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    • Saturday, 25 January, 2020
      Watches & Jewellery
      Zodiac watch interest wanes as Chinese Year of the Rat starts

      Brands pander to Chinese tastes with limited edition releases

    • Sunday, 14 January, 2018
      European companies
      Watch industry works to prolong rebound as SIHH opens

      Brands at the Geneva trade fair must respond to long-term threats

    • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
      European companies
      Hong Kong regains its appetite for Swiss watches

      Mainland China is fast outpacing Hong Kong, however

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2017
      Currencies
      Swiss franc’s fall buoys embattled watchmakers

      But demand from China underlies a long-term recovery

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Celebrations premature for watch and jewellery industry

      The business still faces significant challenges

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
      Retail sector
      The rise of the low-cost mechanical watch

      Today £500 will buy you a stylish product with a proper movement

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Luxury watch industry hopes worst is behind it, at last

      Sales growth hints at end to two-year downturn, but bad news has not fully abated yet

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2017
      World
      Swiss trade surplus hits record high with strong pharma sales, weak vehicle imports
    • Thursday, 26 January, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Swiss watch exports in sharpest fall since financial crisis

      Luxury groups grapple with ‘crisis of the Chinese wrist’ as Hong Kong shipments decline 25%

    • Monday, 16 January, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Sanctions and scandal call time on Russia luxury boom

      The appetite of rich Muscovites for expensive timepieces has diminished

    • Monday, 16 January, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Watches round-up: Van Cleef & Arpels unveils automaton clock

      Aldo Magada passes his Zenith; Brexit means profit; Mickey Mouse deal

    • Friday, 11 November, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Further gloom in store for Swiss watchmakers

      Sentiment is depressed but hope lingers on

    • Friday, 11 November, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      London becomes world’s centre for watch sales

      Brexit will not slow down stores’ ambitious expansion plans

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2016
      Global Economy
      Swiss trade surplus at record high but watch slump continues
    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2016
      World
      Swiss trade pulls back as watch exports decline
    • Saturday, 3 September, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Brands turn to steel for entry-level watches

      The poor state of watch sales is compelling manufacturers to create cheaper products

    • Saturday, 3 September, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Tech companies like Incopro and Netnames fight online counterfeits

      Online fraud costs luxury brands billions of dollars, but they have new ways of combating it now

    • Saturday, 3 September, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Goldgena Project’s radical transparency riles watch industry

      A start-up watch brand is making no friends by pointing out widespread hypocrisy

    • Saturday, 3 September, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Brexit boosted watch sales, says Watchfinder

      From post-Brexit vote sales spike to a Patek Philippe watch in a rare steel case

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Luxury watch industry’s recovery glimpsed despite economic gloom

      The US could lead a pick-up in fortunes for the watch industry, even if Hong Kong and China are still in trouble

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2016
      World
      Swiss exports grow despite sluggish watch sales
    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Time is up for above-inflation price rises in the watch industry

      An outbreak of candour in the industry suggests rampant price increases are a thing of the past

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Jorn Werdelin on a glut of luxury watches

      Too many watches, not enough customers, says Linde Werdelin co-founder

    • Sunday, 17 January, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      UK interest in luxury timepieces is growing

      Buyers are increasingly prepared to spend larger sums of money

    • Friday, 7 November, 2014
      Personal & Household Goods
      Official failings make Thailand a rip-off Rolex Shangri-La

      The fakes market is flourishing across Asia

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