Published November 6, 2024 As London’s Oxford Street continues its regeneration, the key retail destination has been given a further endorsement with Watches of Switzerland upgrading and expanding its store there. Part of the luxury watch retailer’s extensive expansion and enhancements programme, the showroom’s refurbishment brings “brand enhancements that all complement the existing Rolex area”....
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No End In Sight For Swiss Watch Industry Downturn
(Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images) Getty Images Troubles in the luxury watch market continue, as evidenced by the latest report from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Swiss watch exports in August were 1.2 million units, 125,000 fewer than last year. Despite the decline in unit volumes, the total value of wristwatch exports increased...
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The cutting-edge Swiss watch factory where robots run things by night
Once assembled, the watches move to the more cybernetic second floor, dedicated to testing, and boasting 46 tons of equipment. Up here, machines work around the clock. Intelligent roaming robots, nicknamed Wall-E and EVE, after Pixar’s automatons, deliver watches to various testing stations. As the wheeled duo silently race around the floor, trays of watches...
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Watches of Switzerland back on track, US strong, announces Yurman and Repossi UK deals
Watches of Switzerland Group’s half-year results aren’t due until December but on Tuesday the company delivered a trading update for the first 18 weeks of its financial year and seems to be getting back on a track after an earlier downturn for the once-seemingly-unstoppable retailer. David Yurman It said that trading has been in line...