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Watch prices: all China's fault?

Watch prices: all China’s fault?

REPORT

We are not going to trot out the figures for China and Hong Kong, who are often accused of being the root cause of the current crisis. It is true that the (...)

The internet has changed the rules of distribution

The internet has changed the rules of distribution

RETAIL

The volatility in purchasing, which has become global and migratory depending on international prices, is posing serious problems for the brands, (...)

To raise or lower prices?

To raise or lower prices?

STRATEGIES

In the face of all this uncertainty, the ongoing paradigm shift, the burden of excess stock and industrial overproduction, what strategies are open to the (...)

A paradigm shift for distribution

A paradigm shift for distribution

MARKETS

Wildly fluctuating exchange rates, the price slump, volatile customers, accumulating stocks, discount, competition from smartwatches, the grey market, the (...)

Trumponomics and Swiss watches

Trumponomics and Swiss watches

ANALYSIS

If past is prologue, Donald Trump will be good for Swiss watch sales in the United States. And then he won’t.

Getting back onto young people's wrists

Getting back onto young people’s wrists

MARKETS

For the past fifty years, the only so-called ‘watches’ worn by young people have been garish, interchangeable, gimmicky things; accessories rather than real (...)

Glashütte: a 170-year-old watchmaking start-up

Glashütte: a 170-year-old watchmaking start-up

GERMANY

Ruined, oppressed, plundered – Germany’s watchmaking stronghold has succeeded in rising from the ashes several times over. Its “quartz crises” were real wars, (...)

Glashütte: one village, several manufactures

Glashütte: one village, several manufactures

GERMANY

Ruined, oppressed, plundered – Germany’s watchmaking stronghold has succeeded in rising from the ashes several times over. Its “quartz crises” were real wars, (...)

Three leads for Glashütte's future

Three leads for Glashütte’s future

GERMANY

Ruined, oppressed, plundered – Germany’s watchmaking stronghold has succeeded in rising from the ashes several times over. Its “quartz crises” were real wars, (...)

Alain Silberstein: the musings of a lifelong visionary

Alain Silberstein: the musings of a lifelong visionary

PORTRAIT

If the most expert Japanese collectors or Singaporean aficionados know of Besançon, it’s without doubt the ‘fault’ of Alain Silberstein. And yet the watchmaker (...)

10 added-value retail tips to beat the market

10 added-value retail tips to beat the market

WATCHMAKING

Consultant and instructor Gianfranco Ritschel is one of the most knowledgeable insiders in the watch business. A veteran of Rolex, Bucherer, Piaget and (...)

Freely speaking… Metamorphosis of time and fashion

Freely speaking… Metamorphosis of time and fashion

I’ve just read my grandfather’s diary and I can’t believe all the fuss and bother he went through buying his gear. I suppose he looked cool in those days, but (...)

…Watchwords / THE PERFECT NAME for a watch brand

Remember all those hours you spent as a kid, trying to think up the coolest name for a band, when you could barely strum three chords together? Now try (...)

The new EUROPA STAR ultra-innovative concept

The new EUROPA STAR ultra-innovative concept

For our 90th anniversary, we are proud to present the new Europa Star. In this ultra-innovative concept, the context provides the physical and metaphorical (...)

PRODUCTS TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE

PRODUCTS TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE

How do you keep your head above water in such turbulent times? By taking another look at your products, obviously. Price, which we examine in closer detail (...)

A LAST WORD TO START - Journalists: the new merchants in the temple?

A LAST WORD TO START - Journalists: the new merchants in the temple?

The watch industry is in crisis, of that there is no doubt, but it’s a storm of moderate proportions compared with the roaring tempest enveloping the media. (...)

LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN

LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN

When the printing press began to take off in the 1450s, booksellers, who made a living from selling manuscripts – and quite a handsome living at that – were (...)

Europa Star Winter issue Europe & International No. 5/16 available now

Europa Star Winter issue Europe & International No. 5/16 available now

The winter issue of Europa Star magazine is about to hit the shelves, and we have the exclusive preview for what’s in store for the European and (...)

EUROPA STAR'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY and some birthday surprises

EUROPA STAR’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY and some birthday surprises

In 2017, Europa Star celebrates its 90th year as an independent voice in watch journalism. Back in 1927, Europa Star played a pioneering role by launching (...)

MARKET FOCUS - What's going on in Hong Kong?

MARKET FOCUS - What’s going on in Hong Kong?

Europa Star conducted a watchmaking tour of three key markets which lie at a business crossroads: Hong Kong, the historical global hub currently living (...)