Francis JacqueryeinWatchProjectsThe man-hours model in qualitative evaluationWe explore the strength and limitations of a manhours model for qualitative evaluation of watch brands, from everyday luxury to ultra high…8 min read·Jan 29, 2023----
Francis JacqueryeinWatchProjectsThe quality curve in watchmakingThe concept of quality curve allows to explain why manufacturing steps allow to increase cosmetic quality, and why the difference becomes…5 min read·Jan 29, 2023----
Francis JacqueryeinwoodshoresWatch Industry: Applications of a man-hours model for qualitative interpretationOne metric to rule them all…8 min read·Dec 21, 2022----
Francis JacqueryeinwoodshoresCrumbs Under The Table, Or The Synergy Between Incumbent Watch Brands And Micro-BrandsBy 2018, Bloomberg was tacking stock of a new kind of direct-to consumer watch “industry” that has been thriving outside of the traditional…6 min read·May 28, 2021----
Francis JacqueryeThe Smartwatch hype, or when transitional technology is mistaken for self evident truthIn 2015 I began answering questions about an impending doom of the luxury watch industry brought on by smartwatches on Quora.com, a…5 min read·Mar 11, 2021----
Francis JacqueryeinwoodshoresWhat Rose Gold is and Why We Can Expect it to Stick Around for Some TimeBetween 2010 and 2020, rose gold has come back with a vengeance and is now used across all the decorative Arts: architecture, furniture…4 min read·Jan 8, 2021----
Francis JacqueryeinwoodshoresWhy The Obsession With The Bottom Line Needs To StopBusiness management as it has been taught during the 20th century uses relocation as the universal solution to improving the bottom line…6 min read·Dec 20, 2020----
Francis JacqueryeinwoodshoresFishing With A Hand Grenade: How The Apple Watch’s Value For Money Might By MismatchedCompared to the competition, Apple pushes manufacturing quality to the limits. However, given the relatively short lifespan of its…5 min read·Dec 18, 2020--1--1
Francis JacqueryeinwoodshoresOn the Future of Wrist Watches, and How Established Tech and Modern Day Branding Could be Joining…On paper, the future of wristwatches would be unobtrusive tech concealed within a regular looking watch. There is the technology and there…3 min read·Dec 10, 2020----
Francis JacqueryeinwoodshoresHow the Swiss are Managing to Sell Less Watches While Making More MoneyThere has been a measurable drop in the amount of watches exported by Switzerland in 2015 (the year when the Apple watch was launched)…3 min read·Nov 29, 2020----
