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Edox helps F1 team Sauber celebrate its 25th anniversary
Formula One team Sauber is celebrating its 25th anniversary of motor racing this year, and its official timekeeping partner, Edox, is marking the milestone with a limited edition Chronorally timepiece. The 48mm watch is made from titanium, a metal as tough and lightweight as an F1 car, has ’25 years’ splashed across its blue dial. It […]
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Meistersinger makes its No.3 collection more discreet and elegant
Meistersinger has shaved three millimetres from the diameter and one millimetre from the depth of its 2017 No.03 dress watch collection. The watches use a single-hand to show the hour and minutes, and have a small circular date window at 6 o’clock. There is a broad trend for watches getting smaller this year, and German watchmaker […]
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Apple Watch could cannibalise iPhone sales says Swatch Group CEO
The Apple Watch is as likely to damage sale of iPhones as it is to hurt Swiss watchmakers, according to Swatch Group chief executive Nick Hayek. In an interview with Bloomberg following an upbeat trading statement, Mr Hayek was asked about the future for luxury watches in a week when Apple claims to have overtaken […]
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Last chance to vote in the 2017 WatchPro Awards
Voting closes on Wednesday for the 2017 WatchPro Awards. The finalists will be revealed in the October edition of WatchPro magazine, and online on October 3. The WatchPro Awards are voted on by the industry, with executives working in the retail sectors voting for the brands they most admire, and executives working for distributors and […]
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Rox set to sell Zenith from the end of September
Glasgow-based jeweller Rox will launch Zenith watches from its Argyll Arcade boutique later this month. The official launch party takes place in November, but customers are already receiving teasers from the retailer. Kyron Keogh, co-founder of Rox, couldn’t resist posting news of Zenith’s Defy Lab launch from Geneva this week. “Can’t wait to launch @zenithwatch […]
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Redd Retail Group officially launches Redd Retail HK Ltd during the Hong Kong Watch Fair
Redd Retail Group officially launched Redd Retail HK Ltd during the 2017 Hong Kong Watch Fair as the company builds a sales office in the country to target the Asia Pacific Region. Situated in the Packaging Pavilion, the debut exhibition stand was designed to strengthen our stance in the Far East market and build new relationships […]
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Salon QP will educate visitors on horology’s link to astronomy, tailoring and motoring
The Telegraph’s Salon QP, which takes place at London’s Saatchi Gallery on November 2-4, will include four special exhibitions curated by the QP editorial team to highlight historic relationships between horology and the wider world. ‘Astronomy: time & space’ will chart the link between the movement of the heavens above and the watch on your […]
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British watchmaker Farer develops its first divers’ collection
Farer has unveiled a range of divers’ watches, the Aqua Compressor Automatic collection. The British watchmaker produces limited quantities of each collection, which are sold direct to consumers online or at pop-up events, with the USA currently its biggest market. Farer launched three hand Automatic watches in November last year, and a GMT Automatic collection […]
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Rotary Watches promotes multichannel director to CEO role
Peter McKenna has been promoted to become chief executive of Rotary Watches Ltd. The former multichannel director and head of digital took up the post in August. Rotary has seen a number of senior management changes this year as the company’s Chinese owner, CWJ, looks to return the company to growth after a disappointing 2016. […]
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Price rises fail to take heat out of luxury watch market as sales soar 21% in August
The British watch market continued to outperform the wider retail sector in August, with growth in the value of all watch sales rising by 11%. The British Retail Consortium, working with consultancy KPMG, said like-for-like sales rose by just 1.3% in August across all of retail. The pace of growth for watch sales had been […]
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Zenith claims to have produced the world’s most accurate mechanical watch
Zenith built on its Baselworld claim to be the technological leader of the LVMH stable this week with the launch of Defy Lab chronographs along with the claim that they the world’s most accurate mechanical watches. The watch houses a reworked movement, the ZO 342, including an all-in-one oscillator that replaces around 30 mechanically linked components in a […]
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Raymond Weil dispatches Freelancer Chronographs into retail
Raymond Weil’s 2017 Freelancer Chronographs are reaching retailers. The broad collection of sports watches, designed to appeal to young professionals, are powered by a mechanical self-winding RW5000 movement with a 46-hour power reserve, Options include a silver-toned or black dial teamed with a steel case and bracelet, or with a leather strap. The 42mm steel watches […]
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Summer break fails to take the steam out of fine watch demand at Bonhams
The first watch auction of the new Bonhams season suggests that demand for vintage timepieces is as strong as ever. Estimates were exceeded across the board in Bonhams Watch and Wristwatches sale on 12 September, with 85% of lots exceeding their reserve. An 18ct gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Ref:6105 was the star lot in the sale, beating its estimate four […]
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Richemont returns to double-digit growth for first five months of 2017
A Richemont trading update for the first five months of the current financial year shows a 12% rise in global sales at constant exchange rates. The group’s jewellery maisons outpaced specialist watch brands, with jewellery sales increasing by 17% compared to 7% for watches. Sales increased in all regions, led by Asia Pacific. The strong performance […]
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Apple claims to be the world’s number one watchmaker
Apple chief executive Tim Cook claimed this week that the Apple Watch is now the number one watch in the world. Mr Cook did not provide any source information for the claim. Apple’s UK press office has not yet replied to questions posed by WatchPro. Apple does not provide detailed sales figures for its smartwatches, […]
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Tissot sneaks under £300 for a Swiss made automatic mechanical collection
Tissot has created a new movement for its Everytime Swissmatic unisex watches that launches this month. The classical mechanical automatic collection has a sleek, modern clean face. The Swissmatic automatic movement is used in a 40mm steel case with sapphire crystal glass. The movement has up to three days of power reserve. The collection comes in a […]
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Frederique Constant’s Slimline Moonphase Stars goes on sale
The 26th in house movement designed, manufactured and assembled by Frederique Constant, is being used in the ladies’ Slimline Moonphase Manufacture Stars, which goes on sale this month. The Swiss watchmaker, now owned by Citizen Watch Group, invited journalists to a hilltop observatory above the French coastal town of Nice yesterday to officially unveil the […]
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Kendall Jenner promotes the ultra-slim look for Daniel Wellington
Swedish watch brand Daniel Wellington has signalled the expansion of its recently launched Classic Petite range with the assistance of super model, reality star and brand ambassador Kendall Jenner. The 32mm Classic Petite Ashfield, an ultra-thin watch with a matte black mesh strap and a daring black dial, is available with details in rose gold […]
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Brits bring home the gold at Luminox Viking challenge
British competitors were victorious at Luminox’s Special Operations Challenge Tough Viking, the largest obstacle race in Scandinavia. The event, which took place in Stockholm, invited a selection of participants from around the world to take part in a 15km race. The UK team won fastest male, fastest female and fastest team at the event, which […]