Citizen is pushing further into the women’s market, starting with the launch of the serious women’s timepiece, the Ladies’ World Timer A-T. WatchPro spoke to Citizen UK managing director Mark Robinson about what women want from watches. WatchPro: Is women’s interest in watches increasing and what do you think they want from watches? Mark Robinson: […]
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Chisholm Hunter wins Bell & Ross
Chisholm Hunter has signed a deal with Bell & Ross to bring its aviation-inspired watches to its website and one of the chain’s stores. As well as selling online through chisholmhunter.co.uk, Bell & Ross watches will also be sold at Chisholm Hunter’s store in Chester’s Grosvenor shopping centre. The store will offer entry level Bell […]
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TRENDS: Ever the gentleman
A sharp suit, exquisite tie and well polished boot is no longer exclusively the prerogative of the dowdy office square, but must-have off-duty essentials for every fashion-conscious man. After decades of fast fashion and cheap imports, a style revolution has washed over the men’s clothing market that prizes quality, tailoring and a smart finish above […]
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Patek Philippe models to impress at auction
Patek Philippe minute repeater Ref 5029 is among the models likely to attract attention at the Antiquorum Auctioneers’ Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces auction, taking place in Hong Kong on June 22. A collection of Patek Philippe wristwatches will be the highlights of the auction, which is being held at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong […]
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Bremont teams up with high fliers The Horsemen
British watch brand Bremont has sponsored World War II display team the Horsemen, which will now be known as the Bremont Horsemen. The Bremont Horsemen will take to the skies this month at Duxford with its first ever display in tribute to the US pilots who flew with the Eagle squadrons during World War II. […]
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Q&A: Cos Costas, David Mason London
In the May issue of WatchPro we took a look at the aviation watch market in the UK. Here Cos Costas, director of watch brand David Mason London, tells us about his experiences as a new player in the aviation watch market. WatchPro: As a new player, how difficult is it to break into the […]
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UNDER THE GAVEL: Heuer Calculator
This bold watch came up for auction at a vintage timepiece sale at Fellows last month. The chunky 45mm timepiece is a Heuer Calculator that dates back to the 1970s. It has an automatic chronograph with slide rule, making it nice and handy for multiplying on the move. As for the final price? We calculate […]
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Gc unveils its B1-Class Telemeter
The new Gc B1-Class Telemeter unites vintage style elements and refined functions, with a Swiss Made chronograph movement, telemeter scale on the bezel and a reduced case size of 40.5mm. Finished with rose gold PVD, this stainless steel watch has details such as Breguet-style hands, a screw-down crown, screwed-in case back and Roman numerals. The […]
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Casio introduces 30th Anniversary watch line
Casio’s London store is combining the celebrations of its first birthday with the launch of the Casio Commemorative 30th Anniversary watch line. The 933 sq ft concept store situated in the Covent Garden Piazza opened to the public on April 21 last year. The opening of the store, which features premium brands G-Shock, G-Shock Premium, […]
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Blancpain celebrates Fifty Fathoms’ anniversary
Blancpain introduced two models to join its iconic Fifty Fathoms diver’s watches and celebrated the 60th anniversary of the launch of the original model with a dedicated exhibition and press conference at BaselWorld 2013. First created in 1953, the original Fifty Fathoms watch is now 60 years old. To celebrate this anniversary, Blancpain president and […]
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Mondaine creates watch with two-second pause
Swiss brand Mondaine launched a new range called Stop2Go at BaselWorld this week. The Stop2Go watch puts a little quirk of the Swiss railway system on the wrist – a seconds hand that stops for two seconds every minute. While that might sound baffling, it is a method used by the Swiss SBB railway for […]
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Strong bidding at quarterly Fellows watch auction
Fellows has reported strong sales at its latest quarterly vintage and modern wristwatch auction with the top lots including a diamond-set Blancpain Leman Tourbillon and a 1940s Rolex Oyster Chronograph in less than pristine condition. There were 286 watches in the latest edition of the sale which brought in a total of £414,930 including buyers’ […]
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Tales of riches to rags to riches in watches
By Oliver Carding What do the Rolex Milgauss, Zenith, Romain Jerome and Jaquet Droz all have in common? They are all watch industry riches to rags to riches success stories. The Rolex Milgauss owes its renewed demand to market trends. First launched in 1956, it was produced to meet the needs of nuclear research labs. By the 1970s […]
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The Royal Exchange to launch Watch Workshop Week
London boutique shopping arcade The Royal Exchange is launching a week-long initiative in May to promote its watch retailers. Watch Workshop Week looks set to be an annual event created by The Royal Exchange, which hosts watch brands and stores including Bulgari, Gucci, Hermes, Montblanc, Omega, Watches of Switzerland and WF&Co by Watchfinder. The week […]
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Accurist chief exec on rebooting a heritage brand
Accurist has an enviable brand history, starting out in London in 1946, however little of this rich history has penetrated the consciousness of the mainstream watch market. But this is all about to change, as new chief executive Jonathan Crocker tells Rachael Taylor. Incoming Accurist chief exec Jonathan Crocker does not have a background in […]
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Q&A: Lesa Bennett & Jemma Fennings, Olivia Burton
Vintage-inspired women’s watch brand Olivia Burton has already scored several gift-led and fashion retailers in the UK market and online. But now the British brand, created by former fashion buyers Lesa Bennett and Jemma Fennings, hopes to build relations with UK jewellery and watch retailers. They tell WatchPro about their route to market and success […]
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Q&A: Christophe Hoppé, Bausele
Swiss-Australian watch brand Bausele lauched just two years ago, but now plans to enter the UK market. Its founder Christophe Hoppé tells WatchPro about his watchmaking background, how the company strives to make timeless watches and its USP of featuring little elements of its Southern Hemisphere homeland, with earth, sand and coal from Australia embedded into […]
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Newly rebranded Accurist joins London Watch Show
Accurist has joined a burgeoning line up at the London Watch Show, a new trade exhibition for the UK watch industry set to make its debut in July. The British watch brand is currently undergoing a rebrand and chief executive Jonathan Crocker said Accurist will use its appearance at the London Watch Show to "tell […]
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UNDER THE GAVEL: Frères Oltramare pocket watch
This Farewell to the Beloved Swiss-made 53mm pocket watch, circa 1830, was made for the Chinese market by Genevan watchmakers Frères Oltramare. It is a beautifully enamelled musical repeating pocket watch set with white pearls. It has blued serpentine steel hands and a musical movement activated by a bolt at six o’clock. It can be […]
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Heritage Navigator to celebrate Tissot milestones
Tissot is set to launch a fresh update to its 1953 centenary watch at BaselWorld – the Heritage Navigator 160th Anniversary. This handsome timepiece celebrates both the 160th anniversary of the brand and Tissot’s availability in 160 countries, across five continents. It also pays homage to the brand being the second biggest-selling Swiss watch brand, […]
