Rolex will not speak on the record about future production plans, but moves are afoot to resolve the current crisis in steel sports watches.
What right do watchmakers have to punish people who resell their prized possessions?
Corder’s Column
The remarkable thing is that the two companies had managed to rub along together for so long.
Watchmakers profit from making great watches, retailers profit from selling them. Both specialists, they should stick to doing what they do best.
A weekend spent in the company of the Udells will show any major watch group why family-owned business partners remain their greatest assets.
Ecommerce has unarguably been disruptive, but has it been effective and, if so, for whom?
It may be the elevation of classicist Boris Johnston to the post of UK prime minister that nudged open the the nook in my mind where a handful of Latin phrases are stored, but the expression sine qua non — without this, nothing — popped into my head while reading the wisdom of Hamilton Jewelers’ CEO Hank Siegel and retail guru Doug Stephens.
Leading watchmakers are dumping partners that won't give them space.
Perceived wisdom that watch brands can serve customers better than families who have been running retail businesses for generations is wrong, argues WatchPro editor Rob Corder.
Pulling out of Baselworld and SIHH has saved organisations like Swatch Group, Festina, Swarovski and Movado millions of dollars. The question remains, however, what has it cost?
