Watchmakers gave upbeat forecasts for 2011 at the industry's largest fair on Wednesday, although the deadly earthquake which hit key luxury consuming country Japan and Arab uprisings cast shadows over the expectations.
Industry giants including...
A measure of any Asian businessman is the time he keeps and, far more importantly, the watch he wears to mark it.
A handshake can be soft or firm but will likely soon be followed...
Omega is pushing for major expansion in the US, with nine stores slated to open across the country this week.
A Chicago boutique will be unveiled this Thursday (November 18), followed by other store launches...
Nicolas Hayek, chairman and former chief executive of the giant Swiss watch-manufacturing firm Swatch, has died. He was 82.
As chairman of the Swatch group, Hayek cut a high profile in the world of Swiss...
The Le Richemond Hotel in the Swiss city of Geneva claims it has become the first in the world to offer guests the service of a "watch butler."
The Swiss hotel has introduced a new...
Hublot has become the official timekeeper for the next two editions of the Fifa World Cup.
The Swiss watchmaker will sponsor the tournaments in South Africa this year and in Brazil in 2014, with its...
Luxury watchmakers are going back to basics with classic designs, as industry players at the world's biggest watch fair in Switzerland warned Wednesday that the "years of extravagance" were over.
While the industry is reporting...
Apparently not everyone is feeling the bite of the recession. A European mogul has commissioned luxury Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin to create a one-of-a-kind $6.5 million timepiece which will automatically become one of the...
