Paul Altieri, Founder and CEO of Bob’s Watches, walks us through the greatest 007 timepieces that are licensed to thrill.
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WatchPro trawls the web, forums and expert opinions for clues on what Rolex will launch in 2020.
With Watches & Wonders cancelling today, and Baselworld hanging by a thread because of the Coronavirus outbreak, it would be easy to conclude that the industry would rather they simply never happened again. Not so, according to exclusive research by WatchPro, which surveyed 127 owners and buyers from the UK’s largest independent and multiple retail businesses, and found an overwhelming desire for the fairs to get their act together and return to their former strength.
For the first five years as chief executive of Aurum Holdings, now renamed as The Watches of Switzerland Group, Brian Duffy answered only to his American private equity owners Apollo Global Management. But since May last year, the business is operating in the public glare of a stock market listed corporation with turnover of over $1 billion, more than 140 stores in the USA and UK, and a staff of 2,500 people. How is life in the public eye? Rob Corder spoke to Mr Duffy just ahead of Christmas last year to find out.
For the Swiss, Seiko's story starts in 1969 with the launch of the quartz-based Astron, but its history can be traced back to 1881, as Ryan Yip explores.
"I’ve always had in me a serious need for self-expression! In time, meaningless activities and unquestioned routines fired up frustration, which appears to me to be a viscous disease and a wide spread source of sadness."
A fledgling event in Dubai could be a template to rival the once mighty Swiss watch fairs.
WatchPro and aBlogtoWatch argue for and against a complete suspension of Baselworld and Watches & Wonders Geneva.
A fresh family of Carrera chronographs will be the big launch for 2020 from TAG Heuer. Jake Scatchard from Vintageheuer.com races through its history.