Research and Markets: Clocks and Watches in Italy

Research and Markets: Clocks and Watches in Italy - Main Players

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nbhnp2/clocks_and) has announced the addition of the "Clocks and watches in Italy - Main players" report to their offering.

This report supplies information on the competitors typologies of the Clocks and watches Italian market: types of operators, by segment, by nationality or ownership structure, ranking of companies in terms of turnover, net income, competitive positions, breakdown by business segment, regional breakdown, are studied in depth in this report.

Scope

This report covers various kinds of watches and clocks.

Product technology

Based on the timekeeping technology, three main types of clocks can be distinguished:

mechanical clocks, which can in turn be divided into those powered manually (by winding) and those powered automatically;
quartz clocks, where the passage of time is measured using the oscillations of a quartz crystal;
clocks with complex movement mechanisms, such as those with functions beyond indicating hours and minutes (e.g. the exact date even in leap years, lunar cycles and stopwatch functions). The most difficult mechanisms to produce include minute repeaters (tones that signal each minute) and the tourbillon (an additional mechanism used to regulate the timekeeping device to counter the effects of gravity).
Based on the time display, there are two main types of clocks:
Analog clocks, where two hands move above a dial with a circular scale used to indicate hours, minutes and seconds. The hands generally, but not always, share a common axis. Chronograph watches often have smaller dials set within the main dial.
Digital clocks, normally with a liquid crystal display (LCD) that shows the precise time.
Function:
watches: beyond the original function of telling time, watches have increasingly become showpieces, status symbols, sometimes even investments (for the most prestigious products) and fashion accessories (for the more accessibly priced products);
clocks: beyond telling time, clocks also function as home furniture pieces.
Client categories:
intermediate clients: the various types of retailers of watches, table clocks, wall clocks and longcase clocks, including jewellery shops, supermarkets, clothing shops, department stores, sporting goods stores, furniture stores and objets d'art specialty shops;
end clients, i.e. consumers, which can be subdivided based on age, sex or lifestyle.