Luxury Watches

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What to watch

When mobile phones tell the time just as well, luxury watches are more jewellery than timekeeper. Here's a round-up of watches you are likely to see on affluent wrists across the globe

1 min read16 Sep 2017
Companies

Longines: Riding the storm

Mint speaks to Longines' CEO Walter von Knel about the brand's fortunes in China and its key launches for 2017

4 min read12 Jul 2017
Companies

The $1.6 million question: Was this Patek Philippe watch meant for Vladimir Putin?

The 'Patek Philippe Triple Complication - Vladimir Putin' has been put up for auction by Monaco Legend Group, but Kremlin says the Russian president has nothing to do with this watch

2 min read13 Jun 2017
Mint-lounge

Letter from... Baselworld

Come for the watches, stay for the surprisingly pleasant debates on politics

6 min read2 Apr 2017
Companies

Titan's watch sales drop in the wake of demonetisation

Nearly 8,000 multi-brand watch outlets run by dealers who largely buy and sell through cash account for almost 45% of Titan's watch revenues, says top executive

2 min read1 Dec 2016
Companies

A smartwatch has no soul: Jean-Claude Monachon

Undeterred by the falling demand for Swiss watches, the head of Omega's product and customer services talks about the future of the watch industry

5 min read25 Nov 2016
Mint-lounge

Another quartz crisis? Not quite

The tug of war between new wearables and the traditional watch market

3 min read29 Nov 2016
Mint-lounge

The watch Oscars of 2016

Here are the incredible winners of this year's Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genve

4 min read12 Nov 2016
Industry

Hot clock

Jaeger has come out with the Atmos 568, the latest version of one of the most celebrated clocks in the history of haute horlogerie, in collaboration with Marc Newson

1 min read11 Nov 2016
Industry

Raymond Weil is in the middle of opening the first chapter in India: Olivier Bernheim

Raymond Weil president Olivier Bernheim talks about the Beatles watch, music and the brand's future plans for India

4 min read28 Oct 2016