Rolex’s Traceability Solution for Watches
Rolex has come up with traceability solution for its watches.
It filed a patent application last month to embed a chip in its timepieces that would prove their authenticity and ownership.
Rolex watches - Daytona, GMT,...
Spacewalk Watch Boost for Children’s Hospital
The luxury Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen yesterday (Monday 26 August) sent four specially-designed timepieces into space.
They'll be auctioned for a US children's hospital once they've safely returned to Earth.
IWC Schaffhausen, a subsidiary of the...
Court Orders Destruction of 2,361 Fake Watches
A court in the UK has ordered the destruction of 2,361 counterfeit watches, imported from China and offered for sale online.
Jeremy Smith, 41, who advertised the watches on eBay and two websites had argued...
Tiffany’s $305,000 ‘Bird on a Rock’ Watch
Tiffany has launched one of its most complex watches to date, inspired by the company's emblematic Bird on a Rock.
The white gold Bird on a Flying Tourbillon costs $305,000 and is being produced in...
Caviar Introduces Mechanical Watches with a Piece of SpaceX Starship
The Dubai luxury brand has unveiled the Space Tornado collection of mechanical watches, inspired by space whirlwinds that cause the northern lights on Earth. The dial of the flagship model is encrusted with a...
Super-Rare Patek Philippe Sells for $8.2m
A super-rare Patek Philippe watch - one of only three ever made - sold for $8.42m at Christie's in Hong Kong.
It went for well above its low estimate of $5m but below its $10m...
US Leads Sales Hike at Watches of Switzerland
Watches of Switzerland (WoS) has reported increased Q4 revenues of $483m, led by a 14 per hike in US sales (at constant currency rates).
The UK-based retailer said revenue across its 223 stores was up...
Record $1.5m for Titanic Gold Watch
A crypto-millionaire from the US has reportedly paid a record $1.5m for a gold pocket watch recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic.
Auctioneers in Wiltshire, England, have confirmed that the buyer was the German...
Time for Change: Sotheby’s Underground, Gender-Free Watch Auction
An underground auction of vintage watches, held in a Geneva wine cellar, raised $1.3m, almost double its pre-sale high estimate.
Sotheby's offered 24 avant garde an innovative timepieces, all of them described as "gender-free" -...
New Rainbow Edition of Billionaire III Watch
Luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co has announced three new editions of its famous Billionaire III watch.
The bracelet of the Rainbow is fashioned from 580 emerald-cut sapphires in 30 different colors, 133 baguette-cut rubies set...
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