Brand Watches

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The new Longines Conquest watch collection is targeted at the sportsmen and women who want to achieve performance without sacrificing elegance. At least that’s what the company says.
The fact is, these watches are a little weird. They’re made of a combination of stainless steel and ceramic, all put together in a really ‘elegant’ way, not [...]

Scott Parham, Head of Market Research at Melrose Jewelers states, “While we’ve seen a slowdown in luxury goods spending due to the economy, higher-end sales pinpointed at the Rolex Datejust line with edgier diamond dial and bezel additions continue to be robust.
Models such as String Diamond Dial Rolex Datejusts, Channel set diamond bezel Rolex Datejusts, [...]

Timex watches, which has gone for a facelift with a new tagline saying, ‘New age Indian’, is aiming at a 10 per cent growth in market share in the current Rs 20 billion watch industry.
Says Timex Group MD and senior VP Asia Pacific Kapil Kapoor, “Currently Timex has a market share of 20 per cent [...]

In the year 2154, no one will want to wear wristwatches anymore. They’ll probably be out of fashion or too bulky for our hands. The in thing will be the nail watch, known as the TX54. Well, that’s what Timex and design site Core77 think will be the future, according to the global design competition [...]

The Seiko watch company has a compelling story behind their latest watch the Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk launched at Baselworld.

The watch has been engineered to withstand the extreme environment of outer space and will be worn on the wrist of Richard Garriott, the sixth private-citizen space explorer, when he takes his trip this fall.
Garriott, [...]

Casio released the DW-5600EH Eric Haze signature G-SHOCK watch, named after the well-known graphic artist. This new watch is designed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the G-SHOCK series of shock-resistant watches, which was celebrated in May 2008.
Eric Haze is a graphic artist active in a variety of fields, including hip hop. The collaboration between [...]

Aiming to strengthen its presence in the Indian market, Japanese premium watch maker Seiko plans to spread its reach to around 40 cities with 200 models by end of this fiscal.    
“The past one year has seen us emerge among the top three brands in the premium luxury watch segment in India. We have presence [...]