{"id":26339,"date":"2018-10-18T06:02:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T06:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/in-conversation-with-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T21:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T19:58:45","slug":"conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opportunity to talk with <strong>Longines<\/strong>\u2018 President, <strong>Walter Von K\u00e4nel<\/strong>, is always very tasty. He is a nice person with a very strong personality, who listens carefully to all the questions that are put to him, and remembers all the interlocutors he has met over the years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I spoke to him only once a few years ago, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/longines-museum-visit-live-event-st-imier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the visit to the Saint Imier museum<\/strong><\/a> and to the manufacture and, when we met on the occasion of the <strong>Global Champions Tour in Rom<\/strong><strong>e<\/strong>, I had the opportunity to speak to him for a second time, and ask him all the questions I wanted \u00a0about <strong>VHP<\/strong>, sport timing and the future of the brand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" title=\"walter-von-kanel\" src=\"\/media\/CACHE\/images\/uploads\/walter-von-kanel.67db6ec59794.jpg\" alt=\"walter-von-kanel\">Mr <strong>Von K\u00e4nel<\/strong> accepts every question willingly, even the most provocative ones, even when one touches hot topics, such as the legacy of the famous hand-wound chronographs, which are nowadays sold at stellar prices at auctions; but he can also quickly bring your feet back to earth, explaining what the ingredients of the current brand policy are; a policy that has ensured constant success, even through volatile market conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" title=\"longines-sports-timing\" src=\"\/media\/CACHE\/images\/uploads\/longines-sports-timing.332e3be8590c.jpg\" alt=\"longines-sports-timing\">From this point of view, the <strong>Longines Conquest VHP<\/strong> represents the first great <strong>Longines<\/strong>\u2018s innovation of modern times, but it is also a recovery operation, updated, of the great digital chronometric tradition (the first quartz caliber was made in <strong>1954<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-long-tradition-in-precision-chronometry\">A long tradition in precision chronometry<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those who know the history of <strong>Longines<\/strong> and have visited the museum, can testify to what the brand has achieved in the field of sports chronometry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those over the age of forty, have often seen their logo on television during the <strong>Formula One<\/strong> grand prix of the \u201980s, when it stood on the <strong>Formula 1 Ferrari<\/strong> of <strong>Alboreto<\/strong>, or at the base of the starting points of alpine skiing competitions. Forget about <strong>Formula 1<\/strong> for good, because <strong>VHP<\/strong> will not open the doors of the brand to a return to motorsports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" title=\"longines-vintage-stopwatch\" src=\"\/media\/CACHE\/images\/uploads\/longines-vintage-stopwatch.36d6608baa65.jpg\" alt=\"longines-vintage-stopwatch\">Today the spirit of the brand is oriented towards classicism, traditional sports and historical collaborations, such as horse riding (a collaboration that began even in <strong>1871<\/strong>), tennis, skiing and all sports where the human factor is predominant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you notice, the brand ambassadors are linked to <strong>Longines<\/strong> by long-lasting relationships (I think the brand boasts the longest and most enduring partnerships in watchmaking), and the ambassadors that it chooses, like <strong>Simon Baker<\/strong> and <strong>Aishwara Rai<\/strong>, are extremely classic figures and always out of the gossip scene: never a word out of place, or cases of gossip that could undermine their image. The <em>\u201cElegance is an attitude\u201d<\/em> claim sums up <strong>Longines<\/strong>\u2018 global approach in this field.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-vhp-collection-because-the-advanced-quartz-is-longines-but-the-connected-watch-is-not\">The VHP collection: because the advanced quartz is Longines, but the connected watch is not.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of <strong>Von K\u00e4nel<\/strong>\u2018s greatest personal satisfactions, was that he never abandoned quartz technology, and history proved him right. For example, <strong>Longines<\/strong> sells many women\u2019s watches, and a quartz caliber is a must on a modern, high-volume woman\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the quartz crisis broke out in the early \u201970s, <strong>Longines<\/strong> was ready: in <strong>1969<\/strong>, he presented the first quartz watch in conjunction with <strong>Seiko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>VHP<\/strong> of the time has therefore been the natural evolution to that project. The <strong>new VHP collection<\/strong> therefore rests on very solid foundations, and has a credibility that other traditional brands, that suddenly launched themselves on the <strong>Connected Watch<\/strong> sector, do not have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another aspect that <strong>Von K\u00e4nel<\/strong> is proud of, is that of not having succumbed to the creation of a product that is easy to obsolescence and which basically aims to bring millennials closer together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>VHP Conquest<\/strong> has the whole class of a <strong>Longines<\/strong>, but all the complicated functions that you would never expect from one, remaining 100% a <strong>Longines<\/strong>\u2018 product in terms of price and image, with the plus of offering a simplicity of use that its Japanese competitor does not possess. Try using, for example, a <strong>VHP GMT Flash Setting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>VHP<\/strong> <strong>Conquest<\/strong> brings the brand closer to clients who recognize themselves in the elegance of <strong>Longines<\/strong>, but would want something more technological and suitable to their lifestyle: it is a collection that seems to be sewn on middle and top managers who travel the world, who would not buy an <strong>Apple Watch<\/strong> or a <strong>Samsung Gear<\/strong> and who want a long-lasting product, aesthetically and technologically. This is the niche in which <strong>Longines<\/strong> has entered with the <strong>VHP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"price-segmentation\">Price segmentation<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the round table with other journalists of the field, in <strong>Rome<\/strong>, Mr. <strong>Von<\/strong> <strong>K\u00e4nel<\/strong> has repeatedly emphasized the importance of correct price segmentation; it is a mantra and a topic that he often stresses upon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is easy to understand his way of thinking if we look at the portfolio of brands of the <strong>Swatch Group<\/strong>, if we are familiar with the <strong>Longines<\/strong> range, and if we study its pricing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This logic also explains why it was possible to create a quartz perpetual calendar, while it is unlikely that we will ever see a perpetual mechanical calendar, because its price may not be recognized, or overlap with that proposed by other brands of the <strong>Swatch Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the first case, the effect would be an immediate negative reaction on volumes and profits, in the second, a field invasion and a failure to respect clear logics of pure segmentation.