A world watch tour

A world watch tour

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A world watch tour

Almost every country in the world boasts a horological scene full of surprises, even if small in size. These Europa Star articles venture off the beaten track.

Artistic Jewellery Pirro: From hardship comes resilience

Artistic Jewellery Pirro: From hardship comes resilience

The boom in high-end watchmaking, alongside unwaning interest in artistic craftsmanship, have paved the way for remarkable creativity from brands large and (...)

Wolf: safeguarding watches for 190 years

Wolf: safeguarding watches for 190 years

Family-run company Wolf, which celebrates its 190th anniversary this year, specialises in preserving and protecting timepieces with its cases, pouches and (...)

Atelier Wen: “We like to offer our community something extra”

Atelier Wen: “We like to offer our community something extra”

For the launch of the Perception Millésime 睦 (Mù), which sports a gorgeous guilloché purple dial, Atelier Wen has come up with the novel concept of a prize (...)

India's appetite for luxury is changing, and so is Titan

India’s appetite for luxury is changing, and so is Titan

As India’s appetite for luxury watches grows, Titan, the country’s dominant watchmaker, is adapting its strategy to maintain its advantage. Although (...)

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Marathon Watch Company's band of brothers

Marathon Watch Company’s band of brothers

As a trusted supplier to governments worldwide, this Canadian brand has been producing closely guarded, military-grade time instruments since WWII. (...)

Stepan Sarpaneva: from Cable Guy to Candyman

Stepan Sarpaneva: from Cable Guy to Candyman

Stepan Sarpaneva’s studio used to be in a former cable factory. In 2022 he moved the production of his two brands, Sarpaneva and Sarpaneva Uhrenfabrik (...)

Jurmo Watches offers customisation of adventurous horology

Jurmo Watches offers customisation of adventurous horology

Finnish 7-year-old Jurmo watches has impressive production capabilities and an in-house designer, which makes it an extremely agile brand that also (...)

De Motu: Flying High Again

De Motu: Flying High Again

Finnish watch brand De Motu works actively with fighter pilots with the aim of creating the ultimate pilot watches. For founder Valdemar Hirvelä, this means (...)

African retailers and the exodus of capital

African retailers and the exodus of capital

TRAVEL NOTES 🇳🇬 NIGERIA

Deremi Ajidahun is often congratulated by Swiss CEOs on the appetite for watches of Nigerians vacationing in Paris, London or New York. The African (...)

Future secured For Finland's famous Watchmaking School

Future secured For Finland’s famous Watchmaking School

In 2024 Kelloseppäkoulu – with alumni like Kari Voutilainen and Stepan Sarpaneva – celebrates 80 years of existence. It has great recognition in the watch (...)

Geopolitics and the watchmaking sector: 2024, a pivotal year

Geopolitics and the watchmaking sector: 2024, a pivotal year

The watchmaking year ticks over as regular as clockwork. Not so the geopolitical agenda. 2024 is set to be an exceptional year in terms of its political, (...)

In the Gulf, collectors call the shots

In the Gulf, collectors call the shots

REPORT

“Their ‘small’ collectors would be considered big collectors elsewhere”. Edouard Meylan (H. Moser & Cie) observes, emphasising the role of the Middle East (...)

Country focus: Sweden

Country focus: Sweden

Perhaps Sweden – famous for IKEA, meatballs, pickled herring, red cottages, elks, and midnight sun – should add watch brands to the list? In the last decades (...)

Claesson Koivisto Rune, Swedish-made watch design

Claesson Koivisto Rune, Swedish-made watch design

Skypod, one of the latest Ikepod models, is designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune. The trio behind the eponymous Swedish architect and design office has made (...)

Where is Daniel Wellington today?

Where is Daniel Wellington today?

The social media marketing pioneer took off like a rocket in the 2010s with its minimalist watch design and distinctive Nato straps. But just after the (...)

Mille Miglia: a country united

Mille Miglia: a country united

REPORT

Our reporter Lorenzo Maillard, a self-confessed watch and vintage car geek, was given the chance to take part in the celebrated Italian race, which has a (...)

Luch, the last surviving Belarusian watchmaker

Luch, the last surviving Belarusian watchmaker

REPORT

A flagship of the Soviet watch industry, the Luch factory was propelled into the market economy in the early 1990s. Faced with competition and threatened (...)

Bajer Watches, committed to Kurdish art and culture

Bajer Watches, committed to Kurdish art and culture

PORTRAIT

As we continue our world tour of watchmaking, we meet an entrepreneur of Kurdish origin now living in the United States, who chose horology to express her (...)

SIAR: building on the Mexican retailers' networks

SIAR: building on the Mexican retailers’ networks

THE FAIR TRADE

When publisher Carlos Alonso started the annual SIAR watch fair in Mexico City, he quickly realised that the way to reach out to the best clients was to (...)

Dubai Watch Week: the show inspiring other shows

Dubai Watch Week: the show inspiring other shows

THE FAIR TRADE

For the first time, Rolex has taken part in a trade show other than Baselworld, showing a retrospective of the Submariner at Dubai Watch Week. Organised (...)

Meeting India's largest luxury watch retailer

Meeting India’s largest luxury watch retailer

MARKETS

India will likely become the most populous country in the world by 2027. This stunning growth is not yet reflected in the watch industry, due to historical (...)

The emerging watch market of Canada

The emerging watch market of Canada

REPORT

Why is Canada not in the top 20 global markets for Swiss watchmakers, despite its high level of development? The potential of the Canadian watch market, in (...)

Mexico: an unconventional watch market

Mexico: an unconventional watch market

LATIN AMERICA

The country is undoubtedly Latin America’s giant in terms of luxury watches consumption, clearly ahead of Brazil or Argentina. It is an important market for (...)

In Pakistan, watchmaking follows geopolitics

In Pakistan, watchmaking follows geopolitics

MEGACITIES & HUBS

It is hard to put an accurate figure on the population of the biggest cities in the world. What we do know is that most of them are in developing (...)