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Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Auction Houses Benefit From Renewed Chinese Passion for Pocket Watches
March 25, 2011 – 11:01 am
Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: A Huge Market, With New Players
March 24, 2011 – 1:01 am
As the market for luxury watches grows in Asia, companies are proudly offering their own models made entirely in China.
Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Not Just in, Thin Is Almost De Rigueur
March 24, 2011 – 1:01 am
This year, several watchmakers, like those at Richard Mille and Piaget, have been working to slim down their tourbillons.
Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: The Triumph of Unnecessary Beauty
March 23, 2011 – 9:28 am
A square wheel mechanism is just one of the attractive but only questionably useful complications that will draw luxury watch collectors to the Baselworld show this month.
Special Report: Yachting: Thailand to Expand Space for Yachting With New Marina
March 22, 2011 – 7:01 am
The Port Takola Marina off Krabi, expected to be completed in the middle of 2012, will have about 250 berths that can accommodate yachts ranging from 10 meters to 35 meters.
Special Report: A Cut Above: Jewelry: Diamond World Sees Treasure in Asia
March 18, 2011 – 11:01 am
Asian clients, especially the Chinese, have become important for jewelry companies and auctions.
Special Report: Fashion: From Robe to Blouse and Sarong
March 10, 2011 – 2:01 am
An exhibit will trace the sarong kabaya, an outfit now worn by descendants of Chinese migrants around the Straits of Malacca.
Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Retail Strategy Keeps MB&F in Demand
November 26, 2010 – 1:50 am
By introducing four new models in one year, increasing the number of its retailers from 12 to 19, and still keeping the overall number of watches the company releases unchanged, MB&F has put the pressure back on the stores.
Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Presidential Alarm Sounds Again
November 25, 2010 – 8:30 am
With a new marketing campaign harking back to its former presidential endorsements, Vulcain is hoping to make a comeback soon in the U.S. market with its alarm wristwatch, the Vulcain Cricket.
Special Report: Watches: Innovation From a Newcomer
March 19, 2010 – 9:50 am
Since its founding in 2002, the watchmaker De Bethune has developed nine different calibers, including, most recently, one fitted with a silicon balance wheel – a first for a production movement.