008
Louis Nardin
4 min read
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Photo of a Milgauss 6451: dial repainted and reworked (fake), aftermarket (counterfeit) hands, case, and bezel. The movement and the crown are original © Fabrice Guéroux
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Antique watches: do you have to be a seasoned expert?

The new market of aftermarket parts, used in the famous "authentic-fake watches", has the wind in its sails and is likely to fool even the most knowledgeable collectors. Unfortunately, the pleasure of unearthing a rare timepiece has become rarer than the watch itself…

Friday, 24 October 2008
Fabrice Guéroux
4 min read
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Economy
The American market reflects the unification of tastes

More than the product itself, it is the way it is presented that now varies from one market to another. Pamela Danziger, founder of Unity Marketing, gives her analysis of the situation.

Friday, 24 October 2008
Katja Schaer
5 min read
The brand has its workshop in Carouge, in the canton of Geneva © Golay Spierer
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Christophe Golay on watch culture

The debate could seem endless. Fed by tradition and history, the watchmaking industry cannot avoid the debate. What are its values? Have they changed? Do they have any future? Christophe Golay, "custom-made" specialist who is not looking for glory or power gives us his answers.

Friday, 24 October 2008
Flavia Giovannelli
4 min read
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