When three guests spent more than $4 million on new Jaeger-LeCoultre watches during a recent visit to the company’s heritage gallery in Switzerland, their host, Philippe […]
Women are underrepresented generally in high-level management positions, and the luxury watch and jewelry industry is no exception. Some brands are aware of the imbalance in […]
Over the last decade, as luxury retailers large and small grew to accept — then embrace — e-commerce, most Swiss watchmakers struck a tone of defiance, […]
LONDON — The Swiss watch industry’s tribulations in 2016 were well documented: Demand in China drifted as the government’s corruption crackdown continued, terror attacks in Europe […]
In fashion, the insouciance of the ’60s and ’70s found expression in bell-bottom trousers and flowing caftans. In watchmaking, the same bohemian style was reflected in […]
One feature firmly in the spotlight at many luxury watch brands: hand-painted enamel dials that, in a technique used for centuries, are fired in an oven […]
LINKOPING, Sweden — In a dark forge outside this historic university city, sparks flew as Johan Gustafsson hammered a metallic sandwich of layers of nickel, iron […]
HONG KONG — Some battery-powered watches at Fossil’s flagship store here have traditional minute and second hands, but their displays sync with a user’s smartphone and […]