News for the watch trade
March 6, 2013
Officine Panerai has its own booth at the 2013 International Boat Show in Dubai
This is the eighth consecutive year of Italian watch manufacturer Panerai sponsoring the boat show in Dubai. This is no accident; the long time watchmaker has a close relationship with the sea. Many years of research and development in maritime ... read more
Tagged New Watches, Watch Business
March 4, 2013
Today, construction began on BASELWORLD 2013
BASELWORLD Company announced the launch of the construction of the world's largest show for the watch and jewelry industry. Over the next seven weeks, 20,000 will install the impressive exhibition structures. Chopard, Rolex, Breitling, Ulysse Nardin and more were already ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, Events
February 26, 2013
Bavarian watchmaker Chronoswiss is 30 years old
Gerd-Rudiger Lang, the company that preceded Chronoswiss was founded in Munich in 1981, two more years were needed for the construction of the first watch. Since 1983, when the company was reform as Chronoswiss, its production has been one to ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Stories
February 21, 2013
When you think of Carrera, think of sports car but don't forget TAG Heuer
The history of Carrera goes back to 1963 where Jack Heuer, author of some of the most groundbreaking achievements in the field of sports timekeeping, hosted his first focus on the specific needs of professional racers. As a longtime fan ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Auctions
February 19, 2013
Breitling makes proposal to save the Patrouille Suisse
Far beyond the borders of Switzerland's militatry air force information, the Patrouille Suisse is known. The largest civilian air squadron in the EU since 2002, based in Dijon, it could be called the Breitling Jet Team. The reputation of the ... read more
Tagged Watch Business
February 15, 2013
The summer is dawning with the new Bruno Banani watch collection
Recently, the German fashion brand Bruno Banani presented its watch collection for 2013. For Summer, the variation is in terms of color: futuristic metallic variants, 1960's style black and white, fine blues and natural greens. If the preference is for ... read more
February 13, 2013
Jewelry and Watches Association elects new board
On Wednesday, the General Meeting of the Association of Jewellry, Watches, Silverware and Related Industries in Pforzheim, Germany, elected a new president among others. A 57 year old homegrown Pforzheimer, Dr. Philipp Reisert, determined the fate of the association for ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, Jewellery Business, External Announcements
February 13, 2013
Everyone knows the iPod, iPhone or iPad. Now Apple is targeting your wrist.
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times quoted a message that spread like wildfire around the world: Apple wants its products, which can already be found in almost every home, to find their way directly onto the human ... read more
Tagged New Watches, Watch Business, Business News, External Announcements
February 7, 2013
Eterna is dedicated to soccer
The Swiss watch manufacturer Eterna recently announced they will be increasingly dedicated to professional soccer. First, they announced a two and a half year partnership with Hamburg Sports Club. The old agreement was terminated after the malfunctioning of the old ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, Stories, External Announcements
February 1, 2013
News of the SIHH, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Cartier
The end of the exclusive Richemont Group trade show seems an appropriate time to highlight the main news of the event. The team of watchSea24 had already reported exclusively on news from A. Lange & Sohne and IWC. Now, there ... read more
Tagged New Watches, Watch Business, Events, New Jewellery, Stories
January 31, 2013
IWC cooperated with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Racing Team
International Watch Company has reached an agreement with the Mercedes team in Formula 1 racing. As reported by the Austrian Standard, newly acquired driver Lewis Hamilton will now have to wear the IWC watch even though he was satisfied with TAG Heuer. ... read more
Tagged New Watches, Watch Business, Events, Stories, External Announcements
January 31, 2013
Longines will show his new collection to horse lovers at Baselworld 2013
It is no coincidence that the Swiss watchmaker Longines can look back on long tradition of horseracing. The social events have long been an occasion for fashionistas to put their lifestyle on display. Even the Queen of England is very ... read more
Tagged New Watches, Watch Business, Stories, External Announcements
January 30, 2013
New Hall in B3 for trends and visions at Inhorgenta 2013
A new hall opened in February 2013 on the fairgrounds for Inhorgenta 2013. Specially designed for trendsetters and high end lifestyle brands, the “Trends and Visions” exhibition is one of the largest trade shows for jewelry and watchmakers. With the ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Events, Jewellery Business, External Announcements
January 29, 2013
Even after 180 years, at Jaeger-LeCoultre in the Vallée de Joux still building precision measuring instruments
The entire year of 2013 is a round anniversary for the company which settled in 1833 in the valle of the Swiss canton Vaud. Brothers Charles, Antoine, LeCoultre, and Ulysse specialized in producing precision instruments. Initially, this was not limited ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, Events, Stories
January 29, 2013
Suitable jewellery for the red carpet
Soon it will be for the Oscars, high time to think about what jewelry you want to wear to the gala event. Of course, some premium brands such as Joop, Chopard, Tiffany and Cartier, which are an integral part of ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Jewellery Business, External Announcements
January 17, 2013
The TOP 5 Watches Auctions 2012: Rolex, Audemars Piquet, Panerai and Patek Philippe
The brand valuation company Brand Evaluation Experts this year released a current list of brand values of Swiss manufacturers. Once again, Rolex is number one on this list, even if the brand has lost some of its luster compared ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Auctions, Business News, External Announcements
January 16, 2013
Vacheron Constantin, Longines or DuBois et fils. Who has the longest tradition of watchmaking?
