Citizen Promaster watches were conceived, designed, and developed very much with the professional user in mind, and while they have certainly broadened their appeal to include non-professionals as well, they remain timepieces that offer a full suite of functionality in their respective domains, to the most demanding professional users. In fact, that’s very likely the reason for their enduring broader appeal; if it were not for the fact that they...

Junghans, the master of the minimalistic design following the Bauhaus styling, releases a collection of 4 new solar timepieces in their Max Bill collection, in two dial designs. As an inexhaustible source of energy, the sun has been an inspiration for Junghans solar-powered watches as far back as the 1980s. The Max Bill MEGA Solar perpetuates this tradition of sustainability in a particularly attractive and uniform style. A sustainable subsistence...

Coronavirus has surpassed all previous crisis’ in terms of its negative impact on the Swiss watchmaking industry, with a 25 per cent downturn anticipated for 2020, according to a report by Bank Vontobel. This is worse than the Quartz Crisis, which saw a 15 per cent decline, and the 22 per cent downturn in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, notes this article in Watchpro. “In terms of volumes, we’re going...

PETALING JAYA: More than half of the country’s SMEs will either downsize or restructure their businesses when the movement control order (MCO) is lifted. A recent survey by the SME Association of Malaysia found that 23% of SMEs would downsize their businesses after the MCO while 28% said they would restructure – with only 19% believing they would be able to resume operations as usual. “This will definitely affect the...