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Top Swiss watch CEOs tell Fortune they’ve been too “arrogant” as the pandemic watch boom peters out

fortune rr pandemic boom feature “We are a little bit arrogant. We feel that we are the king of the customer – and it’s the customer who is the king. You should never reverse this.’’

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TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 Smartwatch Aims To Be Eternal

Today TAG Heuer debuts the follow-up smartwatch to their successful TAG Heuer Carrera Connected from 2015. It isn’t just a new product, but a sign of a long-term investment in the category of smartwatches. The 2017 TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 smartwatch is an upgrade across the board.

Jean-Claude Biver Tells Us What He Has Learned About Smartwatches As We Await New TAG Heuer Connected Modular Watch In March

In anticipation of the upcoming launch of the TAG Heuer Connected Modular watch, I spoke with TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver about what he has learned about smartwatches in general as well as what to expect for the upcoming watch.

TAG Heuer Debuts Matt Black Ceramic Carrera HEUER-01

By Martin Green
Under the capable leadership of Jean-Claude Biver, TAG-Heuer is quickly reclaiming the position of being an innovative and creative manufacture, a quality which made them famous in the first place. An important watch to do so is the Carrera HEUER-01. The Carrera has been throughout its history an important model for TAG-Heuer, but the version that was introduced in 2015 not only revamped the watch but was also used to debuted the manufacture caliber HEUER-01. Since that moment the Carrera has become one of the best-selling watches within the TAG-Heuer collection, which is now also available in matt black ceramic.

The Hublot & Ferrari Partnership Five Years In

Some watchmaker-and-carmaker collaborations are a great success; others fail miserably; most, of course, fall somewhere in the middle. Many of the variables, the partners obviously can’t control — timing and luck, for example — but others, they can govern and refine. The now five-year-strong Hublot and Ferrari alliance proves a success story to learn from.

What Would You Do If You Were The New CEO Of Zenith? This Is What We Would Do . . .

To aid the as-yet nameless incoming CEO of Zenith with a bit of gratuitous advice (whether wanted or not) we offer a classic Quill & Pad round table discussion on what we would do if one of us were named the new CEO of Zenith tomorrow. We hope you enjoy the serious and not-so-serious musings of Ian Skellern, Elizabeth Doerr, Joshua Munchow, GaryG, What Makes Me Tick, Ryan Schmidt, and Martin Green.

Jean-Claude Biver Becomes Interim CEO Of Zenith Watches As Magada Departs

Zenith has enjoyed great successes and some scary downturns in the manufacture’s some 152-year history. The latest pivoting point comes just now as Zenith has today officially announced that Jean-Claude Biver, Head of Watchmaking at LVMH, is taking over the role of CEO of Zenith from Aldo Magada.

TAG Heuer Gets ‘Tagged’ In Partnership With Graffiti Artist Alec Monopoly

TAG Heuer’s headquarters during Art Basel Miami 2016 was the Mondrian Hotel, where the company announced its new partnership with graffiti artist Alec Monopoly. The artist painted a huge mural on the side of the hotel, exhibited several works in the TAG Heuer lounge, and unveiled a new painting – a portrait of brand president Jean-Claude Biver.

TAG Heuer Names Street Artist Alec Monopoly Art Provocateur

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer appoints street artist Alec Monopoly its art provocateur, trusting him to uplift the brand’s creative operations.

BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends November 25, 2016

One thing that watch companies don’t think enough of is the used watch market. And in this round-up, we are going to take a closer look at how we could be on a cusp of a pre-owned watch sales boom.

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