Brand Watches

Everybody knows that Russia’s Prime-Minister, Vladimir Putin, is an avid collector of luxury items and especially Swiss watches. His collection exceeds those of millionaires and he is never shy of showing and wearing them, even during a sports match.
Well, it looks like Putin is also a very generous person. During a visit at one of [...]

At its latest auction event, entitled “Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches”, Antiquorum managed to top the previous reccord held by the Longines watch that belonged to Albert Einstein with a rare Patek Philippe platinum watch, which was sold for the astounding amount of $660,000.
There were 388 watches available at this auction, 75 percent of which [...]

There are two things that come to our minds when we think about Longines. One, the brand’s popular tagline – ‘Elegance is an attitude’; two, its equally famous ambassador and Bollywood actress – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Longines has been one of Swatch Group’s most successful brands that cleared the 30-million sales mark in 2001 – a [...]

The Swiss Watchmaker Blancpain and Lamborghini announced a partnership which will give birth to the first championship for Lamborghini cars named “Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo”
According to a press release from the watch manufacturer, the deal was facilitated because both companies are producers of high performance, hand-crafted mechanical luxury products of great desirability.  The relationship is [...]

Bahrain is a key part of the Swatch-International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volley World Tour, and it is essential that it keeps its place on the annual calendar, says a top FIVB official, writes PATRICK SALOMON.
In 2006, FIVB president Dr Ruben Acosta visited the kingdom and signed a two-year contract with the General Organisation for [...]

Timex is partnering with J. Crew to introduce a new vintage-inspired collection, developed exclusively for the retailer. The first release from the Timex Vintage Collection is a military-style watch.
“Timex has roots dating back to 1854 and many watch collectors admire our vintage timepieces. We were thrilled when J.Crew approached us for this exclusive commission as [...]

The Antiquorum Fall 2008 auction “Important Collectors Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks” took place yesterday, marked by feverish Internet bidding and a remarkable sale total of $9,892,812.  After the dust had settled, a number of records had been set, most notable among these being from the sale of a gold Longines wristwatch once owned by [...]

W Steel, the ‘Official Timing and Watch Partner’ of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport begins its season long search to find ‘Miss TW Steel’ this weekend as Round 1 of the 2008-09 A1GP season kicks off at Circuit Park Zandvoort, Holland on Sunday 5th October.

The quest to find ‘Miss TW Steel’, with the overall [...]

Swiss watch manufacturer Certina added a new timepiece to its already famous DS Podium sport watches line.
 
The new watch model follows the same core values which have made the line popular: a perfect blend between talent and performance. It has a new bold look and it larger case stands as the [...]

Feast your eyes on this, it’s the ridiculously named EQW-500DBE-1AVER, from Casio, and it’s being launched to coincide with the release of Iron Man on DVD on the 27th October. It’s yours for £170.

It’s got a whole heap of awesome features, much like Iron Man’s suit. It has two separate stopwatches, a countdown timer, an [...]