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Web3 and sustainability: reconciling the irreconcilable?

Web3 and sustainability: reconciling the irreconcilable?

Not a day goes by without news that a brand is releasing an NFT, harnessing the possibilities of blockchain or investing in the metaverse. Is this really (...)

The changing face of watch theft

The changing face of watch theft

IN-DEPTH

A few years ago Europa Star ran a special feature on security in the watch sector (available to subscribers in our archives: Switzerland 4/2015). We took (...)

GPHG 2022: MB&F wins the “Aiguille d'Or”

GPHG 2022: MB&F wins the “Aiguille d’Or”

Akrivia, Bulgari, Grand Seiko, Ferdinand Berthoud, Grönefeld, H. Moser & Cie, Hermès, Krayon, M.A.D. Editions, Parmigiani Fleurier, Sylvain Pinaud, TAG (...)

Record attendance at the 8th Salon of Exceptional Watches

Record attendance at the 8th Salon of Exceptional Watches

Almost three thousand people graced the splendid premises of the neo-Renaissance Žofín Palace in Prague with their visit. The reason was the 8th annual SEW (...)

Hervé Schlüchter's existential watchmaking

Hervé Schlüchter’s existential watchmaking

PORTRAIT

As independent watchmaking continues to make its mark, a new workshop – that of Hervé Schlüchter in Biel/Bienne – creates classically inspired watches with a (...)

Breitling: “Our goal is to use only accredited and traceable sources”

Breitling: “Our goal is to use only accredited and traceable sources”

INTERVIEW

From 2025, Breitling will use only artisanal gold and lab-grown diamonds for its gold and gem-set watches. Over recent years the brand has been promoting (...)

BA111OD gets to grips with the chronograph

BA111OD gets to grips with the chronograph

INTERVIEW

On 11 October 2022, three years after launching his own watch with the sole aim of proving that a gap existed in the traditional business model by (...)

“Speculating on series-produced watches is not viable”

“Speculating on series-produced watches is not viable”

Online sales have truly exploded in a burgeoning secondary market – giving rise to unprecedented speculation in the watch industry despite a market (...)

Monaco Legend Group has strong autumn sale with €17 Million Total result

Monaco Legend Group has strong autumn sale with €17 Million Total result

Monaco Legend Group demonstrated the healthy state of the watch market with its October 2022 Exclusive Timepieces sale that realised a €17 million total. (...)

Messika's success story

Messika’s success story

INTERVIEW

Unable to find jewellery to her taste, Valérie Messika founded her namesake brand in 2005. Messika, whose ethos is to create diamond jewellery as (...)

Watches and Wonders creates its own foundation

Watches and Wonders creates its own foundation

SHOWS

Rolex, Richemont and Patek Philippe have decided to create the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation (WWGF), a not-for-profit foundation based in Geneva. (...)

Who are the winners of the Luxury Innovation Awards 2022?

Who are the winners of the Luxury Innovation Awards 2022?

Five winners of the Luxury Innovation Awards 2022 edition were announced from 122 entries from 21 countries at the Summit, selected by an international (...)

Piaget's treasure hunter

Piaget’s treasure hunter

INTERVIEW

Guillaume Chautru, the head of Piaget’s gemmology department, is constantly on the lookout for rare stones to grace the brand’s jewellery. Sourcing the (...)

Are you ready for radical solutions?

Are you ready for radical solutions?

EDITORIAL

Only radical solutions can create real change. But how do you steer an iceberg the size of Ireland, for example, never mind the entire world? What are (...)

Luxury Innovation Summit: it starts today!

Luxury Innovation Summit: it starts today!

GENEVA

The international conference brings together luxury brands, start-ups and investors in Geneva on October 19-20.

From ego to eco

From ego to eco

EDITORIAL

The 2000s were all about tourbillons; the 2010s were a race for vintage; the decade that has just begun looks set to be all about who can be greenest. But (...)

Presenting the 8th Salon Exceptional Watches in Prague

Presenting the 8th Salon Exceptional Watches in Prague

EVENTS

The annual show will take place on 21 and 22 October 2022 at the Žofín Palace in Prague. It will bring together a selection of international watch brands, (...)

Raymond Loretan: “With the GPHG Academy, we've entered a new dimension”

Raymond Loretan: “With the GPHG Academy, we’ve entered a new dimension”

INTERVIEW

The watch industry would be well advised to come together to promote its image around the world. This has been the mission of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de (...)

Re-Luxury: a new kind of trade show

Re-Luxury: a new kind of trade show

EVENTS

After having been director of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, (organiser of the all-important SIHH in Geneva, now Watches & Wonders) for 15 (...)

Rado: getting to the heart of the matter

Rado: getting to the heart of the matter

INNOVATION

The most successful techniques go hand-in-hand with an intimate knowledge of the materials from which watches are made. Comadur, a top materials (...)