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Tag: Swiss watches
Apple sues Swatch over its ‘Tick Different’ marketing campaign
Apple has filed a complaint over Swatch’s use of the slogan ‘Tick Different’ in a marketing campaign…
Swatch looks to take on Apple with homegrown watch operating system
Swatch Group AG said it’s developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems…
Swatch issues dire profit warning, stock plummets to lowest point in over 6 years
Swatch warned first-half profit will fall by more than 50 percent. The stock tumbled to the lowest in more than six years…
Positive signs abound for Apple Watch
Recent market data and industry developments provide some useful context and information…
Thanks to Apple Watch, smartwatches are now more popular than Swiss watches
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units in Q4 2015…
Why a die-hard mechanical watch lover can’t get the Apple Watch off his wrist (and why that matters)
Apple Watch is almost improbably well done, and it shows a willingness to think creatively that ought to be heeded by the luxury watch industry…
As Apple Watch sales ramp, Swiss watch makers suffer biggest slump in six years
Swiss watch exports had their biggest decline in six years in October…
Swiss watch makers in deep shit, as Apple Watch designer Jony Ive predicted
The numbers are in and it’s not great news for the Swiss watch industry…
Swiss watch exports post biggest quarterly export drop since 2009
Swiss watch exports posted the biggest quarterly export drop since 2009 as plummeting sales…
TAG Heuer CEO Biver: Luxury Apple Watches will become obsolete
Switzerland’s luxury watch industry is making a leap from its traditional production and models…
LVMH’s Jean-Claude Biver sees tougher 2016 for Swiss watch industry
The introduction of Apple Inc.’s smartwatch, combined with a surge in the Swiss franc and China’s slowing economy…
Swiss watch exports decline most since 2009
Swiss watch exports slid the most in more than five years in July amid plunging shipments…
I own two $6,000 Swiss watches, but I wear my Apple Watch most of the time
How on earth could I let down my companion-for-years-Rolex in favor of an Apple Watch that I had used for just three weeks?
Swiss watch exports hit worst slump in five years as Apple Watch debuts
Swiss timepiece exports had their biggest monthly drop in more than five years…
Apple Watch is making the luxury watchmakers uncomfortable
For luxury watchmakers, the Apple Watch spells trouble…
Montblanc desperately tries to hit Apple Watch on ‘longevity’ angle
By the end of the decade, smartwatches from Apple Inc…
Apple Watch Edition is poised to disrupt the classic Swiss watch
What do the boys in Geneva and Paris think?
Launch of Apple Watch delayed in Switzerland by patent issue
Apple is not able to launch its new smartwatch in Switzerland…
The Apple Watch: A gateway drug for Swiss horology
In September, famed Apple chief designer Jony Ive used some colorful language…
Swiss watchmakers’ response to revolutionary Apple Watch may be too little, too late
With the Apple Watch due to go on sale on April 24, Intel and Google have…
Tim Bajarin: Apple is about to change the watch industry forever; luxury watchmakers won’t be able to keep up
Apple Watch is a game-changer…
Apple Watch: Swiss luxury watch industry faces extinction level event
With Apple Watch, Jony Ive and company are looking to change the way…
Swatch co-inventor: Apple Watch will succeed and an ice age is coming for Swiss watch industry
Apple Inc. may soon sell as many timepieces as all of Switzerland…
Apple Watch Edition: Price – simple logic
There has been a lot of speculation…
Don’t focus on Apple Watch Edition pricing
It really doesn’t matter what price the high-end Apple Watch Edition models cost…
Apple is not selling a smartwatch
Tim Cook’s upcoming move to take over your wrist is not a smartwatch…
Gruber: Apple Watch Edition will cost $10,000-$20,000
Apple Watch Edition models will start around $10,000…
Jean-Claude Biver changes his tune, calls Apple Watch ‘a fantastic product, an incredible achievement’
TAG Heuer is set to enter uncharted territory this year with plans for a smartwatch…
TAG Heuer plans smartwatch as honcho Jean-Claude Biver changes mind as Apple Watch looms
TAG Heuer is pushing ahead with plans for a smartwatch…
Apple Watch: Outrageous prices? Not a chance
A lot has been said of Apple Watch…
Will you pay $4000 or more for the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition?
The aluminum model will be priced starting at $349 and the stainless steel model…
Analysts on why Apple Watch is delayed until spring: Supply constraints, sales strategies
Any delay may signal the tech giant has failed to lock down…
Jony Ive: Apple Watch was ‘difficult and humbling’ design challenge
Jony Ive believes with ‘every bone in his body’ that the forthcoming Apple Watch will…
Apple Watch starts countdown on face off with Swiss industry
Forty years ago, the Swiss watch industry nearly died…
Gruber posts initial thoughts and observations regarding Apple Watch
Apple Watch is not a product from a tech company…
Can Apple disrupt the luxury watch industry with a $10,000 Apple Watch?
The Apple Watch Edition, made with 18-karat gold, could command a starting price of $5,000 with options reaching $10,000…
Jean-Claude Biver: Apple Watch ‘too feminine; looks like it was designed by a student in their first trimester’
Jean-Claude Biver says has made ‘some fundamental mistakes’ designing the Apple Watch…
Jean-Claude Biver: ‘The Apple Watch cannot compete at all with European watches’
With the Apple Watch looming on the horizon for apparent release, Jean-Claude Biver…
Old school watch makers don’t get Apple Watch
What does Switzerland’s fabled watch industry make of the Apple Watch?
