Ferarri Watches to be designed by Movado in 2013 Design honors shifted to another Swiss watchmaking firm Ferrari watches have been an amazing source of inspiration and have spanned across many different designers of luxury watches over the years. From Panerai to Cabestan to Hublot, Ferrari has managed to keep their branded watch line fresh by shifting the design and manufacturing honors annually to allow a fresh set of eyes   Read More ...

Women’s Watches 2012: A New Direction Watch designers create fashionable luxury watches for women In the past, watch companies have marketed exclusively to men who are much more likely to want all the bells and whistles and gagetry in their luxury watches. Women were left with a well appointed, yet very simple line of smaller watches. Now more than ever, designers are discovering that women are looking for the same   Read More ...

World record prices for 2012 Watch Auction Vacheron Constantin Watch in the top bids at auction As the economy slows to a low rumble, it seems that it hasn’t hurt the luxury watch market one bit. In fact, world record prices are being seen at every auction. In a recent auction at Christie’s in Geneva, the total of all bids topped $29 million. In an auction that lists like the   Read More ...

Boucheron Cypris Tourbillon Watches Women’s watches that function as jewelry Boucheron has outdone themselves this year in the women’s watches sector. They have created several lines of jeweled watches that are more like fine jewelry that just happen to have an amazing luxury watch hidden somewhere in all the beauty. Each of the new watches feature amazing creatures depicted in colorful jewels such as elephants, hummingbirds, swans, frogs, chameleons among   Read More ...

Longines Watches Priced to Sell Chinese middle class embraces affordable luxury watches As the economy deliberately slows in China, Swatch owned Longines Watches is expected to see a dramatic increase in sales as the Chinese middle class enters the luxury watches market, many for the first time. The watch market in China has always been about the high-end timepieces. This year, the forecast is that the upper class plans to   Read More ...

Watchmakers Reluctant to Show Their Wild Side Economy concerns stifle innovations in watchmaking. These last few years have been hard on many markets, but usually the best way to gauge where the world is in regards to their pocketbooks is to look at the timepieces on their wrists. Many people have noticed that many of the brand new watch designs released for this year look exactly like the styles that   Read More ...

In the Market for a Vintage Watch? Here are a few things to consider in what to look for in a vintage watch. There is something about old-school watches that just… satisfies. Many watches made today have kinetic winders or solar power or can tell you the exact time in 20 different time zones. We’re talking about vintage watches that you actually have to wind yourself and probably only do   Read More ...

12 Hublot watches to be auctioned Proceeds for unique watches go to the WBC Pension Fund You don’t have to be a fan of boxing to know that you are already salivating to know that Hublot Watch company is auctioning off 12 limited edition watches personalized for twelve of the most influential boxer alive today. Boxing is a sport of gladiators. Unfortunately for most prize fighters, once your career is   Read More ...

Diamond watches for women that really dazzle Girard-Perregaux revives the stately beauty of their 1966 Watches   Staying relevant in the design world is often all but impossible in a downturning economy. Gone are the really innovative days when even the most bizarre design ideas would not only be allowed to flourish, they would inspire entire product lines. People are a bit more reluctant to wear something eye-popping when everyone   Read More ...

Seiko Solar Watch Finds You in the World No matter where you are, you will know the correct time Imagine a watch with a tiny GPS receiver that triangulates your location on Earth via sattalite and automatically provides you with the correct time. Seiko thinks the whole ritual of getting off a plane, unscrewing the crown, setting your watch several hours in either direction and screwing the crown back in   Read More ...