Time for Change: Sotheby's Underground, Gender-Free Watch Auction

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" -...
Watch Out When You are At the Movies This Summer

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...
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HK jewellery sales register continued growth

Hong Kong’s jewellery retail sales recorded a 7.9 percent year-on-year increase in November 2017, latest data from the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong showed. Sales of jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts...
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5 Kids Wearables That Are Cute and Useful

Some of the best-looking wearables on the market aren’t for us “growns”—they’re made expressly for kids. We wrote about the digital color explosion that is the Omate x Nanoblock GPS kids watch earlier this year....

TIME MATTERS: WATCHES

Introduction Indians have been wearing jewellery as accessories in the form of bajuband, kamarband etc. since times immemorial, as is evident from ancient statue sculpture. Gradually, however, the traditional Indian accessories gave way to the...
Swiss watchmakers brace for slowing Chinese demand

Swiss watchmakers brace for slowing Chinese demand

Swiss watchmakers are starting to see signs of slowing spending from Chinese tourists, but are still banking on demand shifting to mainland China to fuel growth this year, several high-end brands said on Monday. Investors...
One in 10 Luxury Watches are Fake, says Watchfinder CEO

One in 10 Luxury Watches are Fake, says Watchfinder CEO

As many as one in 10 luxury watches are fakes, says Arjen van de Vall, CEO of Watchfinder, the UK's largest seller of second-hand timepieces. He says it's getting harder and harder, even for his...
Rolex 'Buys Back Own Watch for $2.5m'

Rolex ‘Buys Back Own Watch for $2.5m’

Rolex reportedly paid a record $2.5m at auction to buy back one of its own watches. The 1958 Milgauss steel sports watch, described as being in mint condition, smashed the estimate of $556,000 to $1,110,000...
Watches & Wonders Miami Won’t Happen in 2020

Watches & Wonders Miami Won’t Happen in 2020

A watchmaking workshop at Watches & Wonders Miami in 2019. The annual show has been postponed to 2021 as organizers plan for the Geneva show in April. Geneva—Watches &...
The Cartier Cheich

Legendary Cartier Cheich Could Sell for $400,000

A legendary Cartier watch - one of only four ever made - could fetch $400,000 when it is auctioned at Sotheby's Paris next month. It was presented to Belgian motocross driver Gaston Rahier for a...

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GIA Launches Printed Versions of Digital Reports

GIA Launches Printed Versions of Digital Reports

GIA is introducing printed versions of its AGS Ideal Reports. The grading lab says it's responding to customer demand, despite a general move away from...
LVMH Jewellery & Watch Sales Fall 5% To €2.58 Billion In Q1

LVMH Jewellery & Watch Sales Fall 5% To €2.58 Billion In Q1

Luxury behemoth LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton registered a 5% decline in jewellery and watch sales to €2.589 billion for Q1 2024 compared with...
JGTD 2024 gathers momentum with debut of new country pavilions

JGTD 2024 gathers momentum with debut of new country pavilions

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Plain Gold Jewellery Exports Grew by 61.72% to US$ 6792.24 million in FY 2023-24

Plain Gold Jewellery Exports Grew by 61.72% to US$ 6792.24 million in FY 2023-24

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