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5 Questions for Guillaume Têtu, COO of Ralph Lauren Watch & Jewelry Co, About New Strategy For Growth

In 2009, a new brand made its debut to the SIHH, the Ralph Lauren Watch & Jewelry Co, a joint venture between the iconic lifestyle brand and the Richemont Group, the watchmaking giant. Yet, the path has not been simple and after several unclear collections and hesitations in positioning the brand, the brand was absent from the SIHH 2016. Though, this was not the end of the story. New teams, repositioning of the collections, appointment of industry veteran Guillaume Têtu, first as Product Development Director and as COO since October, finally a discreet comeback of the brand at the SIHH 2017. It was perfect timing for us to sit down with our long-time friend Guillaume and to understand his vision for the Ralph Lauren Watch & Jewelry Co.

VIDEO – 5 Questions to Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of Bulgari (2017 Collections, 2016 Year Report…)

It will be hard to hide the fact that, since a few years, the brand Bulgari has become a major actor in the field of watchmaking. What has long been a superb jeweler and a manufacturer of jewelry-oriented watches is now recognized as a proper innovator and a respected high-end watch brand, showing to the world an great expertise in ultra-thin movements (in-house developed and produced) mixed with a unique design inspired by Roma. In order to understand the changes operated by Bulgari and to see what will be the coming developments of the brand, we sat down with Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of Bulgari, talking about his nearly 4 years as CEO, about the iconic Octo design and about the new models for 2017.

Interview: 10 Questions For FHH’s Fabienne Lupo On The State Of The Watch Industry

We recently had the chance to talk with Fabienne Lupo, Chairwoman and Managing Director of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH), the body that organizes the watch trade show SIHH. As SIHH 2017 has just concluded, this would be read more…

SIHH 2017 – 5 Questions To Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne (VIDEO)

As some might say, show must go on… But how futile and material this would be, the SIHH is about watches and A. Lange & Söhne again has a great, impressive and highly desirable collection of watches, including the Tourbograph Perpetual, the Zeitwerk Decimal Strike and the 1815 Annual Calendar. And who could be better than our good friend Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne, to explain these SIHH 2017 novelties. Here is our conversation with him.

Skillfully Mixing & Matching Watch Designs With The Watch_Brotherss

The “Watch Brotherss” are a duo of actual watch designers from Hong Kong who have done something artistically interesting and worth talking about. What they do is use their Photoshop and design skills to merge various watch models they like to form hybrid designs which range from cool and desirable to really weird and thought-provoking.

Interview: Gold Medal Winner, World Record Setter and Richard Mille Brand Ambassador, Wayde Van Niekerk

By Roberta Naas
It isn’t everyday you get to spend exclusive one-on-one time with a man who has set a world record and won an Olympic Gold medal, but we had that chance recently when we spoke with Richard Mille brand ambassador, Wayde van Niekerk, who was happy to talk about time and sports.

Buying Watches In London, England: Watches Of Switzerland

Serving London with 5 locations and many more through the U.K., Watches of Switzerland (part of the Aurum Group) has been serving their customers for 95 years. As an authorized dealer for more Swiss brands than any other UK retailer, they will welcome you to any of their 15 showrooms with a glass of champagne.

Interview: One-on-One with Zenith CEO Aldo Magada

By Roberta Naas
Recently, we had the chance to talk one on one with Aldo Magada, Zenith CEO, about the brand, its products, its plans and the challenges facing the watch industry. The interview comes on the heels of a host of new introductions, including the Range Rover partnership.

Tom Kristensen, Rolex Ambassador, turns back the clock at Goodwood Revival 2016

Inevitably, when you say “Tom Kristensen” most people think of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the endurance race he has won more than anyone else. The Danish driver’s career also includes six wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring, titles in the German Formula 3 in 1991, Japanese Formula 3 in 1993, as well …

VIDEO – The Montblanc Patented ExoTourbillon explained by Davide Cerrato, managing director of the Montblanc Watch Division

This year, at the SIHH 2016, Montblanc continued to impressed us with a new watch, the ExoTourbillon Slim, an elegant, luxurious and technically complex watch, which includes the brand’s latest innovation, the ExoTourbillon. This watch not only have a tourbillon regulator that clearly stands out of the crowd, with unique technical solutions, but it is also an extremely good “value for money” offer, in the actual accessible luxury motto of Montblanc. We, at Monochrome-Watches, decided that this watch and its regulator needed to be explained in details, and for that we’ve been visiting the Montblanc Manufacture in Villeret and asked Davide Cerrato, Managing Director of Montblanc Watch Division, to tell us everything about the ExoTourbillon.

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