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Byrne: changing faces

Byrne: changing faces

Despite the many newcomers swelling the ranks of watch brands each year, genuinely innovative concepts are few and far between. Launched in 2022, indie (...)

A year of symbols for Japan

A year of symbols for Japan

EDITORIAL

An interesting development, perhaps even a major shift, is taking place in Japanese watchmaking. The Japanese watch industry has long set itself up to be (...)

In the Mood for Tissot: the debut in Hong Kong (1920–1997)

In the Mood for Tissot: the debut in Hong Kong (1920–1997)

It is always interesting to re-evaluate Tissot’s business choices and activities in China from a present-day perspective. Just recently, 2023 saw the launch (...)

“I've set Tissot a target of 5 million watches a year”

“I’ve set Tissot a target of 5 million watches a year”

Not all Swiss watch brands subscribe to the strategy of scaling back production as part of the industry’s push upmarket. Some use a different playbook, as (...)

Arizona Fine Time: a grassroots dealer's grit and glory

Arizona Fine Time: a grassroots dealer’s grit and glory

Outside the vortex of the ‘super retailers’, a standalone watch store from the desert city of Scottsdale was spotted in Geneva at a constellation of brand (...)

EveryWatch Insights: Geneva Auctions

EveryWatch Insights: Geneva Auctions

In this first column for Europa Star, watch auction data specialist EveryWatch details some of the highlights of the May 2024 Geneva auctions, which (...)

China: an industry obsession since the 1990s

China: an industry obsession since the 1990s

COLUMN

In 2024 Europa Star is celebrating 30 years of its China issue (the magazine’s Asia version goes back even further, to 1950). Pascal Brandt, a longstanding (...)

Formex: extreme shapes meet sport-chic

Formex: extreme shapes meet sport-chic

Now managed by a family-owned group specialising in watch part production, Formex has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence since its Kickstarter relaunch in (...)

Watches and Wonders to stage fourth China edition in Shanghai

Watches and Wonders to stage fourth China edition in Shanghai

After Geneva, it’s off to China for a new edition of the event, slated for 28 August to 1 September 2024, at the West Bund Art Center in Shanghai. The show (...)

Corsairs and pirates

Corsairs and pirates

EDITORIAL

It’s important not to confuse pirates, “outlawed freebooters who sailed and pillaged ships for their own personal gain,” with corsairs, “mandated by a (...)

Game of Thrones co-producer launches his jewellery line in Geneva

Game of Thrones co-producer launches his jewellery line in Geneva

Nothing about the Jaqueline Powers jewellery brand, created by Vince Gerardis, co-executive producer of the series, brings to mind the fantasy world (...)

Vacheron Constantin reopens newly renovated Zurich boutique

Vacheron Constantin reopens newly renovated Zurich boutique

After three months of renovation, the 100-square-meter store swings its doors open again. For the first time worldwide, the boutique features an exclusive (...)

COSC: competition for the arbiter of precision horology

COSC: competition for the arbiter of precision horology

The Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, the COSC, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023. This non-profit foundation has played a crucial role (...)

Porrentruy: the little-known “other” hub of Swiss watchmaking

Porrentruy: the little-known “other” hub of Swiss watchmaking

Unlike that of Geneva, the Joux Valley, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, Biel or other places, the history of watchmaking in Porrentruy tends to be overlooked. (...)

Maurice Lacroix opens third mono-brand store in Malaysia

The Swiss brand brings a taste of the Franches Montagnes to Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with Watatime, Malaysia’s leading authorised retailer of luxury (...)

Richard Mille: for the love of sport

Richard Mille: for the love of sport

The Franco-Swiss brand watches over a “family” of 40-plus partners. From accomplished athletes to rising stars, they excel in a vast range of disciplines, (...)

Ocarat: the French retailer with 180 brands

Ocarat: the French retailer with 180 brands

Its catalogue reads like a who’s who of affordable contemporary watchmaking, from established names to startups and micro-labels. As well as making 99% of (...)

Both sides of the border

Both sides of the border

EDITORIAL

In our latest issue (3/24), we bring you a comprehensive report on the French watchmaking industry, which has gained momentum in recent years – welcome (...)

Société Suisse de Chronométrie: 100 years of innovation

Société Suisse de Chronométrie: 100 years of innovation

PORTRAIT

Dedicated to the knowledge sharing and technology transfer that spurs all watchmaking innovations, the SSC is one of the (few) actors that prove it is (...)

Introducing Watch Week Aspen 8-11 August 2024

Introducing Watch Week Aspen 8-11 August 2024

Oliver Smith Jeweller and the Aspen Chamber of Commerce are bringing the inaugural four-day fête to the upscale resort town, offering another great reason (...)