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    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Leica trains its lens on luxury watch market

      The high-end camera-maker’s latest collection is priced to compete with the big Swiss brands

      A man  in a living room looks at the camera, holding a digicam on top of his watch
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Luxury brands slow to improve transparency as consumer pressure grows

      Several industry names shun sustainability survey despite boards placing higher value on responsible practices

    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Leonardo DiCaprio’s next role: investor in sustainable luxury watchmaker ID Genève

      The Hollywood actor says the Swiss timepiece maker’s eco-innovative practices are an exemplar for the watch industry

    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Industry weighs potential of AI-designed watches

      The latest advances have prompted comparisons with past episodes of technological disruption

      OpenAI’s Dall-E image generation tool
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      InterviewWatches & Jewellery
      Bremont’s Davide Cerrato: ‘We can be the champion of tool watches’

      The company’s new chief executive on giving the brand an iconic product and building on Britain’s history of exploration and adventure

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders: IWC revives the Genta-designed Ingenieur watch

      The legendary designer’s wife Evelyne speaks about his character and what he would have made of the latest iteration of his classic watch

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders: Zenith clears fresh Pilot iterations for take-off

      Refreshed collection marks watchmaker’s return to the aviation segment

      Zenith CEO Julien Tornare
    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Brands weigh cost against popularity of watch fairs

      Trade show attendance is growing again, but some big industry names are still staying away in favour of different formats

      people standing next to a giant watch
    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Panerai’s tie-up with gaming giant Razer opens up the luxury brand to young consumers

      The unlikely pairing’s limited edition watch to raise funds for conservation will help the traditional Italian company connect with the smartphone generation

      Panerai chief executive Jean Marc Pontroué
    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Kering buyout boss vows: ‘We will never be mainstream’

      The Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux boss talks about his plans after breaking away from parent group Kering

      Patrick Pruniaux, chief executive of Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux
    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Cleaning up the online market in pre-owned watches

      The business of buying and selling watches online is booming, but it can be risky. Enter Subdial — on a promise of transparency and with the backing of industry heavyweights

      Ross Crane and Christy Davis, co-founders of Subdial
    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Industry promises green mindset but remains dedicated follower of fashion

      Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 hopes to help companies reach net zero

      Cartier’s Cyrille Vigneron (left) and Kering’s Marie-Claire Daveu
    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Breitling chief’s grounded approach speeds watchmaker’s growth

      Georges Kern has broadened the brand’s appeal by steering it away from the masculine aviator image

      Georges Kern, Breitling chief executive
    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      How Hermès watches ticked up as rivals lagged behind

      The design brand’s watch chief explains the strategy that enabled it to grow rapidly through the pandemic

      Guillaume de Seynes
    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Pressure builds on the watch industry over green claims

      Brands are urged to come clean on their environmental credentials

      In 2020, Omega unveiled the Seamaster Diver 300m Nekton Edition, as part of a tie-up with the non-profit research foundation whose mission is to protect the oceans
    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      Luxury goods
      Unlikely partners: Bulgari and MB&F develop joint watch project

      The jewellery powerhouse’s decision to work with the niche watchmaker may bring similar tie-ups throughout the industry

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      InterviewWatches & Jewellery
      Parmigiani’s Guido Terreni: luxury has become more mainstream

      New chief executive sees a growing power of niche brands appealing to those who still want to set themselves apart

      Parmigiani CEO Guido Terreni (left) with founder and revered watch and clock restorer Michel Parmigiani
    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Luxury groups make the case for genderless watches

      In the typically conservative watch industry, the shift to a unisex approach is already implicit

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Seiko has to go back to its roots to grow again, says Akio Naito

      New president admits that 140-year-old brand is bland and change is needed

    • Friday, 3 September, 2021
      InterviewWatches & Jewellery
      Fears: The British family watchmaker winding back the years

      Nicholas Bowman-Scargill went from Rolex to Asda while restarting his great-grandfather’s 175-year-old watch company

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      UK watchmakers battle for international credibility

      New industry body aims to galvanise sector, though the ‘British’ tag is often a misnomer

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Big watch brands weigh up the fun of virtual trade fairs

      Show organisers seek to win back watchmakers who have since decided to go it alone

    • Saturday, 30 January, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Gerald Charles — dialling into social networks to take on bigger rivals

      The Swiss independent watchmaker generates sales by nurturing its customer base as a community

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Julien Tornare bets on Chronomaster Sport to lift Zenith into the big league

      LVMH’s smallest watch brand covets a spot on the top 25 of Swiss makers by competing in the steel chronograph category

    • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
      Watches & Jewellery
      ‘K-shaped’ recovery favours stronger watch brands

      Ecommerce is booming but any bounceback is unlikely to be big enough to recover lockdown losses

      Locked down but not out: bigger brands like Rolex continue to do well despite physical store closures
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