These days the Swiss watch manufacturer DuBois et fils creates a lot of buzz with their extraordinary crowd funding project. Crowd funding is not yet as widespread in Europe. But even so, the company has been quite successful drumming up ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, Stories, External Announcements
January 15, 2013
Daytona season starts, oh Lord, and Rolex is there all a'bord
Rolex 24 will officially open the racing season on January 24th in Daytona Beach, Florida. The famous Swiss watch manufacturer of the Cosmograph since 1960, is also a sponsor of the race since 1966. Another famous race held there is ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Events, Stories, External Announcements
January 12, 2013
Rolex Oyster - Waterproof Watch That Swam The Channel
Rolex watches are some of the highest quality and most expensive watches in the world. When most people hear the name Rolex, they don't really know the story behind it, and they don't know how it got to the position ... read more
January 11, 2013
The Watch and the Internet – two useful inventions created by the military!
In our “Back Story” series, the research team at watchSea24 noted how late timekeeping has found its way to the wrist. It is clear that about 4000 years ago the Sumerians began to measure time by means of the sun. ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Stories, External Announcements
January 4, 2013
Which clocks are truly vintage clocks?
In the last decade or so, a household word in the fashion world has been everywhere, which is still hard to grasp. That’s reason for watchSea24 to begin investigating. The adjective “vintage” essentially means old as well as “special” or ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Stories, External Announcements
November 22, 2012
The search for the suitable price isn’t always easy
Auctioneer Christie’s from Geneva reported this week to have sold a Patek Philippe formerly owned by musician Eric Clapton for an incredible amount of 2,85 Million Euro. But also watches by german manufacturer A.Lange und Söhne from Glashütte are apparently ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Auctions, External Announcements
November 22, 2012
Think big, think ecological!
This could be the slogan of the "Green Festival" that took place at San Franciscos concourse last week. Besides ecologically produced products of all kinds watchSea24 found also some intresting news: watches whose cases are made of natural resins and ... read more
Tagged New Watches, Watch Business, Events, External Announcements
November 19, 2012
To present your beloved with a watch on Christmas
Apparently the year turns to an end. The leafs in the trees are shining and falling in beautiful colours therefore we know – Christmas is coming closer. Did you make up a mind yet about what gifts to make to ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, External Announcements
November 15, 2012
At SalonQP in London top-manufacturers presented their recent handcraft arts
For the fourth time yet, from 8th to 10th November 2012 took place in Great-Britains capital London, namely in Saatchis gallery. Sponsored by the special intrest magazine QP, the manufacturers got the chance to present their recent handcraft. It seems ... read more
Tagged New Watches, Watch Business, Business News, External Announcements
November 14, 2012
Apple licensed the design of the clock
Several international media reported that Apple and the Swiss federal railways(SFR) arranged a transaction worth of 16.6 million Euros, concerning a license for the use and the distribution of the design of the clocks in Swiss railway stations. Throughout the ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, External Announcements
June 10, 2012
Mondani Editore presents Rolex Daytona Story in Vegas
The publisher Guido Mondani Editore has presented at last IWJG (The International Watch and Jewelry Guild) in Las Vegas its new exclusive book "Rolex Daytona Story". The limited edition book, in large format, is dedicated to the success model from ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Market Report, External Announcements
May 31, 2012
Watches as a financial investment
During times of inflation and lack of financial growth investors look for new, secure ways to invest their money. In addition to gold, there is a further attractive investment option: not just enthusiasts and collectors but more and more investors ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, External Announcements
April 2, 2012
Omega Store Vienna just opened
The Swiss luxury watch brand Omega is opening its first Flagship store in Austria. With an area of more than 400 m² the boutique will offer generously proportioned sales and presentation facilities on two levels. One of its kind worldwide ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, External Announcements
March 16, 2012
Baselworld 2012 with more than 100.000 visitors
The 40th Baselworld fair ended yesterday with an increase in visitor numbers of just under one per cent. A total of 143,300 trade visitors, including more representatives of the media than ever before, explored the latest developments in the jewelry ... read more
Tagged Watch Business, Business News, Events, External Announcements
