Watch brand Tudor has named American pop singer Lady Gaga as one of the faces of its #BornToDare campaign. The Born This Way singer, who has become known for her eccentric dress, is the first woman to front a Tudor campaign. Lady Gaga has joined the ongoing #BornToDare campaign which launched earlier this year and […]
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Timex Group appoints industry veteran as sales and marketing director
Timex Group UK has strengthened its senior management team by appointing Duncan Harris as sales and marketing director. Mr Harris, who is an industry veteran with over 20 years experience within the UK, joins the company from Bulova UK where he was general manager. Mr Harris will be responsible for Timex Group UK sales and […]
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Interchangeable watch secures French accolade
Klokers, a French start-up business, has been recognised for its innovative design work and has been named the ‘Observeur du design 2018’ label for its KLOK-01 and for its general brand concept, inspired by the circular slide rule. KLOK-01 is composed of three circular disks (one each for the hours, minutes, and seconds), which rotate […]
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Casio’s latest Edifice offering driven by sport performance
Casio Edifice, synonymous with motorsport-inspired watches, has announced the release of a new model in its EQB800 line. The timepiece, which takes inspiration from elements found in motorsports, offers a sporty look and features enhanced timekeeping capabilities through smartphone connectivity. The EQB800 can be paired with a smartphone through Casio’s mobile link technology. By downloading the Casio […]
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Larsson & Jennings marks milestone with five releases in five weeks
Swiss made watch brand Larsson & Jennings, which began life as a direct-to-consumer e-commerce watch business, is marking a milestone achievement with the release of new timepieces. In celebration of its fifth birthday Larsson & Jennings will be introducing new styles – one each week for five weeks. To kick off the celebrations the brand has unveiled […]
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Signet comes up trumps with positive second quarter result
Signet Jewelers responsible for H.Samuel and Ernest Jones in the UK, managed to secure positive sales in its second quarter of the financial year. Signet’s second-quarter revenue moved 1.9% higher, driven by a 1.4% increase in comparable-store sales, to just under $1.4 billion (£1.1 billion). The company reported second-quarter net income of $85.2 million (£66 […]
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Shortlist announced for women’s watch awards
The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Eve’s Watch Awards in association with Urb-it, with a wide array of watch brands fighting to scoop the top prizes. The premise of the awards is to honour brands that are creating genuinely innovative and interesting watches for women, as well as to honour the women themselves […]
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Junghans celebrates geometric art of the Bauhaus movement on 2017 Max Bills
Junghans has released a special edition of its Max Mill classic collection. The watch embodies the Bauhaus philosophy, reflecting the core motto of “form follows function” in every detail. The dial of the watch conforms to the architectural and artistic movement’s love of simplicity. On the case back a range of prints known as “grafische reihen” […]
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What would you pay for a watch like this?
What would you, as a retailer, pay for watches like the ones pictured here? Watches made in China have been criticised for reliability and uniformity, but a new breed of manufacturer has emerged that is feeding myriad startup watchmakers flogging copycats of top brands like Olivia Burton and Daniel Wellington. Olivia Burton’s Ladies English Garden […]
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STORE DESIGN: Take a tour of Aurum Holding’s new TAG Heuer boutique
Aurum Holdings has opened several monobrand stores on behalf of its watch partners this year, including a TAG Heuer boutique in Sheffield’s Meadowhall and a Breitling outlet in Manchester’s Trafford Centre. In July, the company opened a TAG Heuer in London’s historic Old Spitalfields Market, which is tantalising close for the bankers working in the […]
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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Floyd Mayweather flaunts multi-million dollar watch collection
Floyd Mayweather, who will be sponsored by Hublot for a second time when he fights Connor McGregor this weekend, has shown off his multi-million pound watch collection during pre-fight publicity. The legendary boxer created a Youtube video with Fighthype.com in which he works his way through a glittering bag of jewel-encrusted timepieces. Filmed on a […]
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Ernest Jones plans rare bricks and mortar opening in Lincoln high street
Ernest Jones is opening a store on Lincoln’s high street next month. The corner store, formerly a large corner unit used by fashion shops Dorothy Perkins and Burton, is currently boarded up with signs saying Ernest Jones will open in September. The Signet Jeweler-owned jeweller currently has a shop in Lincoln’s Waterside shopping centre. Ernest […]
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Fogg Distribution and Chronoswiss consciously uncouple
Chronoswiss and Fogg Distribution have “peacefully terminated” their contract, according to Tiago Sa-Henriques, the distributor’s owner. Fogg Distribution has been representing the 30 year-old Swiss watchmaker since 2015, but has not secured a single retailer in the UK in that time. Mr Sa-Henriques told WatchPro he was not given the tools he needed to properly represent […]
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Sevenfriday appoints Touring Car star Aiden Moffat as brand ambassador
Sevenfriday UK has appointed British Touring Car Championship driver Aiden Moffat as a brand ambassador. The 20-year old Laser Tools Team driver won his first win of the year at Donnington Park on Easter Sunday and currently lies 7th in the championship. “I am delighted to have been asked to represent Sevenfriday,” says Mr Moffat. “The watches are […]
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Paulin shrinks down its latest Geo Mini collection into 28mm cases
British watch firm Paulin has introduced its smallest collection of watches, the Geo Mini. The 28mm watches retain the brand’s classic proportions, bright pops of colour and their bespoke Geo typeface. Paulin’s design team worked with the Tempesti tannery in Florence to produce soft but strong straps in a range of vibrant colours, including orange, lavender, […]
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Blancpain revives 1950s design for 2017 Fifty Fathoms tribute
Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, which is on sale exclusively at the brand’s London boutique this month, will be available to its retail partners from September 1. The watch honours three characters linked to the history of Blancpain: Jean-Jacques Fiechter a passionate diver who was Blancpain’s CEO for three decades from the 1950s; along with Captain Bob […]
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Eddie Redmayne fronts Omega campaign as Seamaster Aqua Terra watches reach retailers
Omega has released new campaign images featuring brand ambassador Eddie Redmayne, just as the brand’s 2017 Seamaster Aqua Terra timepieces go on sale at retailers. The Aqua Terra aims to strike the balance between sophistication and ocean spirit. The 2017 collection features models with a teak concept dial reminiscent of the decks of luxury yachts running horizontally across the […]
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Floyd “Money” Mayweather banks sponsorship deal with Hublot for McGregor fight
Purists may be sniffy about the sporting integrity of boxing legend Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming fight against Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor, but the hype and expectation guarantee a global audience that sponsors cannot ignore. Hublot has an association with Mr Mayweather that dates back to his fight with Mani Paquiao, when the world champion carried […]
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FRESH FACES: Marloe Watch Company kicks on after Kickstarter
Marloe Watch Company is an Oxford based start up specialising in hand-wound mechanical watches that WatchPro first noticed when it completed a highly successful round of crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Now we want to know what’s next, so Emma Calder sat down with the company’s co-founder Oliver Goffe for an update on how he intends to […]
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Louis Moinet pays tribute to the soul of Singapore in golden limited edition
Louis Moinet has designed a range of limited edition watches that celebrate the history and tradition of Singapore. The watches are inspired by the eponymous Louis Moinet’s early life, when he travelled the world and experienced the warmth and openness of the people of Singapore. “Louis Moinet, watchmaker and man of many arts, was above […]