While no more than twenty years ago, tourbillons were a rarity, today they have invaded watchmaking to the extent that they now risk seeming mundane. The (...)

Is it a sign of our troubled and uncertain times? Or just a passing fad? The fact remains that the skeleton watch, a distant mirror of the ‘vanities’ of the (...)

We are used to hearing about ‘ladies’ watches’, as if a watch for women should be as worthy and dignified as a ‘Lady’. But watchmaking, when it approaches (...)

Global sales of Japanese watches reached two billion dollars in 2013, a level not seen since 1998. This growth is accompanied by a bid to reposition (...)

The strong Swiss franc, brand relations, consumer behaviour: Vevey-based retailer Julien Meylan takes us behind the scenes of a multi-brand watch (...)

There is a vague feeling that we are at a turning point, that we’re coming to the end of something, and have little idea what lies around the corner... (...)

It’s a glorious day. The air is crisp, the Pont du Mont-Blanc is lined with the white flags of the SIHH, and the powers that be at Geneva’s City Hall have (...)

The SIHH, which this year celebrated its twentieth anniversary, is a victim of its own success, attracting an increasing fleet of hangers-on around the (...)

On 23 October 2014, a rare example of the Celsius LeDIX portable phone went up for auction by Maître Dufrèche in Besançon (France). “After a frenzied auction (...)

In 2002, a little over twelve years ago, Michael Vogt, a marketing executive who had previously worked alongside Christian Viros at TAG Heuer, launched his (...)