Rob Corder, Author At WATCHPRO

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by Rob CorderApril 20, 2026April 20, 2026

CORDER’S COLUMN: Is Watches and Wonders experiencing peak social media saturation?

Is it just me or is everybody glad Watches and Wonders is over and our social media feeds can settle back to a more sedate mix of golf advice, tips for a perfect lawn, cute kittens and Rolex rumours? This ...

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by Rob CorderApril 20, 2026April 20, 2026

Rolex tops list of fake watches seized with a lost retail value of $1.44 billion

Rolex has taken the top two spots in a list of the most faked watches seized while entering the United States. The Rolex Submariner with date, ref. 126610LN, leads the latest league table compiled by US Customs and Border Protection ...

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by Rob CorderApril 17, 2026April 20, 2026

Breitling officially becomes House of Brands

Breitling UK Limited has officially changed its name to H. O. B. House of Brands Limited, a new filing at Companies House reveals. House of Brands was first seen as a collective of Breitling, Universal Genève and Gallet at last ...

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by Rob CorderApril 16, 2026April 17, 2026

CORDER’S COLUMN: Patek Philippe’s 50th anniversary Nautilus says everything you need to know about the Swiss watch industry

This week’s Watches and Wonders is bigger than ever. More brands, more launches, more noise. But the company that dominated the week did so not by shouting the loudest, but by demonstrating, with peerless clarity, how the modern luxury watch ...

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by Rob CorderApril 15, 2026April 16, 2026

TAG Heuer reinvents the chronograph for 2026 Monaco Evergraph

TAG Heuer introduced a completely new mechanism for starting, stopping and resetting the central chronograph hand of a 2026 Monaco Evergraph that launches at Watches and Wonders this week. The mechanism is the key improvement to a new Calibre TH80-00 ...

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by Rob CorderApril 15, 2026April 15, 2026

Rolex Pepsi prices plateau as discontinuation confirmed

The death of Rolex’s GMT Master II Pepsi has been predicted for so long that it’s discontinuation was greeted with little more than a shrug on day one of Watches and Wonders. Speculation went into overdrive at the start of ...

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by Rob CorderApril 14, 2026April 15, 2026

Signet Jewelers repositions H. Samuel and Ernest Jones within the watch market

It has been a rollercoaster six years since Neil Old took the reins as managing director of Signet Jewelers’ UK business, which operates national jewellery chains H. Samuel and Ernest Jones. Starting in 2019, he almost immediately had to close ...

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by Rob CorderApril 14, 2026April 8, 2026

Norqain serves-up second ice cream themed Enjoy Life summer chronograph

Norqain’s Special Edition Freedom 60 Chrono was something of a sensation when it launched in time for summer last year with its pink, blue and green subdials linked to flavours of an ice cream, which appeared on a crystal case ...

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by Rob CorderApril 14, 2026April 14, 2026

Rolex celebrates Oyster’s 100th anniversary

From a technical perspective, three mechanical breakthroughs were required to create a commercial, front-loader washing machine: A flexible rubber door seal gasket capable of maintaining a watertight barrier even as the drum spins. A reinforced glass door allowing visibility while ...

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by Rob CorderApril 13, 2026April 13, 2026

Chrono24 courts emerging independents and microbrands

Chrono24 has introduced an Indie Brands Initiative aimed at giving independent watchmakers direct access to its global audience of watch collectors. Announced ahead of the Chronopolis fair in Geneva this week, the initiative gives indies the chance to sell new ...

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by Rob CorderApril 13, 2026April 10, 2026

Where next for the watch world’s most influential independents?

François-Paul Journe will celebrate his 70th birthday in March next year and is expected to unveil a “patrimony” timepiece that could define his legacy and signal a handing over of the torch he has held for the past decade as ...

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by Rob CorderApril 10, 2026April 10, 2026

29% Q1 rise reported as USA continues as growth engine for global watch sales

Swiss watchmakers preparing for their annual show of strength in Geneva next week will be able to project an air of optimism despite export values and volumes dropping for the past two years and a stuttering start to 2026. Global ...

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by Rob CorderApril 10, 2026April 10, 2026

Fraser Hart’s hunt for profit enters seventh consecutive year since losing Rolex

Fraser Hart’s turnover has dropped by 60% since peaking at £86.4 million in 2019 and the national jeweller has not delivered an operating profit to its parent company, Anthony Nichols Group, in the past six years. Its latest accounts, for ...

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by Rob CorderApril 9, 2026April 9, 2026

Universal Genève relaunch receives mixed reviews

The faithful reissue of Universal Genève’s most iconic collections has been broadly welcomed by watch enthusiasts, but there has been a notable backlash against the brand’s prices. “As someone who loves Universal, have been a fan and collected since I ...

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by Rob CorderApril 9, 2026April 9, 2026

The 1916 Company introduces Collector’s Lounge concept at new Californian showroom

The 1916 Company has incorporated a Collector’s Lounge into a high footfall retail showroom for the first time at a new store in Manhattan Beach, southwest of central Los Angeles in California. Collector’s Lounges were first developed by pre-owned collectible ...

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by Rob CorderApril 8, 2026April 8, 2026

G-Shock Move fitness watches upgraded to silver and gold

Casio has added gold and silver coloured editions to its GMH5600 Move collection that bring a touch of luxury to the fitness tracking timepieces. They comes in the same octagonal shaped case as existing DWH5600, which introduced heart rate sensors, ...

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by Rob CorderApril 7, 2026April 7, 2026

Michaël Merle’s madcap Magic Hour Tourbillon returns

One of the most innovative watches to have launched last year has been given a makeover with a new deep brown dial colour for 2026. French watchmaker Egerio introduced the La Fervent Magic Hour Tourbillon in an asymmetric titanium case ...

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by Rob CorderApril 7, 2026April 7, 2026

Peter Jackson retires from running his three-store jewellery and watch business

Peter Jackson is retiring from his eponymous jewellery and watch business after 44 years on the shop floor. Mr Jackson opened Peter Jackson the Jeweller in 1982 within Preston’s St. Georges shopping centre and opened a second branch in Blackburn ...

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by Rob CorderApril 7, 2026April 7, 2026

Vacheron Constantin opens its biggest boutique in the world

Vacheron Constantin has opened its largest and most opulent boutique in the world with the ribbon-cutting on a new store in the Miami Design District. At 5,000 square feet over two floors, the new flagship is bigger than the brand’s ...

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by Rob CorderApril 2, 2026April 2, 2026

Xavier de Roquemaurel: Time Jumper is a great leap into the future for Czapek

Czapek’s Time Jumper, which launched in November last year, is more than a new watch; it is a statement of intent about how independent watchmaking teams can think, create and compete. Conceived initially as an anniversary concept piece, it quickly ...

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