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.
The continued polarisation of the Swiss watch market
The latest report on the Swiss watch industry by US investment bank Morgan Stanley, in association with Swiss consultancy LuxeConsult, points to accelerated polarisation within the sector. The main players are growing at significantly higher than average rates while seeing their market share increase.
New looks for the Chanel Code Coco
Is it a watch, a jewel, or both? Introduced in 2017 as a tribute to Chanel's design tropes, the Code Coco returns in beige gold, steel or ceramic, alongside two High Jewellery versions.
Carl F. Bucherer lends its help to the manta ray
Powered by a COSC-certified movement inside an ultra-light titanium case with a helium release valve and 500-metre water-resistance, Carl F. Bucherer is donating part of the proceeds from sales of this Patravi ScubaTec to the Manta Trust in support of its efforts to protect these gentle sea giants.
Zenith equips the Defy Inventor with its revolutionary oscillator
The Manufacture presents the first serial-produced watch to be equipped with the high-tech regulation system unveiled two years ago in the Defy Lab. Made as a single component, it is housed inside a feather-light case in titanium and Aeronith.
Fifty years ago: Apollo 11 and the Omega Speedmaster
Fifty years ago, in 1969, the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon; a milestone in history and for Omega which commemorates these first steps and the first Moon Watch with a Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary in gold.
China’s largest watch retail alliance
In January, JD.com, China’s second-largest e-commerce platform, announced a strategic investment in Xinyu Group, China’s biggest offline watch retailer. The partnership will give rise to China’s largest watch retail alliance, if not the largest in the world.
