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2015 results for the French watch market

2015 results for the French watch market

INTERVIEW

Lower volumes but higher values: the French market holds a mirror to global trends, with a few Gallic peculiarities, such as the importance of the Asian (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / In the watch aisle of Les Galeries Lafayette: interview with Daphné Barré de Jenlis

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / In the watch aisle of Les Galeries Lafayette: interview with Daphné Barré de Jenlis

In addition to its Parisian department store, the company owns France’s largest watch distribution network Louis Pion as well as Royal Quartz, a leading (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Yvan Arpa - ArtyA: The spirit of Bushido

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Yvan Arpa - ArtyA: The spirit of Bushido

He is known as the White Wolf. Feared by some, admired by many, hated by a few, Yvan Arpa, the founder of ArtyA, one of the most ground-breaking watch (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Laurent Katz - Pequignet: The last bastion of made in France-

EUROPA STAR ARCADE / Laurent Katz - Pequignet: The last bastion of made in France-

A manufacture of indomitable Gauls is still holding back the invading hordes. While all the major Parisian fashion houses have opted for Swiss made, (...)

LAKIN@LARGE - Europa Star: A Zest for Bargains

LAKIN@LARGE - Europa Star: A Zest for Bargains

One of the world’s great bargains is the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. For 30 Swiss centimes (HK$ 2.50) you can take the ferry from Wan Chai to Kowloon, or vice (...)

THE WATCH INDUSTRY IS NOT A WORLD APART

THE WATCH INDUSTRY IS NOT A WORLD APART

Many watch industry leaders like to believe, or to have others believe, that the health of watchmaking is intimately linked to factors over which it has no (...)

SIHH Innovation- PIAGET'S MECHANICAL-QUARTZ HYBRID

SIHH Innovation- PIAGET’S MECHANICAL-QUARTZ HYBRID

We thought the Swiss had abandoned that avenue forever. But no, the mechanical-quartz hybrid is back, right where you’d least expect it. And its (...)

SIHH GALLERY

SIHH GALLERY

Audemars Piguet, Cartier, H. Moser & Cie, Jaeger-LeCoultre, MB&F, Montblanc, Officine Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Richard Mille, Urwerk, Vacheron (...)

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - 2016 LUXURY INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - 2016 LUXURY INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS

2015 was a transformative year for the luxury industry across the globe, as new technologies, digital advances, currencies, wealth, media & marketing (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Jean Depéry - EMILE CHOURIET: Return to the Roots

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Jean Depéry - EMILE CHOURIET: Return to the Roots

The Geneva-based brand bet on the right horse from the start, producing Swiss made models for the Middle Kingdom. But as the Chinese juggernaut shows signs (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Benoît Mintiens - RESSENCE: Organic Horology

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Benoît Mintiens - RESSENCE: Organic Horology

The Belgian brand, which has just introduced its third model, is quite unlike anything else you might have seen. Its biomimetic hands-free design (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Arianna Pozza - WENGER: From Knives to Watches

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Arianna Pozza - WENGER: From Knives to Watches

The legendary manufacturer of Swiss army knives, which is today owned by Victorinox, has deserted the world of cutlery to focus on watches and travel gear. (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Aldo Magada - ZENITH: Reaching for the Light

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Aldo Magada - ZENITH: Reaching for the Light

Aldo Magada’s verdict is clear: although the company is strong, the Zenith brand didn’t reach its potential yet. It must now move beyond the iconic El (...)

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Silvano Freti - LABORATOIRE DUBOIS: Industrial Gold Standard

EUROPA STAR ARCADE - Silvano Freti - LABORATOIRE DUBOIS: Industrial Gold Standard

You may not have heard of it, but the Neuchâtel company is the unrivalled leader of pre-market reliability testing for Swiss made watches. Meeting with its (...)

Business & Strategies - PATEK PHILIPPE is investing 500 million of its own money

Business & Strategies - PATEK PHILIPPE is investing 500 million of its own money

From 2018 all the company’s divisions will be housed together in a new building in Plan-les-Ouates (GE).

Business, Markets & Strategies: DUBAI UPDATE

Business, Markets & Strategies: DUBAI UPDATE

Exports, expats and expectations. Interview with Roula Bitar, head of the luxury division of the Emirates branch of Mazars and an expert on the watch (...)

Business, Models & Strategies: SEIKO, GRAND SEIKO... CREDOR!

Business, Models & Strategies: SEIKO, GRAND SEIKO... CREDOR!

People have got it all wrong: the Japanese are not proud of their products in the way the Germans are proud of their cars; they are “honoured” by (...)

Interview with Shinji Hattori, President and CEO of SEIKO

Interview with Shinji Hattori, President and CEO of SEIKO

Japanese watchmakers, and a fortiori Seiko, are obsessed with absolute precision, whether in digital, quartz or mechanical watches. Swiss brands, however (...)

BEST OF THE LATEST SALONS... MUNICH TIME (Stage 1)

BEST OF THE LATEST SALONS... MUNICH TIME (Stage 1)

Last November the venerable nations of the Old World hosted three watchmaking fairs targeted at the general public: Munich Time in Germany, SalonQP in (...)

BEST OF THE LATEST SALONS... SALONQP (Stage 2)

BEST OF THE LATEST SALONS... SALONQP (Stage 2)

Last November the venerable nations of the Old World hosted three watchmaking fairs targeted at the general public: Munich Time in Germany, SalonQP in (...)