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Only Watch 2023 – Three of the Best

Robert Farago — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:38:40 +0000

Only Watch 2023 – the charity auction flogging one-offs from the watch world’s heavy hitters – is set to kick off on November 5. The event has grown to astounding 62 lots. Like Tudor’s 2021 fail, a lot of them are minor variations on existing models (cough Blancpain cough). A few are genuine “only” watches: […]

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Watch News 7/11/2020

Robert Farago — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:00:32 +0000

Rolex to Drop New Models September 1 Coronageddon threw a spanner in the works for Rolex’s annual new model release. When COVID-19 shut down the world economy, the company [quietly] let it be known their new product launch team was skipping the annus horribilis entirely. Watch news! . . . Rolex has reversed that decision. The […]

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Hublot Big Bang e Revealed

Robert Farago — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:00:24 +0000

The Hublot Big Bang e has dropped. The brand’s entry into the smartwatch world is a big deal – but not for the reasons the company suits would have you believe. While they reckon the Big Bang e brings Hublot into the modern world, the smartwatch stands a good chance of undermining their unique selling […]

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Which Watch Industry Brands Will Die? – Coronavirus Watch 22

Robert Farago — Sat, 30 May 2020 12:00:43 +0000

Watch Industry Braces For Historic Downturn HoDinkee proclaims. That’s like saying a car crash victim lying by the side of the road is bracing for impact. Dude, the downturn is here. Last month, Swiss watch exports fell by a staggering 81 percent. There’s no sign of a “revenge shopping” recovery. The real economy is in […]

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Rolex Wearing Criminals

Robert Farago — Sat, 16 May 2020 12:00:11 +0000

“A lawyer who was an associate of organized crime figures saw [former FBI agent Babak] Broumand in a Beverley Hills cigar lounge and noticed he was wearing a gold Rolex watch,” Martin Woods writes at complianceweek.com. “The lawyer [considered] the Rolex and Broumand’s obvious expensive tastes as ‘an opportunity to recruit.'” And so he did. […]

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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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Quill & Pad to Geneva Watch Days: FOAD

Robert Farago — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:00:49 +0000

Over at Quill & Pad, co-founder Ian Skellern penned an open letter to Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin (above). The title of the post says it all: “I’ve Cancelled My Geneva Watch Days 2020, Now It’s Your Turn (But You Should Have Been First).” Notice the parenthesis around the accusation. There’s a reason for that. But […]

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