A world watch tour

A world watch tour

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A world watch tour

Almost every country in the world boasts a horological scene full of surprises, even if small in size. These Europa Star articles venture off the beaten track.

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What are the main markets for Swiss watches?

What are the main markets for Swiss watches?

WORLD RANKING

The Swiss watch industry posted growth in 2017, between January and November accordingly to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Exports totaled (...)

Panama, a future watch hub?

Panama, a future watch hub?

TRAVEL NOTES 🇵🇦 PANAMA

The country is already a commercial, logistical and financial hub for Central America and the Caribbean region. With its modern infrastructure, political (...)

Top 10 watch markets

Top 10 watch markets

EVOLUTION SINCE 1885

According to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, the value of Swiss watch exports fell just short of the 20 billion francs mark last year. But what (...)

Israel: in search of a new direction

Israel: in search of a new direction

TRAVEL NOTES 🇮🇱 ISRAEL

In their narrow local market, Israeli retailers are counting on the rise of tourism to boost watch sales. Geopolitical tensions however jeopardise this (...)

A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall

A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Max Büsser has found new Friends in the world’s largest shopping mall, located in the United Arab Emirates. The watchmaker who continues to follow his (...)

India's luxury watch market, a complex case

India’s luxury watch market, a complex case

ANALYSIS

While 2017 was a year focused on absorbing the shock of “demonetisation” in India – as the government suddenly withdrew more than two-thirds of the country’s (...)

Luxury market expectations in Australia

Luxury market expectations in Australia

WORLD MARKETS

Record continuous growth and buoyant conditions are strong indicators for the luxury makers but they face contradictory generational (...)

Russia, a challenging year

Russia, a challenging year

2017

2017 has been a challenging year for the Russian watch market. For the first nine months of the year, the value of imported watches increased by 5%, but (...)

United Arab Emirates, oversupply?

United Arab Emirates, oversupply?

2017: -4.1%

The hub for luxury watches in the Middle East has been met with challenging times these last three years. Basically, there is too much supply, with the (...)

The geopolitics of world time

The geopolitics of world time

TRAVEL WATCHES

In the late nineteenth century, dividing the world into slices, even if only for time-keeping purposes, raised serious problems between nations and empires (...)

Senegal: at the sickbed of the watch market

Senegal: at the sickbed of the watch market

WORLD MARKETS

On the beaches of Dakar, lapped by the Atlantic, time is on the move. It slips between the Western tourists languishing on the sand of Yoff or the pebbles (...)

Italy, a stable market and a deep watch culture

Italy, a stable market and a deep watch culture

2017: -0.6%

Contrary to Hong Kong, China or the UK, which have experienced dramatic increases or decreases these last years, the Italian market seems much more stable. (...)

An interview with Seddiqi

An interview with Seddiqi

WORLD MARKETS

The third edition of Dubai Watch Week was an incontestable success, despite the fact that the world of watch trade fairs is currently in turmoil. The event (...)

India: the slow-moving giant

India: the slow-moving giant

One of the fastest growing economies with a large, young population and a sizeable middle class, the south Asian power has not held all its promises for (...)

New brands from the North

New brands from the North

Where brands from the North are concerned, there is not only Daniel Wellington from Sweden, Suunto from Finland and Skagen from Denmark (and quite a few (...)

Dealing with protectionism

Dealing with protectionism

MARKETS

The increased taxes on watch purchases by Chinese tourists in Switzerland rank high on the list of the industry’s current woes. In Brazil and India, highly (...)

The true size of the Swiss watch market

The true size of the Swiss watch market

DATA

Everything you always wanted to know about the Swiss watch trade but were afraid to ask: a recent survey, published by The Mercury Project, created by (...)

The unpublished export figures for Swiss luxury watches

The unpublished export figures for Swiss luxury watches

EXCLUSIVE

The export figures for watches valued at over CHF 3,000 have always been something of a mystery. Now, for the first time, this crucial sector of Swiss (...)