2016 marks the third year that I can look forward to attending the world’s largest event of its kind, the HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, staged September 6-10, 2016, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
I’ve known Sylvain Dolla, Hamilton’s CEO, for some years now, and he has always been extremely agreeable and open. I managed to talk to him just before Baselworld to find out his thoughts on Hamilton’s sales strategy, how the brand wants to face the “connected” phenomenon, and his strategy in Hollywood.
When you’re young you want to be like your dad. He’s a cool guy. He’s as strong as Atlas. Everything he does is brilliant. Whatever he wears is what you should wear. Dadjeans? Cool. Hawaiian shirts? Whatever you think, dad. A too-small gold watch on special occasions?…
At aBlogtoWatch, the only agenda we have when it comes to selling watches is that we want people to have positive experiences when buying them. So let’s talk about some of the major things that irritate, bother, annoy, offend, or just plain turn off people when visiting watch stores, whether they are mono-brand boutiques or authorized third-party retailers.
Marketing material for the modern mechanical watch almost always includes a description of the the movement’s frequency. You may have even sensed that the higher the frequency, the more accurate a movement gets. But is this entirely true? Find out here.
The TAG Heuer Mikrograph is back! With a new anniversary edition celebrating the movement’s 100-year-old roots.
In February of this year, we reported that the Seiko quartz wristwatch worn by none other than Apple founder Steve Jobs in his iconic Macintosh photo had sold for a whopping $42,500. This was a story I followed very closely, and in fact I was in touch directly with the caretaker for Jobs’s Jackling House, from which that Seiko and several other items came. He told me that he was in possession of two other watches, a Baume & Mercier and another Seiko on metal bracelet, and that they would likely hit the auction block in the coming months – and now here they are.
The costs of watch ownership begins with the purchase. But if you were thinking that it ends with it, think again. Similar to cars, watches too need regular oil changes, servicing and maintenance. And the more expensive the watch, the more costly the service. That is pretty intuitive, considering that the more expensive watches are usually more…
Back in 2014, the German team of Grieb & Benzinger that produces one-of-a-kind highly decorated watches debuted a lovely timepiece that began life as limited edition A. Lange & Söhne. Inside the Grieb & Benzinger Blue Merit watch is a movement produced by A. Lange & Söhne which has been taken out of its original Lange case and thoroughly modified.
Rolex and Cortina Watch, leading watch retailer and distributor in Asia, present an exclusive exhibition in Singapore to mark the opening of a new Rolex Boutique at Marina Square mall.