WORLD WATCH TOUR

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WORLD WATCH TOUR

African retailers and the exodus of capital

African retailers and the exodus of capital

TRAVEL NOTES 🇳🇬 NIGERIA

Deremi Ajidahun is often congratulated by Swiss CEOs on the appetite for watches of Nigerians vacationing in Paris, London or New York. The African (...)

Luch, the last surviving Belarusian watchmaker

Luch, the last surviving Belarusian watchmaker

REPORT

A flagship of the Soviet watch industry, the Luch factory was propelled into the market economy in the early 1990s. Faced with competition and threatened (...)

Salon Exceptional Watches 2020 Prague

A preview of the Salon Exceptional Watches that will take place in Prague on 16 and 17 October this year.

Raketa, the beating heart of Russian watchmaking

Raketa, the beating heart of Russian watchmaking

PORTRAIT

A giant watch factory during the Soviet era, Raketa has never stopped working. But this St. Petersburg-based company is a mere shadow of its former self (...)

Meeting India's largest luxury watch retailer

Meeting India’s largest luxury watch retailer

MARKETS

India will likely become the most populous country in the world by 2027. This stunning growth is not yet reflected in the watch industry, due to historical (...)

Wolf doesn't want an accessory role

Wolf doesn’t want an accessory role

LOS ANGELES

The multi-generational company based in California has conquered a place of choice in the highly specialised market of watch winders and watch cases. Its (...)

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 (...)

Bulgari and the classical '80s

Bulgari and the classical ’80s

ROME

How can a big fashion house overhaul its collections without bowing to the diktats of social networks? One solution is to rediscover times that, although (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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, (...)

JCK, a show in transformation

JCK, a show in transformation

LAS VEGAS

The largest American jewellery show is preparing for a major transition in 2019. After moving from the Venetian Hotel to Mandalay Bay, JCK will return to (...)

Panama, a future watch hub?

Panama, a future watch hub?

TRAVEL NOTES 🇵🇦 PANAMA

The country is already a commercial, logistical and financial hub for Central America and the Caribbean region. With its modern infrastructure, political (...)

Israel: in search of a new direction

Israel: in search of a new direction

TRAVEL NOTES 🇮🇱 ISRAEL

In their narrow local market, Israeli retailers are counting on the rise of tourism to boost watch sales. Geopolitical tensions however jeopardise this (...)

A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall

A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Max Büsser has found new Friends in the world’s largest shopping mall, located in the United Arab Emirates. The watchmaker who continues to follow his (...)

What do we actually know about Shinola?

What do we actually know about Shinola?

TRAVEL NOTES 🇺🇸 DETROIT

The adventure continues! We’re still in Detroit, the American city determined to rise from the industrial ashes. At Shinola, they produce watches, bikes (...)

Business is booming for Dallas retailer Timeless

Business is booming for Dallas retailer Timeless

TRAVEL NOTES 🇺🇸 TEXAS

Cruising along thanks to industry, farming and oil, the Texan capital is morphing into a choice destination for watch buyers. One retailer is doing (...)

Merci: the trendy Paris watchmakers

Merci: the trendy Paris watchmakers

FRANCE

The LMM-01 designed by Paris boutique Merci soon gained an illustrious customer – the president of France, Emmanuel Macron. No doubt he saw something of (...)