A $176 billion reality check for Europe’s luxury brands as Middle East tensions hit shoppersA distant war is impacting global luxury sales. Europe's top luxury firms have lost billions in market value. The Middle East, a key growth...
18 Apr, 2026, 11.09 AM IST
London calling: AstaGuru Auction House enters UK market with first auction in MayIndian auction house AstaGuru has launched its first UK base in London, aiming to tap into Europe's growing collector market. Appointing La...
26 Mar, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
Challenges to persist through '26: SwatchSwiss watchmaker Swatch Group anticipates continued economic and political challenges this year. The company faced a significant drop in op...
19 Mar, 2026, 12.23 AM IST
Swiss watchmakers turn US tariffs into timepiecesSwiss watchmakers are creatively responding to US President Trump's 39% tariff on Swiss goods. Swatch launched a limited-edition watch with...
12 Sep, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Swiss watchmakers bind US tariffs to timepiecesLuxury watchmaker Raymond Weil also announced a limited-edition version of one of its classic models with the "39%" figure on the dial. It ...
12 Sep, 2025, 12.19 AM IST
Esha Gupta appointed global talent for Swiss luxury watchmaker HublotEsha Gupta is now Hublot's global talent. She joined Usain Bolt in Greece for the Hublot Big Bang Unico Summer 2025 launch. Gupta visited H...
30 Jul, 2025, 04.47 PM IST
Opportune time to establish India presence: Swiss watch brand HYTAs major Swiss luxury watchmakers turn towards India, smaller independent brands like HYT are also establishing a presence to tap into the ...
13 May, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
TimeVallée launches its first-ever digital boutique in India in partnership with Tata CLiQ Luxury10 May, 2023, 12.50 PM IST
Going digital: Geneva's fine watch expo to showcase Rolex, Patek Philippe & Cartier timepieces virtuallyWatches and Wonders was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.
08 Apr, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
Panerai CEO sees India as key market for luxury watchesWhile early movers like Rolex, Omega and Tag Heuer entered India in early noughties, a clutch of global luxury watches like Panerai are now...
29 Nov, 2019, 07.25 AM IST
Eastern Germany is becoming the watchmaking capitalGlashuette,the town of 7,000 is home to the greatest concentration of worldclass watchmakers outside of Switzerland — with a business that’...
02 May, 2016, 06.46 AM IST
Luxury brand Tag Heuer to take a swipe at smartwatchesTag Heuer spoke with a Swiss newspaper about its own smartwatch plans and how it will be nothing like Apple.
18 Sep, 2014, 10.24 AM IST
Asia MD of Swiss watchmaker says company may put Ashoka Chakra on its watchesSwiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet plans putting Ashoka Chakra -shown at centre of Indian flag -on some of its expensive watches price...
08 Sep, 2014, 12.55 PM IST
Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil to expand presence in IndiaSwiss luxury watchmaker Raymond Weil is looking at setting up three more stores and also expand its presence in multi-brand outlets in the ...
23 Apr, 2013, 08.10 PM IST
- World's biggest watch fair to open amid gloom
Switzerland's fabled watch industry is bracing for a grim year as the economic crisis bites at the livelihood of small watchmakers, experts...
25 Mar, 2009, 05.01 PM IST
- Luxury watchmakers have never had it so good
If time is money, watchmakers certainly know how to make the best of it, and where. Things might be slowing down in the West, but here watc...
14 Jun, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Luxury watchmakers have never had it so good
The emergence of a new class of affluent young professionals, managers and executives is attracting ultra expensive watchmakers. Clothes de...
04 Jun, 2008, 09.30 PM IST