Jacob and Co makes timepieces sexy A risque watch at a luxury price Throughout the years, many luxury watch brands have tried to inject a little sex into the design of their timepieces. It really wasn’t until this year that a watch maker finally got it right and captured the essence of sexuality and put it in a watch. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M06uaIV67vU Jacon & Co. released their Caligula watch to the excitement Read More ...
GC Watches a growing favorite of new luxury watch lovers GC Femme Watch an instant hit with luxury-minded women There comes a point in many people’s lives where they stop struggling and start making a name for themselves. For many, this is the precise moment they start thinking about splurging on a few luxury items to settle themselves into and easier lifestyle. This is when people start buying better cars Read More ...
Famous French actor’s Watch Auction Audemars-Piguet Royal Oak Watch brings 68,750 euros A recent watches auction of famous French film actor, Alain Delon, rakes in over $590,000. Delon was known for his amazing collections over the years including a notable wine collection that brought in over 250,000 euros at auction. Under the gavel recently was his collection of more than 100 luxury watches that represented his life-long collection. The auction Read More ...
Perrelet creates a stunning dive watch Dive watches can also have style It used to be that getting a decent dive watch that actually does all the things you need it for (like, umm… saving your life!), you always needed to sacrifice style in order to have all the dive watch functionality you need. Perrelet Watches has come out with a dive watch that not only looks great at a Read More ...
The Swiss Watchmaking community in crisis Provider of Swiss watch parts scaling back parts sales The largest provider of Swiss watch movements, Swatch, has been lobbying for years to stop providing the parts to it’s competitors. It’s essentially the perfect storm for downfall for some of the smaller Swiss makers of luxury watches. For years, Swatch owned ETA has been providing movements to nearly all Swiss watch companies. By law, Read More ...
Stuhrling Special Reserve Viceroyale stunning rose gold watches Rose gold makes a huge imprint on this year’s wedding season There is always that question about what is the perfect gift to get someone for their wedding. This year, the trendiest wedding gifts are all made out of rose gold. Rose gold, with it’s slightly pinkish cast has become the haute gift for this wedding season. And why not give him Read More ...
Italian Watch fixer can find very rare watches Need a specific rare watch? Go to a watch detective With literally thousands of watches being made every year by hundreds of watchmakers, sometimes locating a specific timepiece is like finding a needle in a haystack. This is where Ennio Barozzi comes in. He operates out of his family’s watch store in Brescia Italy and has been known to do the impossible: Read More ...
Is My Rolex Fake? How to spot a replica Rolex Watch lovers and collectors all over the world all have the same fear when it comes to purchasing a used (or even new watch): is this a replica watch? As scammers get more and more sophisticated, it’s getting increasingly difficult to determine if a watch is fake or not. Watch Repair NY has been trying to educate watch collectors forever 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 ...
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 ...