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  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April
    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

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April
    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    Watches & Jewellery
    ‘Made in China’ watches gain domestic popularity

    Emergence of local high-end luxury brands gives hopes of changing perceptions about quality

  • Saturday, 5 September, 2020
    Watches & Jewellery
    Swiss watchmakers seek to reprice their entry-level models

    Luxury houses attempt to balance value and a fair price to lure in younger customers

  • Saturday, 9 May, 2020
    Watches & Jewellery
    Watch brands move business online to beat lockdown

    Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs

  • Saturday, 9 November, 2019
    InterviewWatches & Jewellery
    Panerai looks to client experiences to elevate watch brand

    Chief Jean-Marc Pontroué is attempting to make its offering both ‘fun’ and sustainable

  • Saturday, 9 November, 2019
    InterviewWatches & Jewellery
    Michael Tay: the watch retailer with a passion for performance

    The arts enthusiast and chief of The Hour Glass says Singapore is a growing market for horologists

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
    InterviewWatches & Jewellery
    Parmigiani Fleurier pivots to Asia as consumer habits shift

    Chief executive Davide Traxler says half the lossmaking watch brand’s social media budget will go on China

  • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
    InterviewWatches & Jewellery
    Half head, half guts: LVMH man’s maxim for leadership

    Stéphane Bianchi brushes off pressure of taking over from watch industry showman

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
    Social Media
    Generation Z turn to watches, not just phones, for the time

    The young are keen on timepieces, but brands must innovate to woo them

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

    Brexit will not slow down stores’ ambitious expansion plans

  • 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

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    Ahead of the Olympics, how sport and watches became indivisible

    In this summer’s Olympics, every millisecond will count. But how did sport and the watch industry become inseparable?

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    Cartier launches new models even in industry downturn

    Pierre Rainero, the house’s style director, says the only way is forward

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