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Why Swiss Watchmakers Are So Nervous?
The watch Market is Untouchable don’t believe us take a look at what has been going on around the world none of the instability caused by the crisis in Ukraine China’s strict lockdowns inflation falling stock markets or crashing cryptocurrencies has affected the export of watches there was a nearly 13 percent growth in their…
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Watches & Wonders 2023: the new Vacheron Constantin watches
For this 2023 edition of Watches & Wonders, Vacheron Constantin did not make a major revolution, but preferred to complete its collections with small touches, in particular by highlighting a complication that is dear to it: the retrograde date. Add to that a few exceptional pieces and then new Overseas, and you will have a…
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Watchmaking: the Geneva Watch Days set the pace
The rise of independent fashion houses and a new emerging generation will guide the various events until the 1er september. The Geneva Watch Days watch fair opens its doors on Monday for the third consecutive year. After difficult market conditions in 2020 and an encouraging 2021 edition, this new event will bring together some thirty…
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Furlan Marri unveils 3 Automatic Watches with Sector Dial
Finally friends, yes finally, today I can unveil the new permanent collection of the young Geneva brand Furlan Marri. In this article, I will therefore introduce you in detail the 3 new automatic watch references which integrates the permanent catalog of the brand. Remember, in June 2022, about a year after launching the brand and…
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The Rise of Japanese Watches (& How the Swiss Lost)
At the time of Japan’s opening up, almost all of the world’s watches came from either the United States or Switzerland. The Swiss sought to keep their secrets from leaking out to other countries. But those secrets still got out, and with them Japan became one of the biggest makers of watches in the world.…
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A new MoonSwatch is approaching
It’s time to get out your crystal ball! Building on the success since March 26, the release date of the MoonSwatch, the Swatch group is starting to make our mouths water about a new MoonSwatch which will be announced no later than this Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. Her name ? Mission to Moonshine…
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Ralph Lauren Polo Vintage 67: new mechanical watch
Some of you probably know that the Ralph Lauren brand has watches in its collection. And not simple watches like a fashion brand that would make watches, but well thought out and pushed to a fairly high level of quality and watchmaking. Today, the brand is unveiling a new piece: the Ralph Lauren Polo Vintage…
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New Tudor Watch Releases 2023 ! Did They Beat ROLEX?
Foreign hey guys and welcome back to another episode of Federico talks watches today I’m gonna review the tutor watches and wonders releases for 2023 as promised now of course before we get started customers wristwatch check I’m still wearing the Brigade 5817 absolutely loving it a bit on my wrist almost a week now…
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Watches & Wonders 2023: Zenith novelties
It is a fairly discreet cuvée for Zenith. But on closer examination, the few novelties unveiled by the brand during Watches & Wonders 2023 are much deeper than it seems. In the middle of a set of materials, an entirely redesigned collection slips, repositioning the link between the Le Locle manufacture and the world of…
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Swiss Watch Collection, ca. 1970 | Detroit, Hour 2 Preview
GUEST: I brought in a collection that’s my dad’s. He’s 86, and he’s collected watches for maybe 30-some years. He always wore a nice watch, like a Rolex, something like that. His health was failing, so he started liquidating things, and we were going through his office And found a cardboard box and opened it…
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Watch exports pick up the pace in August
During the month under review, international sales of Swiss watches jumped 14.7% to 1.7 billion francs. Swiss watch exports picked up the pace again in August, benefiting from an increase in almost all regions of the globe, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) announced on Tuesday. During the month under review, shipments of…
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No LOVE for this Swiss Watch Brand
Today we have the most underrated unappreciated Swiss watch house in the world at only 35 years young but their resume is so impressive that it’s kinda unbelievable that they are infants in watchmaking they got over 30 truly in-house
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Rolex 2023 Novelties: Watches & Wonders
That’s it friends here we are, after a lot of waiting like every year, Watches & Wondersthe largest watch fair in the world begins this Monday March 27, 2022. While brands are unveiling their new collections and journalists are constantly running from right to left to discover all this, I suggest you take stock of…
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Sale of luxury watches
Back to school is often synonymous with a few nice auctions. Today we are pleased to present a selection of pieces from a very fine prestige sale to be held at the Grand Palais Éphémère at Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr Thursday, February 2 under the expertise of Alexandre de Lamberterie. For all the practical information,…
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Watches & Wonders 2023: Panerai’s novelties
On the occasion of the 2023 edition of Watches & Wonders, the largest watch fair and indirectly heir to the Basel fair, we went to meet Panerai. In a setting featuring the large sails of its ship Eilean, the Italian brand is focusing this year on the Radiomir. On the menu: new proportions, a new…
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E-commerce forecasts point to a doubling of watch sales by 2030
Demand remains strong on the second-hand market, with almost a third (31%) of consumers planning to acquire a second-hand watch in the next twelve months. While two out of five consumers plan to buy a watch online, the watch industry is expected to double its e-commerce sales by the end of the decade. At the…
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The Watches of Jean-Claude Biver and his Son
This article was bound to see the light of day no matter what. Just like the fate of Mr BIVERthe creation of his own brand, in his name, was inevitable and this, for my greatest pleasure. Jean-Claude and his son Pierre announced it about a year ago: “we are working on the design of our…
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Are Swiss Watches Really Better Than Japanese Watches?
For a long time the swiss were historically considered to be the best watchmakers but this narrative changed greatly during the mid 20th century had the japanese not proven their metal as skillful watchmaking people the swiss monopoly over the watchmaking industry would have been impossible to overthrow today watch lovers all across the world…
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New out of old ?
After hours of rumors of all kinds concerning the new MoonSwatch which will be marketed, in only a few countries, and only today, the Swatch group has just formalized the existence of the MoonSwatch Mission To Moonshine Gold. Result: Swatch makes new out of old and settles for the minimum with a single seconds hand…
