After years of consolidation and growth, the Kering group officially sells 100% of Sowind group, owner of the Swiss manufactures of Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin, to the current management. The luxury giant, which accompanied the Sowind group, guaranteeing adequate resources for a constant evolution in terms of design and technical know-how, reorganizing production, strengthening [...]
After almost 50 days of stoppage, Girard Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin resume production and resume marketing. The decision was made to reopen production, allowing all departments not essential for production to continue working from home such as the marketing, human resources, sales and watch designers teams. .]
Immediately after Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) and Baselworld announced the cancellation of their 2020 editions amid fears of a possible COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, a group of brands had, as mentioned, decided they could react to this. situation, offering, through agility and ingenuity, a different approach to the presentation of new watches, giving life to the "Genev [...]
The Swiss Watch Federation has just released its export statistics for February 2020 and, as expected, they are down sharply. The value of the same contracted by 9.2%, equal to 1.6 billion Swiss francs. But this does not reflect the dire and dire situation on the market either. If exports fell by 51% in China and 42% in H [...]
Following the measures announced yesterday by the Swiss Federal Council to stop the coronavirus infection, the production of watches by various houses including: Rolex, Girard-Perregaux, Hublot and Ulysse Nardin, will stop for a few weeks. At present, the priority for the Geneva brands is exclusively the safety of their employees. This is what a spokesperson told the Agency [...]
Hymn to Sebastian Copeland's photographic art dedicated to the southernmost continent on Earth, the DIVER X ANTARCTICA Ulysse Nardin is a polar symphony of light and ice, an extension of Copeland's deep love for the planet. Terra Australis, as Antarctica was once called - the last continent to be discovered, as well as the southernmost and most hostile land emerged - is if [...]
Some of the prestigious Swiss watch brands come together to create the "Geneva Watch Days 2020" at the end of April, a self-managed multi-brand watch event that is scheduled to take place in Geneva from April 26-29, 2020, just when Watches & Wonders 2020 was planned. Luxury watchmakers face turbulent times. The two main fairs, Watches & Wonders (ex SIHH) and Baselworl [...]
2019 is about to end. For watchmaking it has been, as always, a year full of news and surprises and, waiting for what next year has in store - starting with the increases announced by Rolex as early as January 2020 to those of Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe. instead scheduled for February -, we relive with a special ranking what has happened from January to today. What you [...]
Devialet, the French company that revolutionized ultra-high-definition audio with its luxurious oval-shaped speakers, and the famous Maison Ulysse Nardin are collaborating to create a limited edition of 85 watches equipped with a ring tone: an audio experience worn at the wrist. From the beginning, both companies were also inspired by the desire to raise awareness of the [...]