Over 60,000 visitors at 43rd MidEast Watch and Jewellery Show in Sharjah
The 43rd MidEast Watch and Jewellery Show, held at the Expo Centre in Sharjah from October 3-7, 2017, attracted 61,456 visitors, including trade visitors from abroad and local consumers, according to media reports quoting...
Swiss watch exports to HK rise 2.7% in Aug
Exports of Swiss luxury watches to Hong Kong were up 2.7 percent in August, latest data from the Federation of Swiss Watch Industry FH showed. Hong Kong is also the top export destination for...
English Pocket Watch Sells for $4.3M at Sotheby’s London
London-One pocket watch re-established its place as the most valuable English watch at auction-both made in England and made by an English watchmaker-when it beat its own record on Tuesday.
George Daniels’s “Space Travellers” went...
Titan to Retail Watches and Jewellery in US as part of Amazon’s Global Selling...
Titan, which retails jewellery in India under the Tanishq brand, has announced a tie-up with e-tailer Amazon.com’s Global Selling Programme to retail its watches in the US market. The company said that it will...
Watch Out When You’re At the Movies This Summer
Over the weekend, I saw Atomic Blonde, a sexy thriller set in Berlin in the waning days of the East German republic. Starring Charlize Theron as a badass MI6 agent assigned to retrieve a critical piece...
Timex and SilMach set to shake up watch industry with new technology
Watch designer Timex has partnered with SilMach, French pioneer in micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) to create the first MEMS powered watch.
The timepieces will utilise MEMS watch motors (boxes) and will be the first brand to use...
New GPS G-Shock Smartwatch Is One Tough Cookie
When I was in college in New York City in the late ’90s, the height of urban club/raver fashion was a “Baby-G” G-Shock digital watch that, with the press of a button, sent a...
Seiko Appoints Bulova, Omega Veterans
Seiko has enlisted two veteran watch executives to support its watch business in the U.S.
Brice Le Troadec, former brand president of OMEGA U.S.A., joins as executive vice president, Seiko Corporation of America, and brand...
5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About IWC Schaffhausen
The Swiss watchmaker has big things in store for 2017
I’ve long promised my boyfriend, Jim, that when he’s old enough and I’m rich enough, I’m going to buy him a watch from IWC Schaffhausen....
The Real Story Behind Shinola’s New Gomelsky Collection
A girl walks into a booth …
In March 2013, I had a funny encounter at Baselworld that has since brought me a small degree of fame. You can read the whole story here (and...
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