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Dubai Watch Week Wraps Up
Dubai Watch Week Wraps Up The first Dubai Watch Week event took place over five days in October and brought together some of the industry’s major players to enjoy panel discussions, watch exhibitions and getting to meet the CEOs of major names in luxury timepieces. The event was organized by retailer Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons in partnership with the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the Gra...
Dutch Baron’s Watch Collection Up for Auction
Dutch Baron’s Watch Collection Up for Auction You may think your own collection of watches is pretty impressive but when it comes to amassing thousands of fine timepieces, few could top the Dutch nobleman whose collection is being auctioned off next month. The late Jan Willem Frederik baron van Wassenaer came from a Dutch family that can trace its roots back to the 13th century but even more...
Tissot Unveils New Line of NBA Watches
Tissot Unveils New Line of NBA Watches Baseball season is over for another year and now the spotlight turns to basketball, especially the kind played by the NBA. Swiss watchmaker Tissot picked this most opportune time to introduce a partnership with five NBA teams and a new line of watches. Tissot has a major interest in the NBA since the watch brand has inked a reported six-year $200 million deal...
Breitling to Debut Exospace Smartwatch
Breitling to Debut Exospace Smartwatch Swiss watchmakers may have started out dismissing the idea of smartwatches but one by one, some are deciding that if you can’t lick ‘em, join ‘em. Now Breitling will soon become the latest maker of traditional luxury timepieces to market its own wearable device. At the 2015 Basel World watch show back in March, Breitling displayed a prototyp...
AT&T Debuts NumberSync for Smartwatches
AT&T Debuts NumberSync for Smartwatches One of the weaknesses of many current smartwatches is that they require connection to a smartphone in order to do all those cool things that owners expect their device to do. That could be changing in the near future as one wireless carrier is about to launch a new feature that will allow smartwatches to be less dependent on the connectivity of the owner...
James Bond Rolex Submariner Going Up for Auction
James Bond Rolex Submariner Going Up for Auction For more than 50 years, one of the best reasons to watch James Bond movies has been the gadgets. No one has ever had better toys than Agent 007 and that includes his choice of watches. Now one of the more memorable timepieces is about to go on the auction block. A Rolex watch is always a handy item to have on your wrist but in the 1973 film “L...
Apple Offers In-Store Promotion on Apple Watch
Apple Offers In-Store Promotion on Apple Watch It’s pretty rare for Apple to run a promotion on a brand new product but that’s just what the tech giant is doing right now with the Apple Watch. While a $50 discount may sound tempting, the limitations on this deal are likely to discourage most potential buyers. From October 30 through November 15, Apple is offering a $50 discount off the...
Tourneau Tells How to “Fall Back”
Tourneau Tells How to “Fall Back” It’s that time of the year that watch collectors dread—the end of Daylight Savings Time. At 2 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, November 1st, we will gain that hour that we lost back in the spring. That’s a good thing, especially for those who stayed up late enjoying Saturday night’s Halloween revelry, but a major chore if you have...
A Few Auction Tips from an Expert
A Few Auction Tips from an Expert For the watch aficionado looking to add a truly timeless timepiece to his or her collection, there’s no better place to shop than an auction at Christie’s. This legendary auction house has sold 42 watches for prices of over $1 million each and racked up total watch sales of $800 million in just the last eight years. Another auction house noted for sell...
How Many Apple Watches Were Sold Last Quarter?
How Many Apple Watches Were Sold Last Quarter? On Tuesday, Apple delivered its quarter results for September but still refused to state exactly how many units of the Apple Watch had been sold. Instead the figures for the Apple Watch were lumped in with items like the iPod, the Apple TV and Beats headphones in a category called “Other Products.” In a conference with analysts, Tim Cook s...
Samsung Partners with Designers for Gear S2 Bands
Samsung Partners with Designers for Gear S2 Bands Smartwatches aren’t just for geeks anymore and more fashionable buyers are going to be looking for ways to customize their devices. One of the easiest ways to match your watch to your outfit is by having a wardrobe of interchangeable bands. Samsung makes this easy to do with the new Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic models so it’s only natura...
Blocks Creates Customizable Smartwatch
Blocks Creates Customizable Smartwatch Most smartwatches on the market today have a dizzying array of features including some that most of us will never use. What if you could build your own device that has only the capabilities that you need without being cluttered up with those you don’t? That’s the idea behind what Blocks calls the “world’s first modular smartwatch,&rdqu...