Luxury Is your Prada bag real? Blockchain might have the answer Luxury houses like Prada, Loro Piana, and Maison Margiela are investing in high-tech developments like blockchain to verify and track their most coveted items
watches Rolex upends luxury watch retail with purchase of BuchererThe move has stunned the world of high-end watch retailing and has been dubbed “the greatest transfer of wealth in history”
watches Rolex thefts on rise as luxury watches worth €1.2bn missingAround 80,000 watches have been registered as stolen or missing with The Watch Register, with Rolex being the most targeted brand
watches Rolex replicas account for half of fake watches, Watchfinder CEO saysAs many as 10 per cent of the watches received from sellers last year were determined to be fakes during an authentication process
watches Omega and Cartier watches are outperforming Rolex in the pre-owned market – here’s whyHigher interest rates, shaky economic growth, and the collapse of cryptocurrency values have combined to push up the supply of used luxury timepieces
jewellery Pandora doubles down on lab-grown diamonds in latest sustainability pushWhile lab-made stones accounted for less than 1 per cent of revenue in the first half, it was Pandora’s fastest-growing segment, despite their limited distribution
watches Japanese watchmaker Seiko unveils new model rangeThe Prospex Dark Depths GMT and the Prospex Marine Green GMT are new sporty additions to Seiko’s existing Prospex range
watches TAG Heuer CEO Frédéric Arnault reports “double digit” growth as new flagship store opens in New YorkFrédéric Arnault talks welcoming a new strategy for the Swiss luxury watch brand and leading the grand opening of its new Manhattan store
watches Omega is raising the price of its luxury watches – here’s whyThe move comes as other watch brands of Omega’s parent Swatch Group struggle to grow revenue and could weigh on sales volumes of top brand Omega
watches Cristiano Ronaldo invests in watch-trading website Chrono24The football star is looking to the second-hand watch market which is set to expand by 75 per cent by end of decade
watches Only Watch auction 2023: ultra-elite timepieces that may sell for millionsOnly Watch charity auction has been held in Geneva for several years now, and will see some of the most valuable models ever made come to the market
watches The 10 best investment-worthy jewellery watches of 2023Improvements in gem setting techniques have amped up the dazzle factor in a new clutch of jewellery watches, but which ones are worth your money?
watches Luxury retailer Bucherer reopens its iconic watch store TimeDome in Las VegasThe Swiss purveyor of high-end watches and jewellery has rebranded its flagship watch store, which made the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005 as the biggest timepiece emporium in the world
watches This Swiss watch brand’s makeover has tripled the sales – thanks to its new CEO and a fresh watch lineSwiss-Italian Guido Terreni has hit refresh on the Swiss watch brand Parmigiani Fleurier – refocusing the brand on the now red-hot Tonda PF
watches Rare Patek Philippe expected to reach sale of €4.2m in auction and test vintage watch marketLess than 300 of the ‘Pink on Pink’ Patek Philippe 1518’s were ever made, and the sale will serve as a bellwether for the strength of the watch auction market
watches Rare Rolex Milgauss sells for record €2.3m at Swiss auctionThe Milgauss was one of the highest priced timepieces sold during a weekend of watch auctions in Geneva
watches UK luxury watchmaker Bremont taps new CEO who relaunched market-leading Tudor brand Davide Cerrato will take on the role of chief executive officer and join the board of the UK’s largest independent maker of luxury watches
watches Are smartwatches still a threat to the Swiss watch industry? When the Apple Watch launched in 2015, it was viewed as an existential threat to the industry
Partner Content Hermès horology and 1940s diamonds: these are the fine jewels and gems worth the investment at Dublin’s next auctionAhead of Adam’s Auctioneers’ upcoming fine jewellery and watches auction on May 16, Director Claire-Laurence Mestrallet gives an insider’s guide to the key pieces going under the hammer
watches This pre-loved Rolex model worn by Paul Newman is topping the secondary watch marketPre-owned Rolex Daytona watches are outperforming the market, with prices for the model gaining 4 per cent in the past month