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-heritage-collection-5-of-sales-that-fuels-the-passion-for-the-brand-and-could-become-a-flagship-collection\">The Heritage collection: 5% of sales that fuels the passion for the brand and could become a Flagship collection<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We conclude with a Q &amp; A on the Heritage collection which represents, from Von Kanel\u2019s own admission, 5% of Longines\u2019 world sales. From my point of view, it is a collection that has not yet reached its full potential, but which Longines continues to feed with products more and more faithful to tradition, and this is a pleasure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have you seen the Skin Diver re-edition? It is proposed without date, exactly as the original. Considering the marginal impact on volumes, it could grow in price, representing the brand\u2019s flagship collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In my opinion there is a margin, it would give a boost to the brand\u2019s perception, but would indeed force it to partially overlap with the access collections of other brands of the Group, such as Omega for example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The only current concession is that all the new Heritage are re-proposed without date, exactly as the original versions. I believe that the case of the first Legend Diver and its quotation on the second-hand market have created a precedent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, I asked Von Kanel another question: considering the appeal of the bi-compax chrono with manual winding, why not propose a manual time mechanical chrono with exposed case back?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am sure it would be a huge success, and I am sure that the ETA capability would allow it to be made at a reasonable cost, but unfortunately it is not a project that \u00a0is currently under evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo credit: Horbiter\u00ae)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Gaetano C @Horbiter\u00ae<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opportunity to talk with Longines\u2018 President, Walter Von K\u00e4nel, is always very tasty. He is a nice person with a very strong personality, who listens carefully to all the questions that are put to him, and remembers all the interlocutors he has met over the years. I spoke to him only once a few [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[591,536],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longines","category-watch-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read our interview to Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches. We talked about watches and the watch business.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read our interview to Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches. We talked about watches and the watch business.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Horbiter \u00e8 il magazine italiano sugli orologi di lusso. Novit\u00e0, recensioni, informazioni dal mondo degli orologi. Scoprilo subito.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HorbiterWatchesLuxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-18T06:02:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T19:58:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Giovanni Di Biase\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Giovanni Di Biase\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Giovanni Di Biase\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1b1932bbea86b3aa319c34b926b8111c\"},\"headline\":\"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-18T06:02:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-08T19:58:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\"},\"wordCount\":1154,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Longines\",\"Watch Talk\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\",\"name\":\"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-18T06:02:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-08T19:58:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Read our interview to Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches. We talked about watches and the watch business.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"HOME\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Horbiter \u00e8 il magazine italiano sugli orologi di lusso. Novit\u00e0, recensioni, informazioni dal mondo degli orologi. Scoprilo subito.\",\"description\":\"Il magazine di orologi leader in Italia per passione, stile e competenza.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Horbiter - Orologi di Lusso\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/logo_horbiter.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/logo_horbiter.png\",\"width\":340,\"height\":130,\"caption\":\"Horbiter - Orologi di Lusso\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HorbiterWatchesLuxury\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1b1932bbea86b3aa319c34b926b8111c\",\"name\":\"Giovanni Di Biase\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fe6e936eb6c34d38057159606d5e538d70dd6d7bec741f82b85f9bd52b27b0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fe6e936eb6c34d38057159606d5e538d70dd6d7bec741f82b85f9bd52b27b0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Giovanni Di Biase\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/author\/gaetano\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches","description":"Read our interview to Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches. We talked about watches and the watch business.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches","og_description":"Read our interview to Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches. We talked about watches and the watch business.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/","og_site_name":"Horbiter \u00e8 il magazine italiano sugli orologi di lusso. Novit\u00e0, recensioni, informazioni dal mondo degli orologi. Scoprilo subito.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HorbiterWatchesLuxury","article_published_time":"2018-10-18T06:02:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-08T19:58:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Giovanni Di Biase","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Giovanni Di Biase","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/"},"author":{"name":"Giovanni Di Biase","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1b1932bbea86b3aa319c34b926b8111c"},"headline":"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches","datePublished":"2018-10-18T06:02:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-08T19:58:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/"},"wordCount":1154,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg","articleSection":["Longines","Watch Talk"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/","name":"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-18T06:02:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-08T19:58:45+00:00","description":"Read our interview to Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches. We talked about watches and the watch business.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/longines-boutique-global-champions-tour_O9N1kG9.jpg","width":900,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/conversation-walter-von-kanel-president-longines-watches-1\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"HOME","item":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meeting Walter Von K\u00e4nel President Longines watches"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/","name":"Horbiter \u00e8 il magazine italiano sugli orologi di lusso. Novit\u00e0, recensioni, informazioni dal mondo degli orologi. Scoprilo subito.","description":"Il magazine di orologi leader in Italia per passione, stile e competenza.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Horbiter - Orologi di Lusso","url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/logo_horbiter.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/logo_horbiter.png","width":340,"height":130,"caption":"Horbiter - Orologi di Lusso"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HorbiterWatchesLuxury"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1b1932bbea86b3aa319c34b926b8111c","name":"Giovanni Di Biase","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fe6e936eb6c34d38057159606d5e538d70dd6d7bec741f82b85f9bd52b27b0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fe6e936eb6c34d38057159606d5e538d70dd6d7bec741f82b85f9bd52b27b0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Giovanni Di Biase"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.horbiter.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/author\/gaetano\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}