Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape i...
Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape industry demand throughout Asia-Pacific, with local insight, market statistics and analysis ranging from strategic regional overview to in-depth coverage by country or city.
Increasing unit prices has been a decades-long trend in traditional watches. Especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, unit prices rose by over 10% YoY from 2020 to 2022. The last decade also saw numerous years of volume decline. A main reason behind…
Traditional and connected watches registered relatively modest growth in constant value terms in 2023, when compared to the previous year. This was due to the declining fortunes of quartz analogue watches, which represented the largest category in…
In 2023, traditional and connected watches maintained significant current value growth in India, although connected watches surged ahead of traditional watches in terms of growth; a trend attributed to the increasing emphasis on fitness and health in…
The rebound in sales of traditional and connected watches in Hong Kong has been driven by the resumption of tourists and increased foot traffic among domestic consumers. Within watches, the higher price tiers experienced a significant rebound in…
In 2023, following the post-COVID-19 reopening, traditional and connected watches in China began to gradually recover, particularly after travel and health restrictions were lifted. After seeing a strong decline in 2022, the category is set to see…