Baselworld 2012: Chopard, Louis Erard, Longines, Maitre du Temps, Dewitt, Frederique Constant

Here are some of the new horological creations present at the 2012 BASELWORLD Fair – the World Watch and Jewellery Show. The fair is expecting 1,815 brands on 160,000 sqm from all over the world: CHOPARD  L.U.C. Quattro watch Chopard’s prestigious L.U.C 98.01-L manufacture movement with four barrels has a new luxury showcase. The refined … Read more

Speaking about luxury with Pascal Morabito – creator Morabito

Artist-designer, explorer, dreamer, collector, inventor and an inspiring personality, Pascal Morabito (b. 3 May 1945), is an inexhaustible source of ideas in areas such as jewelery, watches, perfumes, cosmetics, leather goods, fashion, design, sculpture, architecture, furnishing, hospitality, wellness and luxury lifestyle. He was 19 or 20 years old when he met César, Dali, Arman thanks … Read more

Most Valuable Luxury Brands in 2012

World’s Top 100 Most Valuable Luxury Brands World Luxury Association’s official report on 2012 shows that China has become the world’s largest consumer of luxury goods. The report predicts: With the phenomenon of RMB appreciation and depreciation of the Euro and the number of Chinese traveling to Europe in 2012, total consumption of luxury goods … Read more

Checkmate! Hermes Objects Spring Summer 2012

For the true fans of an English chess game, Hermes comes with a chess set designed with simplicity and delicacy famous to the french luxury house. Made entirely by hand on a Clemence Taurillon 95cm leather board, game pieces were hand-sculpted from rosewood and mahogany wood. The horse looks striking like the Hermes logo. When … Read more

Marc Gläser is the new Managing Director of Maurice Lacroix

Appointment of Marc Gläser as new Managing Director of Maurice Lacroix Martin Bachmann, the long-standing CEO of the Maurice Lacroix Group, to leave the company at the end February 2012 In summer 2011, DKSH Group, the leading Market Expansion Services Group with a focus on Asia, acquired a majority shareholding by in the Maurice Lacroix … Read more