Dakota Murphey provides a look at the pocket watch from its first mention in 1492 to the present day.
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aBlogtoWatch publisher Ariel Adams gives WatchPro readers his insight into how CEO George Kern is transforming Breitling.
As more consumers turn to the secondary luxury watch market to find their favorite timepieces, Paul Altieri, Founder and CEO of Bob’s Watches—a leading online marketplace for pre-owned luxury watches—has put together a helpful guide on how to safely buy used Rolex watches.
Retailers rewarded with exclusive watches is a welcome return to a successful strategy from the past
Nothing gets a watch collector’s pulse racing like seeing the words “Tiffany & Co” on the dial of a sought-after vintage model, particularly one from the likes of Rolex or Patek Philippe.
As watch brands prune their global networks of retail partners they are analyzing whether it is better to open their own directly operated brick and mortar stores, sell direct to consumers through ecommerce, or provide maximum support to remaining authorized dealers.
If you think the retail landscape is changing fast with the internet affecting everything, try being a publisher. The simple days of producing glossy monthlies packed with luxury advertising are over as brands shift marketing money to digital platforms. Quality journalism is expensive, and the only way to pay for it today, some have concluded, is to start selling watches and accessories online. Tom Mulraney browses through the current offers and asks whether obvious conflicts of interest can be accommodated.
The past 5 years has not been comfortable time for retailers of volume fashion and lifestyle watches as Amazon decimated the market with its combination of a massive range of product and deeply discounted prices. One company that adapted to survive is Watches2U thanks to a dramatic change in direction by its founder Danny Toffel. WatchPro’s Rob Corder met him to find out how.
Graham managing director Patric Zingg is seizing control of the secondary market for his watches and reinvigorating retail partnerships.
The definition of luxury in our modern society has been twisted to be equated with spending power for expensive watches. UNDONE thinks the essential point of luxury is the power and freedom of the individual.
David Coleridge is into his fourth decade working in the luxury watch industry and now oversees the market from his perch as UK chairman of Bucherer, the company that bought his privately owned The Watch Gallery in 2017. WatchPro's Rob Corder caught up with the veteran who shows no sign of slowing down and is more outspoken than ever about challenges and opportunities for the industry he loves.