Archive for December, 2009

Concord Opens World’s Largest Boutique in Saudi Arabia

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The watch brand Concord, which is part of the Movado Group Inc, is doing what many other luxury watch companies have already done; create or expand their presence in the Middle East. Concord had just opened its first exclusive shop-in-shop showroom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Having already been in this market for 30 years, Concord is [...]

TAG Heuer… Busted

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For how long have we been hearing about the upcoming 150th TAG Heuer anniversary? For a long time is the answer.  To celebrate this event, TAG has been making all kinds of publicity noise to draw attention to its watches. One of the big, recent claims to fame is the long awaited and super complicated [...]

Jaeger LeCoultre Hosts Charity Event in Beverly Hills

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Jaeger LeCoultre is one of those luxury watch brands that truly seems to want to help make the world a better place.
During November, the month when we are to being thinking about all that we have and how grateful we are, Jaeger held a VIP event at its Beverly Hills boutique to sponsor the Mbenga [...]

Movado Watches: Get Bold with Tyra

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There is something going on with talk shows and watches. During the month of December, two different luxury watch brands were mentioned on two of the most watches TV talk shows. On “Ellen” not only did Ellen herself sport an all-white Michele watch from the brand’s Tahitian collection, every person in the audience got one! [...]

The Blancpain St. Valentin 2010 Watch

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Founded in 1735, Blancpain is one of the oldest watchmaking companies in existence and is one the few that produces less  than 10,000 watches a year. Blancpain watches for men and women are a manifestation of passion for watchmaking, high-art, and a devotion to tradition.
In 1988, Blancpain became the first brand in the world to [...]

The New Calibre 1887 by TAG Heuer

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The calibers that run the watches are not always as exciting to look at or talk about as the watches themselves but without them there would be no watch to look at.
TAG Heuer has been in the news a lot lately, due to the drama packed Tiger Woods issue, but the company is most [...]

TAG Heuer Dumps Tiger

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TAG Heuer and Tiger Woods were once a match made in heaven. TAG Heuer is a luxury watch brand that has been creating a strong brand of sports watches and chronographs since 1860 and Tiger Woods is the best golfer in the world. But due to the growing scandal surrounding Tiger’s infidelities it may be [...]

Movado Shares Plummet

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We knew the luxury watch market was in bad shape; practically each and every watchmaking company has suffered financially in one way or another, but here comes some more bad news.
Movado, hoping that its third-quarter shares would meet its forecasts and provide good headway for the upcoming year, was way off target. Wall Street [...]

Omega Watches Opens New Store

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Omega has a long history as being the official timekeeper of the Olympic Games and part of this partnership is that Omega has to come out with cool new designs every two years as well as open new boutiques so that people have actual access to Omega watches in whichever city is hosting the Olympic [...]

Gucci Watches Expanding in India

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Many luxury brands have abandoned the U.S. and European markets and have slowly but surely been heading into and expanding their business dealings in Asia and the Middle East. China and India are the new number one destinations; populations are large and the appetite for luxury goods is still growing.
Watch brands like Raymond Weil, [...]