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Time to reflect on the fate of the watch industry
EUROPA STAR CLUB
March 2020
Europa Star provides a unique resource to help you gain perspective on what is happening to the watch industry today, by looking through the lens of (...)
Time for the watch industry to dig deep
ANALYSIS
February 2020
The announcements of the cancellation of Watches & Wonders and Baselworld, and the bankruptcy of RJ Watches, are symptomatic of the deep troubles (...)
Are groups compatible with Baselworld?
THE FAIR TRADE
February 2020
It’s not all about coronavirus... Swatch Group’s decision to leave Baselworld is in line with a fundamental trend: after grappling with the production chain (...)
Luxury: a gilded cage for the Swiss watch industry?
ANALYSIS
February 2020
Is the watchmaking industry simply coming to the end of a 30-year revolution bent on pursuing the high-end segment as the ultimate goal? Or does the (...)
1950-2020: The voices of my ancestors... and mine
EDITORIAL
January 2020
As wishes are in order for 2020, I succumbed to the temptation to look at what my predecessors had written as Europa Star entered each new decade since (...)
Stephen Forsey: “There’s a risk of a loss of know-how”
INTERVIEW
January 2020
Greubel Forsey recently presented its Hand Made 1. As its name suggests, this exceptional watch was made almost entirely (95%) by hand. Europa Star took (...)
Peter Stas: “We’re in talks with health insurance companies”
INTERVIEW
January 2020
Smartwatches? They account for 12% of turnover at Frédérique Constant and 35% at Alpina. With the creation of MMT, Peter Stas is one step ahead in the (...)
“The future of creativity lies in the hands of independent structures”
WHAT’S NEXT?
January 2020
In the course of his career, Manuel Emch resuscitated the Jaquet Droz brand during the nine years he spent as its CEO and artistic director. Then, over a (...)
“Today, we admire the disruption of the past”
INTERVIEW WITH YVES BEHAR
January 2020
Swiss-born star designer Yves Behar has a long list of clients, ranging from Nike to L’Oreal, Louis Vuitton to Prada, Samsung to Herman Miller. Now based in (...)
“All products sold on image are rapidly developing pre-owned”
FRED LEVIN
January 2020
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“It’s not only the Apple watch: the iPhone is a tough competitor when targeting millennials”
GEORGES BRUNET
January 2020
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“Since the pool of customers is not expanding, everybody wants to get into direct selling”
THOMAS BAILLOD
January 2020
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“Digital natives and crowdfunding are opening up promising paths”
THIERRY HURON
January 2020
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
Pre-owned: it’s been a long time coming, but now it’s here
WHAT’S NEXT?
December 2019
Nothing will ever be the same again. Long confined to the shadier corners of the digital grey market, fed by oversupply, short-term greed and brand (...)
“Swiss people should be our best ambassadors, but so many know nothing about watches!”
YVAN ARPA
December 2019
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“The smart watch is becoming a health monitoring device”
RENÉ WEBER
December 2019
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“You create a community of believers, not just buyers”
OLIVIER R. MÜLLER
December 2019
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“After-sales service is completely ignored in current thinking”
CHRISTOPHE MUSY
December 2019
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“Every week, I see high-end watch owners switching to Apple watches”
MAX BÜSSER
December 2019
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)
“Brands are starting to understand the mechanics of e-commerce”
STÉPHANE WASER
December 2019
In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)