TAG Heuer’s honorary chairman Jack Heuer visited Laing The Jewellers’ Watch Gallery in Edinburgh last week to official launch the retailer’s new TAG shop-in-shop space. Heuer also gave the retailer a special edition Carerra Calibre Jack Heuer 80th Birthday chronograph, a timepiece that was unveiled at BaselWorld in March. The store’s managing director Michael Laing […]
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Royal London in talks with Dame Vera Lynn charity
Royal London watches has said that it is in talks to collaborate with the Dame Vera Lynn Trust for Children with Cerebral Palsy. The brand, which showcased its watches at the recent War & Peace show – the UK’s largest re-enactment event – is having discussions with the Dame Vera Lynn Trust about collaborating with […]
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19-year-old launches new Mooren Watch brand
A 19-year-old from the Netherlands has launched his own watch brand, Mooren Watch, following in the footsteps of his watchmaker uncle. Mick Mooren, founder of the brand, has just launched his first range of automatic watches, called New Vintage, with ‘Dutch Made’ stamped on the dial. He said: “Since I have always felt the need […]
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Antiquorum announces support of Cologni Foundation
American watch auction house Antiquorum has pledged its support of the Cologni Foundation for Artistic Craft Professions through its upcoming auction in Hong Kong. Thirteen lots in the auction will have their commission waived and all of the buyers’ premiums from these lots will be donated directly to the Cologni Foundation. The commission from lots […]
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WOTY 2012: Luxury – Hermès Dressage Small Second
WatchPro recently announced its Watches of the Year 2012 – the 10 winning timepieces and 90 highly commended watches that we felt boasted commercial appeal, innovation and had wowed consumers and retailers alike over the past 12 months. Now we are showcasing a watch a day that has made the cut in 2012. Continuing the […]
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Girard-Perregaux watch to honour the Pink Palace
Girard-Perregaux partnered with the Motion Picture & Television Fund and The Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows to celebrate the centenary of the famous Hollywood hotel at the weekend with a packed schedule of celebrity events and the creation of a limited-edition watch. The Swiss watch brand, which is distributed in the UK uinder new comapny […]
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Elvis Presley’s Omega sells for USD 52,500
Antiquorum held the second part of its Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces auction in New York earlier this week, with almost 80% of lots sold and 116% sold by value and Elvis Presley’s Omega Constellation selling for $52,500 (£33,851). The auction bought in a total $4.4 million (£2.8m), with international bidders from China, Taiwan, Hong […]
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WOTY 2012: Luxury Watches – Girard-Perregaux
WatchPro recently announced its Watches of the Year 2012 – the 10 winning timepieces and 90 highly commended watches that we felt boasted commercial appeal, innovation and had wowed consumers and retailers alike over the past 12 months. Now we will showcase a watch a day that has made the cut in 2012. We began […]
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WatchPro announces its Watches of the Year 2012
WatchPro magazine has officially announced it inaugural Watches of the Year today, with a list of 10 winning timepieces across 10 commercially-led categories, and 90 highly commended watches. The Watches of the Year list is the culmination of several months’ work, following the major watch trade shows in Europe, as well as the smaller UK […]
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TRENDS: Milanese mesh straps
Milanese bracelets hail from an old watch strap tradition that dates back to 19th century Italy but the style finds itself in vogue once again. Kathryn Bishop runs through the joys of mesh from luxury links to fashion finishes that can be interpreted as both contemporary and retro. Milanese watch straps are named after the […]
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Jaeger-LeCoultre watches smash records at auction
Two Jaeger-LeCoultre watches broke auction house records when they smashed pre-sale estimates at Antiquorum in Geneva earlier this month. The lots were a steel Reverso with red lacquered dial made in 1947 and signed LeCoultre Reverso and a Geophysic chronometer made in 1958 on the occasion of the International Geophysics Year. The 1947 Reverso became […]
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Patek World Time sells for a million Swiss francs
A rare 18ct gold Patek Philippe Ref. 2523 World Time sold for CHF 1,190,500 (£792,177) at auction this week, as part of Antiquorum’s May sales of modern and vintage timepieces in Geneva. The watch auction bought in bids totalling CHF 7,466,737 (£4,968,632), with “lively” bidding for the 469 lots from across the world, with telephone […]
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New dept director for Sothebys Euro watch division
Thomas Perazzi has been appointed deputy director of the European Watch Department at Sotheby’s. Perazzi has joined Sotheby’s from another auction house where he was a horology specialist. He has been working in the watch trade since 2006 and has developed a strong knowledge of Omega and Rolex timepieces as well as other vintage wristwatches […]
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Antiquorum sells Patek Philippe for almost USD 1m
Antiquorum, New York’s specialist watch auction house, has sold a rare Patek Philippe Ref. 3971 minute repeater for almost a million dollars, in a watch sale that totalled $4.5m. The auction house’s Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces auction took place in its first part on Wednesday, with more than 404 lots up for sale. The […]
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Sotheby’s to auction banker’s Patek collection
Sotheby’s in New York is set to auction wristwatches, clocks and timepieces from the personal collections of Patek Philippe patron and banker Henry Graves, Jr. and his grandson Reginald H. Fullerton, Jr. The watches will be sold in a single-owner sale on June 14, and are said to represent “two of the finest private collections […]
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Aussie watchmakers protest over Swiss watch parts
Australian watchmakers have initiated a movement to maintain their access to Swiss-made watch parts, following the growing restriction and distribution of certain Swiss-made components to watchmakers and brands. A report from Australian jewellery trade site Jeweller Magazine said that more than 1,000 people have signed up to the Save-The-Time initiative, which is a response to […]
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WatchPro’s BaselWorld 2012 report
BaselWorld is on the precipice of change as it plans to roll out a new floorplan in 2013 and the spirit of stepping into new territory was shared by its exhibitors at the 2012 show. Rachael Taylor reports from Switzerland on the key trends from world firsts to innovations in materials and markets. 2012 was […]
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Mondaine launches first mechanical timepiece
Mondaine has launched its first hand-wound mechanical timepiece in a move that encompasses the brand’s Swiss-made history and adds a new facet to its classic railway clock design. Its new Vintage watch continues the brand’s design based on the Swiss Railway Clock but houses a mechanical hand-wound movement and transparent case back. The brand has […]
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Antiquorum offers array of Pateks in April auction
Specialist timepiece auction house Antiquorum is set to host its Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces auction on April 25, with a stellar line-up of Patek Philippe timepieces set to draw collectors and enthusiasts to the bidding. The auction will take places at Antiquorum’s American headquarters on Madison Avenue in New York and will include a Patek […]
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David Coleridge: UK watches’ new power player
DM London chairman David Coleridge spent more than 20 years at Richemont before starting up his own watch business that has led to a series of lucrative deals with Selfridges, Asos, John Lewis and Rolex. Now as he snaps up The Watch Hut and The Watch Gallery Rachael Taylor interviews him about his plans to […]
