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Interview: Timex Design Director Giorgio Galli Chats About His Time At Swatch, His Creative Process, And Gérald Genta
The design powerhouse has spent the last 30 years improving the aesthetics of entry-level watchmaking.
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The design powerhouse has spent the last 30 years improving the aesthetics of entry-level watchmaking.
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You might need to wait a little longer for that watch you've been saving up for.
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Does this chunky '80s design work for today's wrists?
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The Classic Fusion goes YG in 42mm for the first time ever.
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The young TAG Heuer CEO has trained his eye on the future: "We can't rely on Steve McQueen for decades to come."
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A serpent with a secret.
SJX Watches
After several years of trying to grow its sub-scale watch division, Kering has sold both of its watch brands in a management buyout led by chief executive Patrick Pruniaux. A former Apple executive who started his watch career at TAG Heuer, Mr Pruniaux first took charge of Ulysse Nardin in 2017 before also taking the top job at Girard-Perregaux a year later. He proceeded to merge both brands into a single factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a move that was subsequently followed by layoffs the next year. The slimmed-down brands will have the flexibility to do more, while also facing the challenge of being relatively small players facing off against stronger brands. The French luxury group never managed to replicate the earlier success of its watch brands, both of which were run by iconoclastic entrepreneurs – Rolf Schnyder at Ulysse Nardin and Luigi “Gino” Macaluso at Girard-Perregaux. Both their deaths led to their heirs selling the respective companies to Kering, the Macaluso family in 2011 and the Schnyder family in 2014. Patrick Pruniaux With brands like Gucci and Saint Laurent in its stable, Kering had 2020 revenues of over €13 billion, leaving its two-brand watch division diminutive in comparison. The group never found the right formula for its watch division, resulting in the gradual erosion of sales. At the time of their respective acquisitions, Girard-Perregaux has annual sales of about CHF180 million and Ulysse Nardin about €190 million according to recent es...
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Keep your money on your mind with these value-packed timekeepers.
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The watchmaker is out there.
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An old, obscure complication takes on a fresh urgency.
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Raise your glasses to a real one.
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Even in ways you may not expect.
Deployant
In today's article, we will be focusing on watch dials, with specficially six different timepieces that are fitted with an incredible dial.
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You get what you pay for, or maybe not … if you can pay at all.
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HSNY's Board of Trustees Goes International.
Quill & Pad
Martin Green enjoys hiking to the Dutch beach in the winter. So when he borrowed a Tutima M2 Coastline Chronograph for a test he decided to put it through its paces at the coastline. The stormy conditions were challenging, but the M2 Coastline Chronograph proved its worth.
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"You were supposed to get a good tree. Can't you even tell a good tree from a poor tree?" – Lucy Van Pelt, A Charlie Brown Christmas
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'No more safe queens.'
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Sometimes 'value' means a lot more than monetary worth.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
What do you get when one of the largest watch brands on earth collaborates with a 120 year old Japanese lacquerware crafter? Apparently you get these two new mechanical timepieces from Citizen.
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His journey began with a humble Seiko 5.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." –Iñigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
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You're pretty much guaranteed to see something here that you've never seen before.
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Warning: low-consequence, strong views ahead.
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But really, both are steals compared to their uber-famous counterparts.
Revolution
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Anyone know a good loan shark?
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All your timing needs in one watch.
The British-Indian fashion designer channels the '90s in her first Swatch collaboration.
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A triple-threat release from Lange that comprises three of the company's most exceptional elements.
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