Those are some of the questions I explore in this new series. It’s the 1980s, and the Swiss watch industry, Switzerland’s ...

“I am looking forward to the Expo, where I will be able to experience things that I can't find on TV or the internet.” The Swiss pavilion should meet Wolfensberger's expectations. It's also ...

It’s the 1980s, and the Swiss watch industry, Switzerland’s lifeblood, was battling extinction. An innovation by Japanese watchmaker Seiko—a battery-operated quartz watch—kept time more ...

Right now, shoppers can bag a STÜHRLING Original Swiss Automatic Depthmaster Radiance Diver Watch, cut from it's usual £3,000 price tag, down to £268 - a 91% saving. With a stainless steel ...

The cloud was the only thing at Expo.02 that took the Economist’s fancy – it advised visitors to skip the rest of the show, dismissing it “a Swiss kitsch version of Britain’s Millennium ...