Tag Heuer to use Seiko Parts Swatch discontinues providing Swiss watchmakers with parts For decades, Swatch has been the main supplier of movements, dials, and cases for the watch industry in Swizerland. Recently, they have cut this supply line to many Swiss companies in an effort to concentrate more heavily on their own product lines. This has forced many Swiss watchmakers to either invest in their own parts manufacturing facilities   Read More ...

Gucci Creates an Exclusive Watch for the Grammys Gucci’s first digital watch commemorates the Grammys Guccis very first foray into the luxury digital watch world is the I-Gucci, a sleek cutting-edge watch with a large face special edition charmer. Although the rubber strap tends to be uncomfortable, watch collectors and music fans alike will be attracted to the uniqueness and back story behind these watches. The double-layout of the watch’s   Read More ...

Ice-Watch Recognized for a Best Selling Watch Ice-Watch logs over 4 million watch sales in 2011 Some people have never even heard of Ice-Watch, but they have become a fashion market dominating force. All this from a company that has only been in business for just about 5 years. Last year they sold over 4 million watches which is the equivalent of selling about seven watches every minute for the   Read More ...

Check out the coolest watch in 2012 HYT unleashes an amazing watch   httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3kbIjHqvo HYT releases the H1 watch that will blow you away if you want to collect something that no one has possibly ever seen before. The H1 Watches come in four styles: black, gold, titanium, and two-tone gold/black. You really have to see the watch in person to understand how cool it is! Now this isn’t gonna   Read More ...

The World’s Most Expensive Watch Hublot releases the “$5 Million Watch” and sells it! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUhdftOzq9A&feature=player_embedded Hublot has always been known for their over-the-top extravagance and design in luxury watches. But now they’ve managed to set a record by releasing the most expensive modern watch ever made. The watch features over 1200 diamonds with just about every square milimeter covered in bling. And if you’ve got five million bucks laying around,   Read More ...

Hermes Dressage Watches Hermes goes for a sleeker contemporary look Each year, watch makers revisit popular watch lines and give them a reimagining to keep the line fresh and exciting. Hermes has done nothing less with their new release of the Dressage watch collection debuting at the 2012 Beselworld Watch Show. Hermes has always been a cornerstone of great taste and refinement and the redesigned Dressage H1837 and Dressage H1912   Read More ...

Replica Watches Beware! WISeKey provides a solution to the counterfeit watch trade Let’s be honest. People who go out and buy fake watches suck! Over the years, the counterfeit watch market has become increasingly more sophisticated. Sometimes even the fake watches cost in the thousands of dollars and are pretty good duplicates of there authentic watch counterparts. But who buys a fake watch? Phonies. Bad news for all the fakers   Read More ...

Bell & Ross Gives a Nod to Flight Instruments Three new watches take their designs from aviation instrument panels At Baselworld 2012, Bell and Ross unveiled their Flight Instruments watch collection. The three designs include: Bell and Ross BR01 Horizon that mimics the relative position to the horizon in a plane’s instrument panel. Bell and Ross BR01 Altimeter an homage to a plane’s altimeter. Bell and Ross BR01 Turn Coordinator   Read More ...

Collecting Watches is on the increase The watchmaking industry saw an increase this year Many industries have been hit hard by the stagnating economical climate the world has been mired in for the last few years. Interestingly, watch sales have realized a growth that no other industries have been able to maintain. Luxury watches have always attracted savvy buyers for many factors: The world record prices getting fetched at auction   Read More ...

Watches made with feathers Harry Winston Watches unveil new watch materials You can always expect luxury watches to come with all the standard materials: precious metals, gems, leather, etc. but at Bazelworld watch fair, many designers are excited to showcase their new watches featuring materials you might not normally consider in a luxury timepiece. This year, many watch designers are featuring watches made with natural materials that not only make   Read More ...