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EDITORIAL: Are watches too expensive? (Part 2)
In the last decade, the retail prices of luxury watches has risen faster than inflation and incomes, they are getting more expensive quicker than most can afford. That is untenable in the long run. Already for 2013 watch exports from Switzerland are flat, a stark contrast with the rapid growth of previous years. Even though the outlook for the whole watch industry is uncertain – no brand will be immune from this – the outcome is likely to be positive for the watch buyer.EDITORIAL: Are watches too expensive? (Part 1)
For more than a decade the luxury watch industry has enjoyed a tremendous and lucrative boom. More people were buying more expensive watches than ever before. But things seem to have come to a head, and the business is at an inflexion point. Thus the relevance of a question frequently asked: are watches too expensive?Interview: Edouard Meylan, the CEO of H. Moser & Cie., on turning around the brand
Since taking the helm at H. Moser & Cie. earlier this year, Edouard Meylan has embarked on reorganising and revitalising what was a well regarded but loss-making independent watchmaker. Here he talks about the company's turnaround, and his plans for the future.A stay at Hotel L’Orologio, the watch-themed boutique hotel of Florence
Owned by a Italian businessman Sandro Fratini, the Hotel L'Orologio is a boutique hotel in Florence, Italy. Inspired by watch collecting, with horological objects scattered throughout the hotel, especially of the owner's three favourite brands, Patek Philippe, Rolex and Vacheron Constantin.Load More
