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  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Watches and Wonders: IWC revives the Genta-designed Ingenieur watch

    The legendary designer’s wife Evelyne speaks about his character and what he would have made of the latest iteration of his classic watch

  • Saturday, 1 September, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Luxury watch brands give ground to grey market

    But the battle for control of secondary sales continues

    Mockup image of business woman's hands holding black tablet pc with blank white screen and coffee cup on vintage wooden table in cafe background
  • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    New Breitling chief woos Asia, shuns sexist ploys

    After leaving Richemont, Georges Kern is at a brand in need of radical rethinking

    George Kern, head of Breitling watches, At the Corinthia Hotel on Whitehall. For Watches Supp for Special Reports. 27/2/18
  • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
    Personal & Household Goods
    With the Speedy Tuesday, buying watches online gets sophisticated

    Brands know that innovative digital partnerships and ecommerce will win them custom

    buying online
  • Friday, 11 November, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    Further gloom in store for Swiss watchmakers

    Sentiment is depressed but hope lingers on

    Wind up: the wrist of an employee at Beyer in Zurich
  • Monday, 26 September, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    Watch goes to the dogs in Hong Kong

    From Jaquet Droz’s Far East connection to the buyers and exhibitors of a watch and clock fair predicting 2017 trends

    Piguet and Meylan
  • Saturday, 14 November, 2015
    Personal & Household Goods
    Women watchmakers in a man’s world

    A handful of female chief executives are changing the face of the industry

  • Friday, 2 October, 2015
    Life & Arts
    Behind closed doors: the secret world of private shopping

    Enter the mahogany-panelled world of private shopping suites — where it’s invite-only for the most serious of spenders

    Graff Diamonds
  • Thursday, 19 March, 2015
    Personal & Household Goods
    Baselworld: watchmakers promote next generation of talent

    Competition gives horology apprentices a chance to showcase their abilities

  • Friday, 7 November, 2014
    Personal & Household Goods
    Fine watches are expensive, but why? Syl Tang finds out the hard way

    Syl Tang sets out to learn the skills of fine watchmaking

    Syl Tang tries – and fails – to work on delicate movements at the IWC Schaffhausen workshop in New York
  • Friday, 7 November, 2014
    Personal & Household Goods
    The rulebreaker at IWC on the move to go global

    Chief executive Georges Kern explains why the brand is pushing into Asia with a mid-size range

    Georges Kern
  • Monday, 29 September, 2014
    Personal & Household Goods
    Watches & Wonders: brands return to demonstrate prowess

    Organisers want the fair to be hub for international launches by major Swiss brands

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2014
    Personal & Household Goods
    IWC backs Charles Darwin Foundation’s Galápagos conservation work

    Eco-friendly projects can also prove smart marketing move

    Galapagos Islands
  • Sunday, 19 January, 2014
    Personal & Household Goods
    Swatch decision on ETA movements shakes up world of chronographs

    Loss of key supplier ETA has forced change

    Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-president, Chopard
  • Friday, 29 November, 2013
    Life & Arts
    Power Dressing: Fred Hervey
    Fred Hervey
  • Friday, 6 September, 2013
    UK retail results
    Department store wars: Attention seeking reaches ever greater heights

    Retail theatre has gained an important foothold in watch groups’ marketing campaigns

    IWC placed a Formula One simulator car on the ground floor of the Selfridges Wonder Room on Oxford Street, London
  • Friday, 6 September, 2013
    Personal & Household Goods
    Ecommerce: Attitudes of traditional brands shift towards the internet

    Until recently, the industry was wary of the web

    A man wipes down a display case in the window of the Breitling watch store
  • Friday, 30 August, 2013
    Life & Arts
    Power dressing: Scott Clyman

    The aviation consultant says it’s important to have a good shirt that can last and is resilient for travel

    Scott Clyman
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2013
    Personal & Household Goods
    World timers: Jet-set piece is also a personal statement

    For once, a complication is both useful and beautiful. Timothy Barber reports

    Around the world: from left, the Bremont ALT1; Breitling's Transocean Chrono Unitime stainless steel model; the Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece World Timer; Jaeger Le Coultre's Duometre Unique Travel Time
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