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Huawei Teases Honor Band Zero
Huawei Teases Honor Band Zero The invasion of the wearable devices has just begun and the latest tech firm to bring out a new smartwatch is Huawei, which teased its product with a mysterious tweet this week. The cryptic message said: “#Honor’s smart wearable device that embodies a minimalistic design, that’s #HonorBandZero. #HuaweiFacts.” Accompanying the tweet was a photo ...
Audemars Piguet CEO Talks Asian Market, Smartwatches
Audemars Piguet CEO Talks Asian Market, Smartwatches In his less than three years heading up the prestigious Audemars Piguet brand, François-Henry Bennahmias has made a few major changes like making the label’s gold watches more affordable and cutting the number of new products introduced each year. In an interview with Blouin Lifestyle, Bennahmias gave his opinions on subjects...
LG Chem Introduces Hexagonal Smartwatch Battery
LG Chem Introduces Hexagonal Smartwatch Battery One of the thorniest dilemmas facing the makers of smartwatches is battery life. Some, like the Apple Watch, can require recharging more than once a day if the user takes advantage of the many apps and features that come with this device. Watches that have longer battery life generally sacrifice some desirable features. Now LG Chem, a branch of LG, h...
Kiss Drummer to Judge Grand Prix of Fine Watches
Kiss Drummer to Judge Grand Prix of Fine Watches If anyone knows about keeping time, it’s the drummer for a legendary rock band. That’s just one reason that Eric Singer of long-running metal group Kiss has been chosen as one of the judges for the upcoming Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) which will be taking place in November. Singer is also a noted collector of fi...
Breitling B55 Smartwatch Coming for Christmas
Breitling B55 Smartwatch Coming for Christmas The Apple Watch will have a formidable competitor for holiday shopping dollars this season as the Breitling B55 Connected smartwatch will be hitting stores by the end of November. In an interview with Mashable, Breitling CEO Jean-Paul Girardin dished the details of the company’s first foray into the field of wearable devices. “Before the en...
How Richemont Deals with Changing World Economy
How Richemont Deals with Changing World Economy Back in April, Richemont sounded an ominous warning that earnings from luxury watches could drop by a third or more in 2015 as the stronger Swiss franc raised production costs. Since Richemont is the world’s second largest maker of luxury goods and controls such prestigious brands as Baume & Mercier, Cartier, Vacheron Constantin and Van Cle...
More Women are Buying Their Own Luxury Watches
More Women are Buying Their Own Luxury Watches Is the old stereotype of the wealthy “sugar daddy” buying expensive watches and other jewelry for his ladylove a relic of the past? Not totally, but statistics show that more of today’s women are treating themselves to pricey pieces of jewelry—just because they can. A survey by Mintel revealed that more than half of the 2,000 w...
Watches of Switzerland Opens New Store in London
Watches of Switzerland Opens New Store in London There is no better proof of the healthy state of the luxury watch business than the number of new boutiques currently opening all over the world. Now Watches of Switzerland has announced plans for a high-tech new shop in the heart of London’s Canary Wharf financial district. In addition to the usual arrays of luxury timepieces from brands like...
Ralph Lauren Debuts New Safari Watches
Ralph Lauren Debuts New Safari Watches For decades, Ralph Lauren has been known for his safari chic clothing and the designer added watches to the Sporting Collection two years ago. The Safari Chronometer carried out the rugged but refined Lauren spirit with weathered alligator straps, nature-inspired dials and unusual finishes. Now Lauren has added new pieces to the collection including the Safar...
Bulgari Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Bulgari Celebrates 40th Anniversary Back in 1975, Nicola and Paulo Bulgari branched out into creating their very first men’s watch. Inspired by the style of ancient Rome, the timepiece had the shape of a large Roman coin with the words “BVLGARI” and “ROMA” prominently displayed in a classic typeface. The first Bulgari watch for men also had modern touches like a liqui...
Bremont Opens First U.S. Stand-Alone Store in NYC
Bremont Opens First U.S. Stand-Alone Store in NYC British watch brand Bremont has come a long way in only 13 years, from developing watches specially designed for aviators to sponsoring the America’s Cup, so it seems only natural that the luxury watchmaker’s next move would be to the heart of New York City—Madison Avenue to be exact. That’s where Bremont just opened its fir...
Richard Mille Honors Felipe Massa with Limited Edition Watches
Richard Mille Honors Felipe Massa with Limited Edition Watches When Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa made his 40th trip to the podium at last weekend’s Austrian GP, watchmaker Richard Mille was on hand with a special gift for his old friend. After all, it’s been ten years since Massa became the first celebrity ambassador to add his name to the Mille brand. Back in 2005, Mille co...