Watch Focus
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Nov- 2017 -17 November
Citizen Watch UK launches TV campaign for A/W
Citizen Watch UK has launched its new in-store point of sale materials and extensive advertising campaign. The campaign will be featured across TV networks, lifestyle print titles, London Underground and social media for the new Citizen Promaster Collection and the ladies’ Diamond Collections. Highlights from the collection and timepieces featured…
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6 November
Timex Group introduces FINS solutions
Watchmakers Timex Group and Montrichard have entered into an agreement to implement the web based solution, FINS. The cloud based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and turnkey supply chain tool enables micro-merchandising and micro-manufacturing best practices to optimise the supply chain for selected brands of the Timex Group. The FINS solution…
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6 November
Aurum Holdings offers online video concierge service
Aurum Holdings has teamed up with live customer engagement company, Vee24, to use video chat to provide an online concierge service for customers. This personal service, available from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week, covers the full product range at Watches of Switzerland, and selected high value items at…
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Oct- 2017 -30 October
Watches of Switzerland opens Manchester boutique
Watches of Switzerland has announced the opening of a new Manchester showroom. Previously located on King Street, the newly designed retail space has enabled the brand to expand to two floors. The move marks the next step in the company’s expansion plans by taking up residence in Manchester’s St Ann’s…
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27 October
Watchfinder sponsors England for 2017 Rugby League World Cup
Pre-owned watch specialist Watchfinder has teamed up with England Rugby League to support the nation throughout its Rugby League World Cup 2017 campaign in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The Maidstone-based company’s logo will be displayed on the right sleeve of England players’ shirts for the upcoming tournament,…
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27 October
Phillips wristwatch beats own auction world record with $17.8m sale
Phillips has set a new world record for any wristwatch at auction with the $17,752,500 (£13,557,011) sale of American actor Paul Newman’s Rolex. This took place at Phillips’ inaugural New York auction, ‘Winning Icons – Legendary Watches of the 20th Century’ in association with auction house Bacs and Russo. The…
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26 October
WatchApp exceeds subscriber target 3 weeks after launch
The WatchApp, REDBLOK’s cloud-based platform for luxury watch retailers, pawnbrokers and traders, has reported that it has reached over 50% of its first quarter subscriber target within just three weeks. Established in 2017 by REDBLOK managing director, Daren Daniels, The WatchApp provides a peer-to-peer e-commerce marketplace for retailers, dealers and…
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25 October
Rotary adds Henley range to AW17 offerings
Watch brand Rotary has extended its offerings for the autumn/winter season with the addition of the Henley range. The Henley GMT boasts a scratch-resistant ceramic uni-directional bezel, sapphire glass and stainless steel three-link bracelet with deployment clasp. The red arrow tip hour hand, which takes 24 hours to go around…
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25 October
Laings opens Tag Heuer ‘shop-in-shop’ concept
Family jeweller Laings has announced the opening of its exclusive TAG Heuer ‘shop-in-shop’. The store, which is on the site of its recently refurbished store has been re-opened with an area dedicated to the luxury watch brand with watch experts on hand to take customers through the models available. Based…
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20 October
Elliot Brown watches announces new female brand ambassadors
Following on from this summer’s launch of Elliot Brown’s Kimmeridge ladies watch collection the brand has announced three new ambassadors. The celebrity representatives for the watch range have been named as Sarah Outen MBE, adventurer by land and sea; Lizzie Carr, environmentalist and adventurer and firefighter Bex Sims, who has…
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