Mick F wrote:Not what I read, and I remember an article on Radio4 about it.MarkF wrote:Mick F wrote:This day and age, wristwatches aren't needed so much and sales have slumped.
Nonsense. I think the sales of wristwatches are at an all time high, if I am wrong then they have still increased year on year since 2007.
Maybe they were referring to proper wristwatches rather than hi-tech things that the timepiece is secondary to the whole use. They also referred to the throwaway society and how watches are fashion rather than useful.
I think the demise of the wristwatch industry has been predicted 3 times, in my lifetime alone, this time will be no different. Plenty of figures for recent wristwatch sales are easily found, they are on the rise and in their most successful period. A quick look at at any High St will confirm this unexpected trend as the high end watches get ever more expensive (with rising sales!), traditional middle range watches like Oris moving upwards in cost and desirability and forgotten names like Hamilton & Certina returning to move into and fill that gap.
Interesting, old v new article.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-watchs-time-isnt-up-2013-07-01