Swiss Decline to Probe Watchmakers over Parts Supply
Swiss competition authority WEKO has formally declined to investigate allegations over the supply of spare parts for independent watch repair shops. Watchmakers... Read More...
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$140,000 Donation Help Veterans Watchmakers Training
Sam Canaan of Dover is training Veterans in watchmaking with a vision to offer respectful employment after service and support them in building a new career. Th... Read More...
Swedish Royal Family Crown Jewels Stolen Suspects Were Chased In a Motorboat
Jewels belonging to King Karl IX of Sweden were stolen from Strängnäs Cathedral that had been put up on displayl. Two royal crowns belonging to the 17th-century... Read More...
The Future Of Watchmaking With 3D Printing and Robotic Watchmakers
“History and tradition are best respected by innovating, and not simply imitating and repeating the past,” says Felix Baumgartner, co-founder of luxury watch br... Read More...
US Government publishes new Laws to include Man Made Diamonds
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has changed its definition of diamonds to expand its scope to include man-made diamonds. The previous definition stated, “A d... Read More...
Diamond Thief Caught Just Before Boarding a Flight Out of the Country
A jewel thief named Tamaz Hubel, 67, was caught in Miami just as he was boarding a flight to France. Hubel, a notorious thief uses the sleight-of-hand trick to ... Read More...
August 2018 Esslinger Newsletter
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Swatch Goes On Hiring Spree and Inventory Splurge To Keep Up With Sales Growth
Swatch Group is showing positive signs of growth. It is reported that the company has hired more than 800 employees in the past six months – reaching a total of... Read More...
Swatch Quits Annual Baselworld Trade Show
Swatch Group which owns popular watch brands like Omega, Tissot, Longines and many more is reportedly quitting from Baselworld watch and jewelry trade fair next... Read More...
This See-Through All Sapphire Watch Will Cost You Just About $700,000
Watchmaker Greubel Forsey has crafted a beautiful see-through watch entirely encased in sapphire crystal. Making a sapphire crystal case is not easy either, it ... Read More...
The Top 21 Watch Brands That You Should Already Know
Online site, Town&Country, recently published an article listing the top 21 watch brands that every watch enthusiast must know. While this list would be use... Read More...
Scientist Find Enough Diamonds to Crash the World Economy
Scientists think they have discovered a quadrillion tons of unmined diamonds on earth. However, they are 100 miles deep which is way deeper than we’ve drilled s... Read More...
These Watchmakers are Redesigning and Reinventing How We See Watches
Sure the cool kids can change their watch faces every day… But where’s the fun in that? These watchmakers are reinventing what a watch dial could be. Let’s take... Read More...
Smartwatch Popularity Has Inadvertently Caused A Luxury Watch Boom
Smartwatches have definitely cemented their foot in the industry and the only leading smartwatch of any importance is the Apple Watch; its sales cross that of R... Read More...
Watch this Mesmerizing One-of-a-kind Pocket Watch Repeater
Jaquet Droz is the pioneer of automata, the technique of creating lifelike scenes through moving mechanical pieces, and has a 280-year-old history of making aut... Read More...