▶▶▶ WHAT IF THIS CRISIS WAS EVEN MORE SERIOUS THAN EXPECTED?
Already, a first good point : the daycare enthusiasts who claimed, before the summer, that everything was going to start talking again at the start of the autumn school year, have been at their expense and we no longer hear them – it’s gratifying! Upon returning from the summer holidays, for example during the Geneva Watch Days, the friends of these daycare enthusiasts admitted a slight slump, but which according to them was only a normalization: the 17% drop in exports in September showered them, knowing that they had cooled everyone down by their declarations of partial unemployment for their teams. Stupidity being contagious, here is a new wave of naïve people delighted with the crèche – each more expert in luxury than the other – guaranteeing us the beginnings of a recovery for the first quarter of 2025, at least for the trade shows next spring: you just have to believe in them, their promises only binding the flycatchers who believe in them and the few simpletons who are their shareholders. We wonder why such a recovery would take shape and on what basis? The examination of the situation is quite pathetic (…) – (Business Watches from October 23)
▶▶▶ ELECTORAL PSYCHODRAM…
In two weeks, the United States of America will have sent a new tenant to the White House: we can have divergent opinions [parfois aussi convergents] on the personality of the two candidates in the running, it is obvious that the general interests of the watchmaking community will be directly and seriously affected by the choice of American voters. 98% of French-speaking, European and more generally Western media having chosen their camp, that is to say that of the interests represented by the Democratic candidate (Kamala Harris), the military-industrial complex and the American deep state, roughly the “camp of good”, the cause may seem understood within the elites, but it is perhaps not understood on the ground: the same phenomenon of polarization had already occurred around Hilary Clinton in 2016, but it had been beaten by Donald Trump, to the great dismay of the watchmaking community, which was nothing but grimaces, heartbroken remarks and tragic despair on the morning of this election. So, we can consider that the game remains open…! (Business Watches from October 23)
▶▶▶ BUSINESS WATCHES FOR ATLANTICO…
Watch news as you have always dreamed of being told without ever daring to ask (“When the hours panic at the end of the arm” – Le Forban, March LA.B, Frederique Constant, Franck Muller, de Bethune, Exaequo and le swan song – Business Watches from October 25)
▶▶▶ BUSINESS WATCHES FOR ATLANTICO…
Watch news as you have always dreamed of being told without ever daring to ask (“When an icon rounds the corners” – Reservoir, Arnold & Son, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Bell & Ross, Patek Philippe, watch statistics and MeisterSinger – Business Watches from October 21)
▶▶▶ REPERAGES #255/2024 (free access)…
Seven new watches at the same time, because when you love you don’t count (Grand Seiko, Hublot, Maurice de Mauriac x Warm & Wonderful, Nivada Grenchen, Panerai, SilMach x Alain Silberstein and Versace – Business Watches from October 27 freely accessible)
▶▶▶ REPERAGES #254/2024 (free access)…
Seven new watches at the same time, because when you love you don’t count (Exaequo, Grand Seiko, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Forban Sécurité Mer, Patek Philippe, Stowa and Versace – Business Watches for October 24 freely accessible)
▶▶▶ REPERAGES #253/2024 (free access)…
Seven new watches at the same time, because when you love you don’t count (Cyrus Genève, Hackett x Bamford London, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Patek Philippe, SevenFriday, Versace and Victorinox – Business Watches from October 18 freely accessible)
▶▶▶ REPERAGES #252/2024 (free access)…
Seven new watches at the same time, because when you love you don’t count (Bomberg, Grand Seiko, Junghans, Panerai, U-Boat, Versace and Victorinox – Business Watches from October 22 freely accessible)
▶▶▶ PICTOCHRONICS #180…
An armful of images alternatives which remind us of the major episodes of a media saga like no other (Business Watches from October 26)
▶▶▶ PICTOCHRONICS #179…
Another series seriously diverted illustrations to illustrate the watchmaking week very seriously, but without taking themselves seriously (Business Watches for October 24)
▶▶▶ PICTOCHRONICS #178…
New pictofictions which tell the dream life of brands, watches and those who make them for better and for worse (Business Watches from October 22)
▶▶▶ AND ALWAYS THE BEST DRAWINGS OF THE WEEK…
In your Daily Watches, imagery diverted from comics and pulps of the golden age, with a wry (but relevant) commentary on current events for the community of professionals and all watch enthusiasts (as the illustrations on this page can attest). Don’t miss our daily “drawing of the day” and its explanations)…
