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The End of Baselworld?

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With the global economy struggling, the long-held norms of the world of Swiss watches are changing in real-time before our very eyes. Anyone who is anyone that has an interest in Swiss watches is familiar with the Baselworld Watch and Jewelry Show, which is a trade show of the international watch and jewelry industry organized Read more about The End of Baselworld?[…]

The Quartz Crisis – Then & Now

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Then: Seiko Changed the Landscape If you know the luxury watch industry, you know that the name “Seiko” tends to make watch snobs shudder. The company is not based in Switzerland and doesn’t focus heavily on high-precision, mechanical movements. Seiko also pioneered the mass switch to battery operated quartz movements that crippled the Swiss watchmaking industry Read more about The Quartz Crisis – Then & Now[…]