The Watches of Switzerland Group has announced plans to visit schools across the UK as part of a new community programme, which aims to help inspire young talent, with the first stop being in the North East. Year 10 students from St Thomas More RC Academy in North Tyneside were visited by the executive director […]

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Los Angeles—Kruse GWS Auctions set a world record this weekend when it sold a Rolex once owned by actor Marlon Brando for nearly $50,000. The “Archives of Hollywood & Music Auction” featured a 31 mm stainless steel Rolex Datejust gave to Brando after he won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 for his portrayal […]

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Humanity has been preoccupied with keeping time since—well, not the dawn of it, but at least for the past few thousand years. While ancient civilizations like the Sumerians and Egyptians studied and deconstructed our days into hours, the 16th century AD is when we finally devised a means of carrying time with us. Beginning with […]

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Affluent millennials favor traditional luxury brands like Rolex and Tiffany, but also seem predisposed to high-end brands that engage in content marketing, a new survey by MVI Marketing found. The survey polled nearly 1,000 consumers, from 25 to 40 years old, with a household income of $80,000 and higher. Among jewelry brands, Tiffany took the […]

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The “Paul Newman” Rolex Daytona is probably the most mythical and legendary wristwatch in existence. And now it has become the most expensive wristwatch in existence, hammering for $17,752,500 including buyer’s premium. This is a world record for a wristwatch at auction. The “Paul Newman” predicate is used to denote a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Oyster […]

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