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The price performance of vintage watch icons: ROLEX, PATEK PHILIPPE, OMEGA

The price performance of vintage watch icons: ROLEX, PATEK PHILIPPE, OMEGA

The performance of watches is a fascinating topic. In addition to the sheer enthusiasm for particular watches, models, brands, materials, and movements, (...)

When pieces go from Instagram to shop windows

When pieces go from Instagram to shop windows

EDITORIAL

This issue marks the creation of a new tradition at Europa Star: we have selected the watch innovations that caught our eye this year in a few carefully (...)

‘There is no vintage bubble'

‘There is no vintage bubble’

ALFREDO PARAMICO

Alfredo Paramico is a world-class collector, primarily of Patek Philippe and Longines. This Italian former merchant banker, living in Miami, now manages an (...)

Munichtime 2018 – Fine watches experience

Munichtime 2018 – Fine watches experience

EVENT

Every autumn, the Munichtime at the Bayerischer Hof in Munich is the centre of attraction for thousands of watch aficionados. This year, the watch (...)

Europa Star Chapter 4/2018 Global Issue, out now

Europa Star Chapter 4/2018 Global Issue, out now

What was before just an image on Instagram or a rumour in  Basel or Geneva is now transformed into a reality! Most of the watches introduced earlier this (...)

Bell & Ross, Business & Rupture interview

Bell & Ross, Business & Rupture interview

TRAVEL NOTES 🇫🇷 PARIS

The proudly independent Franco-Swiss brand has brought the aeroplane cockpit to the wrist. It has followed a very precise trajectory. A pioneer in the XXL (...)

Omega: “A little more time”

Omega: “A little more time”

INTERVIEW WITH RAYNALD AESCHLIMANN

The “elder brother” of the Swatch family and the world number two watch brand, Omega has multiplied initiatives under the energetic leadership of Raynald (...)

Giving the orders… Walter Von Känel, CEO of Longines

Giving the orders… Walter Von Känel, CEO of Longines

INTERVIEW

At 76, Walter von Känel still rules Longines with an iron hand. This colourful and charismatic former Swiss army colonel is affable, but firm. “The Boss”, as (...)

Patrick Pruniaux arrives at Girard-Perregaux

Patrick Pruniaux arrives at Girard-Perregaux

The former Apple senior manager is now the new strong man in Kering’s traditional watchmaking business. The dynamic CEO of Ulysse Nardin is now also taking (...)

Baume, the gateway to Richemont

Baume, the gateway to Richemont

STRATEGY

Richemont’s determination, with the creation of its fashion brand Baume, to invest in affordable, generational watches is to be applauded – even if the (...)

Pure Play or Pure Pain?

Pure Play or Pure Pain?

THE MYTHS OF COMMERCE (PART 2/5)

In part 1 of my essay, I might have had you believe that I do not like e-commerce!? Just to be clear…Everybody who has something for sale should consider an (...)

Watchfinder: a turning point for the pre-owned watch market

Watchfinder: a turning point for the pre-owned watch market

The pre-owned watch is the “next big thing” for the watch industry. The takeover of the British second-hand watch platform by the Richemont group indeed (...)

Interview with Sylvain Dolla, CEO of Hamilton

Interview with Sylvain Dolla, CEO of Hamilton

n this neo-vintage-crazed age, few brands can boast a past as glorious as that of Hamilton, considered the ultimate American brand before it took on a (...)

Tiny Jewel Box: watchmaking in Washington DC

Tiny Jewel Box: watchmaking in Washington DC

TRAVEL NOTES 🇺🇸 UNITED STATES

Since Roosevelt in the 1930s, the American political establishment has been buying jewellery from a specific retailer: Tiny Jewel Box. This historic (...)

Van Cleef & Arpels: an enviable achievement

Van Cleef & Arpels: an enviable achievement

Van Cleef & Arpels was one of the pioneers of watch complications with a poetic, floral touch, aimed at women. The path traced by this more than (...)

MB&F: avant-garde vintage

MB&F: avant-garde vintage

PRE-OWNED

The frontiers of vintage are constantly being pushed back. The brands have clearly taken this on board, as they are multiplying initiatives to regain (...)

Grand Seiko, a new start in the USA

Grand Seiko, a new start in the USA

TRAVEL NOTES 🇺🇸 UNITED STATES

The Japanese brand has opened its first boutique dedicated exclusively to Grand Seiko in Beverly Hills. It has also just launched sumptuous limited (...)

Couture: luxury watchmaking in Las Vegas

Couture: luxury watchmaking in Las Vegas

TRADE SHOW

In the wake of Baselworld’s massive restructuring, all watch fairs around the world are rethinking how they operate. However, the Couture Time fair in Las (...)

Being together (in real life)

Being together (in real life)

EDITORIAL

As the virtual world spreads out to encompass every aspect of our lives, the need for direct contact, physical presence, face-to-face dialogue, coming (...)

Franck Dubarry, code breaker

Franck Dubarry, code breaker

PORTRAIT

Contractually he was supposed to stay out of the watchmaking sector for a decade after the sale of TechnoMarine. It was due to a series of circumstances, (...)