Jewellery & watches executive search — leadership for the maisons of craft.
Few categories carry heritage as visibly as jewellery and watches, where craft and client relationships span generations. Our retained search for jewellery and watch maisons covers chief executive, commercial, retail and creative leadership across fine jewellery, high horology and watchmaking.
Leadership in jewellery & high horology
Jewellery and watchmaking sit at the deepest end of luxury — defined by craft, heritage, rarity and extraordinary price points. Leadership here must honour centuries of savoir-faire while running a modern, global, retail-led business, often within a major group or a fiercely independent house.
These are businesses where client relationships are intimate and lifelong, where a single collection can define a year, and where brand equity is measured in generations. The leadership must understand all of it.
The roles we search
Our jewellery and watch mandates span the leadership a maison depends on:
- CEO and Managing Director of jewellery and watch maisons
- Commercial, retail and client-experience leadership
- Creative and product / collection leadership
- Brand, marketing and high-jewellery client leadership
- Operations, supply-chain and savoir-faire leadership
- Finance and functional C-suite roles
A small, specialised leadership market
The pool of credible leaders in fine jewellery and high horology is small and deeply networked. Our value is knowing it — who leads where, who is genuinely credible, and how to approach them with the discretion this close-knit sector demands.
A retained search, conducted with discipline.
Mandate definition
The business, the board and the decision come first — never the candidates.
Market mapping
A structured, confidential view of the credible leaders in the relevant market.
Targeted approach
Discreet, personal approaches to leaders who never see an advertisement.
Assessment
Careful assessment against the brief and the culture.
Shortlist & advisory
A considered shortlist with honest counsel, not a stack of CVs.
Appointment
Support through offer, negotiation and onboarding.
Frequently asked
What jewellery and watch roles do you search for?
CEO, commercial, retail, creative, product and functional leadership for fine jewellery, high horology and watchmaking maisons.
Do you understand the savoir-faire side of these businesses?
Yes. We assess leaders for their respect for craft and heritage as well as their commercial capability — both are essential in this sector.
Is the jewellery leadership market global?
Yes, though it is concentrated. We map and approach leaders across Europe, the UK, the Middle East, Asia and the US.
Appointing leadership for a jewellery or watch maison?
Speak with us in confidence about a leadership mandate in jewellery or horology.