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Swiss group is going to need all the Churchillian vigour its chief can muster
Switzerland’s largest watchmaker fights for right to keep supplying movements to third parties
A renewed Baselworld fair faces its first test this week as watch market feels the heat
Visitors will judge whether mission to transform the beleaguered event has delivered the brief
René Kamm had faced criticism that trade fairs are losing relevance in social media era
Nick Hayek says watch show’s biggest exhibitor will not participate in March
Group returns to profit as ‘aggressive growth’ cited in high-end luxury brands
Industry is in a downturn but fears over threat from connected wearables are receding
Swiss watchmaker seeks to provide more secure and low-energy alternative
Sentiment is depressed but hope lingers on
There are faint signs of hope but sales are still falling
Watchmaker confirms profit slump while weak pound spurs surge in UK sales
Currencies matter less than Chinese consumers
Sector plays down the rise of technological rivals as it already has its hands full
Swiss watchmakers adapt to life with a strong franc and competition from smartwatches
What will the most eagerly awaited wrist wearable mean for mechanical watchmaking?
Switzerland’ s competition commission has had a change of heart on Swatch arrangement
High-end watchmakers ignore the lower segments at their peril, Nick Hayek Jr tells Timothy Barber
Battle to rid mechanisms of the destabilising effects of magnetic fields has been waged since the 19th century, writes Timothy Barber
The principal reason for uncertainty is the clampdown on the giving of gifts in China, writes James Shotter
Swatch must not dismiss the coming wave of wearable technology
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