Watches
Watches hold a unique position in the jewellery trade, blending craftsmanship, design, and technology to create enduring appeal for consumers and lucrative opportunities for retailers. From luxury Swiss timepieces to emerging British watch brands, the sector continues to evolve with shifting trends, innovation in materials, and changing customer expectations. Jewellery Focus covers the watch industry from a trade perspective, offering news on brands and launches, market analysis, retail insights, and updates on supply chain and distribution. Our coverage equips jewellers, distributors, and suppliers with the intelligence needed to navigate this dynamic segment.
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Nov- 2018 -27 NovemberFeatures
Selling advice: Do you show too much?
Do you show too much? Most salespeople do. I see this all the time in jewellery shops from the finest luxury shops to the middle price ones. This happens not only in the UK, but when I conduct sales training world wide. It is a common problem, jewellers don’t know…
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22 NovemberInternational
Breitling marks expansion into Chinese market with gala celebration
Breitling, the Swiss watch brand, hosted a celebration of its entry into the Chinese market with a red carpet gala night at Beijing’s Phoenix Center on November 20, 2018. International movie stars and Breitling Cinema Squad members Brad Pitt and Daniel Wu were on hand to mark the occasion, along…
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20 NovemberFeatures
Brand Profile – Freedom to Exist
Tell me how you started your watch brand? Around five years ago Kirsty and I met working for Habitat, and then we both joined Made.com and moved to China. I think the experience of working at successful startup made us really want to do our own thing. Since we had…
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20 NovemberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Libby Butler Jewellers
Tell us about your business Libby Butler Jewellers is an independent retail jeweller in the market town of Helmsley, North Yorkshire. It has operated since 2002, and my partner Andy and I bought it in 2009, as a second career after working in Europe in the automotive industry for multinational…
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19 NovemberAuctions
Sotheby’s sells ‘most expensive watch’ at auction in 2018
Sotheby’s Geneva has sold ‘The Asprey’ for CHF 3,915,000 (£3m), making it the most expensive watch auctioned this year. The timepiece was manufactured in 1952, and according to the group was the “star lot of an exceptional selection of world-class vintage wristwatches”. The auction attracted over 900 bidders from 54…
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15 NovemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks operating profit increases to £13.7m
Operating profit before discretionary payments at Beaverbrooks the Jewellers increased to £13.7m during the 53 weeks ended 3 March 2018, its newly published accounts reveal. The company’s annual report and financial statements showed a £1.4m operating profit increase from £12.3m to £13.7m in the 2017/18 period. Annual turnover also increased…
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1 NovemberAuctions
Cheffins holds East Anglia’s first dedicated jewellery, silver and watches sale
Cambridge-based Fine Art Auctioneers, Cheffins, hosted the region’s first ever dedicated sale for jewellery, silver and watches on the 25 October 2018 with over 450 items sold. Nearly 85% of the jewellery lots on offer were sold, with many at prices far exceeding presale estimates. The highlight was a sapphire…
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Oct- 2018 -25 OctoberCrime
Robbers who stole £500k worth of jewellery jailed
Two men who carried out a £500,000 armed jewellery robbery at the Mappin and Webb boutique at Gleneagles Hotel have been jailed. At the High Court in Edinburgh Richard Fleming, 42, and Liam Richardson, 30, were sentenced to 18 years and 11 years and four months respectively. The pair were…
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17 OctoberAuctions
Timepiece dedicated to historic Polish watchmaker up for auction
A timepiece dedicated to watchmaker Franciszek Czapek is up for auction at Fellows Auctioneers in Birmingham on Tuesday 30 October for £4,500 – £5,500. The watch brand is named Warszawianka due to it being a patriotic song in Poland, and there is an inscription on the dial which includes lyrics.…
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12 OctoberFeatures
Jewellery crime and how to deal with it
Casings Statistics confirm that the vast majority of all crimes committed against jewellery businesses are preceded by the criminals’ casing of the targeted business and its operations. Learn to detect when individuals may be casing your business, and take steps to show the would-be criminals that your business is an…
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