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Buying A Pre-Owned Watch Makes It Sustainable?

Robert Farago — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:13:48 +0000

Buying a pre-owned watch is now politically correct. That’s according to Vogue and eBay, a strange marriage forged for charity, no less. Watchpro.com trumpets the nuptials. If anybody still questions the symbiotic relationship between new and used goods in the luxury market, just look to the world’s ultimate arbiter of high fashion, Vogue, which has […]

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Bucherer Sale: Rolex Wants to Rule the World!

Robert Farago — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:12:48 +0000

Re: the Bucherer sale to Rolex, TTAW commentator SPQR writes… Rolex never buys anything to keep things at “arm’s length.” It buys things to integrate them into the Rolex monolith, like the purchase of Aegler. The acquisition of Bucherer probably means that Rolex will now run a “vertically integrated” retail business as well as a […]

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Underrated Watch Brands – 3 of the Best

Robert Farago — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:00:33 +0000

The 6 Most Popular Brands for Luxury Watches, the headline at 1stdibs.com announces. Are they measuring the number of searches or sales? Former New York Times advertorialist Karen Quarles ain’t sayin’. But she is naming names: Patek Philippe, Cartier, Rolex, OMEGA, Piaget and Breitling. Hmmm. What about underrated watch brands? And where are . . […]

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Richemont Sales Down 47% – Coronavirus Watch 28

Robert Farago — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:00:35 +0000

The Swatch Group recently released its financial report for the first quarter of 2020 As revealed in our post Swatch Profits Tank – Coronavirus Watch 27, the conglomerate claimed a quick sales recovery after the Coronageddon lockdown and a bright future ahead. Now it’s Richemont’s turn. The song remains the same. Well, the first part […]

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Richemont Swan Dives – Coronavirus Watch 18

Joseph Adams — Fri, 15 May 2020 23:22:41 +0000

Yesterday, Watches of Switzerland revealed that it was pantsed by Coronageddon. Today, Richemont – the world’s third largest luxury goods conglomerate – reported their progress. How goes the battle for A. Lange & Söhne, BAUME, Baume & Mercier, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger Le-Coultre, Panerai, Piaget, Roger Dubuis, Vacheron Constantin, Montblanc and Watchfinder […]

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Chronograph Design Matters

Saad Chaudhry — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:21 +0000

It was my first Baselworld. Not wanting to miss anything, I arrived early. Standing in the middle of the growing crowd, all I could see was the first booth inside Hall 1: a metal-clad honeycomb structure illuminated by a warm orange glow. The name BVLGARI loomed large, the backlit logo placed high atop the other […]

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Grail Discounts When? – Coronavirus Watch 2

Robert Farago — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:00:44 +0000

I recently counseled readers to ask for a big discount on a new watch this week, before Big Brother’s banhammer came down. If you haven’t cut a deal by now, it’s too late. All the bricks and mortar watch dealers are either closed or closing. And now the good news . . . If you […]

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