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Tag Heuer partners with Google and Intel to develop smartwatch

Tag Heuer has announced that it will partner with Google and Intel to create an Android Wear powered smartwatch.  The collaboration was made official at Baselworld during a press conference held yesterday at the Tag Heuer booth. The company, which is owned by the luxury goods maker LVMH Group, said…

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Watchfinder posts record £36m turnover

Watchfinder has announced a record-breaking year in 2014, chalking up annual turnover of £36m. The company has been profitable since founding in 2002, however growth over the past year has been more rapid thanks to a round of external investment, a new store opening, growing trust in the brand, and…

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Vintage watches to go on sale at Roseberys Fine Art auction

An 18-carat gold and diamond gentleman’s skeleton wristwatch from Swiss luxury watchmaker Corum is estimated to sell for £100,000 to £150,000 as part of Roseberys Fine Art Auction.  The watch, which will go on sale at the auction on Tuesday March 24, was commissioned and designed exclusively as a one…

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Guess Watches debut brand’s first smartwatch

Fashion brand Guess Watches has unveiled its new smartwatch, Guess Connect, at the Mobile World Congress 2015 event in Barcelona, Spain this week.  The watch, of which its official launch was announced earlier this year, can now be seen on the joint Martian and Guess stand at the exhibition. The…

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Bremont co-founders named ambassadors for Air Ambulance

Bremont co-founders Nick and Giles English have been named ambassadors for The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS).  In tandem the watch brand has committed to raising enough funds for The Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA), one of the three services operated by the charity, to pay for a new pilot for the…

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Swiss watch exports rise in January

Swiss watchmakers have enjoyed a good start to the year with exports in January up on the same time last year, despite a fall in December.  This is according to new figures from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) which found that the volume of Swiss watches exported…

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Timex reports “triple-digit growth” after launch of UK website

Timex has reported “triple-digit growth” in the UK after it launched its first UK transactional website late last year.  The brand said that bestsellers have been from fashion product categories, including the Originals and Weekender collections. The Timex IQ collection has also enjoyed online sales growth. Aysha Hasan, marketing manager…

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Bomberg to target UK market with announcement of first stockist

Bomberg, the Swiss watch brand, has announced its first UK stockist as it gears up plans to target the UK market.  Bomberg watches, which are currently sold in over 15 countries, will be stocked in fashion retailer Wolf and Badger on Dover Street, London from Friday, February 20. Giancarlo Mantuano,…

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Police competition winner bags FC Barcelona trip

Police Watches has announced the winner of its competition which will see the victor travel with FC Barcelona and meet the team.  Mark Purcell, who purchased a watch from Grade A jewellers in Manchester, won the prize. Over 300 people had entered. The in-store competition saw customers receive a scratch…

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Cara Delevingne announced as new face of Tag Heuer

Tag Heuer has appointed supermodel Cara Delevingne as its new brand ambassador.  Delevingne was welcomed to the company in the Salle Melpomène, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, and was presented with a One Steel and Black Ceramic Chronograph set with diamonds. In her first photoshoot for the…

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