Citizen Watch Co. Ltd has just announced that they have entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the Frederique Constant Holding SA as part of Citizen’s plan to strengthen its brand portfolio of “accessible luxury watches”. Frederique Constant Holdings… Read More ›
Last year saw the announcement of the departure of Ralph Lauren from SIHH and the arrival of nine independent brands in what was called the ‘Carré des Horlogers’. It has just been reported in Le Temps that SIHH will once again… Read More ›
For those of you who are frequent flyers you may be aware of the increasing incidence of in-flight theft of money and valuables from passengers by fellow passengers. In Hong Kong, from where today’s news comes, there were 48 cases… Read More ›
Another day another move, with news that Tudor’s CEO Mr. Philippe Peverelli, who has lead the Rolex younger sibling since 2009, will be moving to the big R to run the Rolex Group’s merchandising division Roledeco, which handles boutique design… Read More ›
Swatch Group AG has announced the impending retirement of Mr Stephen Urquhart from the position of president of Omega and the appointment of his deputy Raynald Aeschlimann to succeed him as of June 1, 2016. Mr Aeschilmann has been Vice… Read More ›
Maker of liquid time-telling wristwatches and SIHH 2016 newcomers HYT have announced a successful fundraising effort for their upcoming new collections, with investors including Nestle CEO Peter Brabec-Letmanthe and a Swiss private asset management company joining the investor fold. Beat… Read More ›
With unemployment in Nigeria hitting 9.9% in the third quarter of 2015, Ulysse Nardin CEO Patrik Hoffman has told Najj.com that his company plans to do their small part in assisting youth unemployment by training young Nigerians as watchmakers in partnership… Read More ›
Swiss watch exports fell as sales in Hong Kong and China experienced marked falls in the last quarter, reports the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH). After drops in the May and July quarter reports there has been no… Read More ›
The Swiss watchmaking industry is pessimistic about their immediate economic outlook, according to the results of a survey by Deloitte. First conducted in 2012, Deloitte’s annual Swiss Watch Industry Study reports that for the first time, more industry executives are… Read More ›
When a friend tagged me onto a photo of what appeared to be a new Apple Watch x Hermès watch it took me aback. Was it real? Well it turns out that it is. Collaborations are the thing now, after… Read More ›
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