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Inside this issue
• The fall-out from the date change at Geneva’s exclusive trade fair
• Hand-made connection between sports car and watch
• Tried and tested classics are the way to go - -
Content
When survival is all about psychology
Can privately owned groups cope in a crisis or will the behemoths swallow them whole? Nick Foulkes considers the prospects
Rolex: Intriguing riddle of the abruptly lost boss
Haig Simonian on the mysterious departure at Switzerland’s secretive watch group
Ralph Lauren & Johann Rupert: Eyebrows raised at venture between two powerhouses
Who needs yet another watch, asks Maria Doulton
Watch movements: Member of an exclusive club
Simon de Burton on why Cartier is making its own mechanisms
SIHH date change: An ever more elite selection of guests
Visitor numbers were down but it is not clear why, writes Michael Balfour
Review of Cartier at SIHH: In the realm of the flying tourbillon
Simon de Burton on some haute horlogerie offerings
Morgan/Hublot connection: Buy your two hot handmade machines here
Simon de Burton believes the thinking behind this apparently unlikely union makes a great deal of sense
TAG Heuer branches out: Fancy a bejewelled mobile telephone?
Michael Balfour reports on a brand’s push into a huge new market
Basel round-up: Time for tried and tested risk-proof classics
Long-term survivors are being tweaked and improved, writes Maria Doulton
The little gold watch: Reflections of a new, slender, spirit of restraint
Avril Groom tracks a cyclical trend that has coincided with tighter circumstances
