Author Archives: Tim Barber

Rumours that Kering has been trying to sell Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux have been doing the rounds since before the pandemic, and the global health crisis did nothing to encourage the luxury goods conglomerate to reconsider. Now acquired by a private consortium headed by the watchmakers’ CEO Patrick Pruniaux, we await to see what is next for the two historic brands. Timothy Barber met Mr Pruniaux at Watches & Wonders and started by asking what he intends to do with the independence that the new ownership structure gives him?