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Loading ...How to tell if Rolex watch is real? Well, there are several sure ways to decide if your watch or the watch you want to buy is a real one but not a fake.
Rolex is a world known brand name, the word ‘Rolex’ is synonymous to the word ‘watch’ at all, because only what is best can represent the class. Rolex watches have been known to customers all over the globe for many decades and thanks to the quality and style they can boast of these very watches are the best ones.
Jun 11th, 2007 Comments (0) 2,225 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Chopard constellation is replete with stars. For proof, the 60th Cannes Film Festival, where the Geneva based watchmaker and jeweller pulled out all the stops.
Jane Fonda, Charlotte Rampling, Angelina Jolie, Maggie Cheung, Julianne Moore, Zhang Ziyi, Helen Mirren, Gong Li, Elodie Bouchez, Toni Collette, Maria de Meideros, Ludivine Sagnier… a star cast beyond any directorA
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(1 votes, 5.00/5) Loading ...During the first quarter of 2007 the Italian jeweller Bulgari recorded a turnover of 225.1 million euros, up by 10.4% compared to January-March 2006. At constant exchange rates, the increase would have been even higher at 16.4%. However the strength of the euro decided otherwise. Net profit meanwhile increased by 31.5% to 23.9 million.
In terms of the main sectors of activity, growth in nominal terms was very variable: +27.2% to 43.0 million euros for perfumes, +18.2% to 94.0 million for jewellery, +0.3% to 58.5 million for watches (but +8.6% at constant exchange rates) and -17.1% to 21.1 million for accessories.
Jun 3rd, 2007 Comments (0) 1,994 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...For the Richemont group, one (good) year follows another. The 2006-2007 financial year ended with two-digit increases in turnover and operating and net profit. No clouds on the horizon.
During its 2006-2007 financial ending on 31 March, the worldA
May 25th, 2007 Comments (0) 1,967 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Indianapolis—IndyCar drivers Helio Castroneves, Dan Wheldon and Milka Duno will star in ads for the Ritmo IndyCar Series Chronograph watch.
In addition, the drivers will appear on behalf of Ritmo Mundo at events throughout the year.
Wheldon leads the IndyCar Series point standings after finishing second in last season’s championship race. Castroneves starts on the pole for this weekend’s Indianapolis 500 and has twice won the Indianapolis 500. Duno, a rookie driver, will debut at the Indianapolis 500 this weekend.
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New York—Luxi Group, a private holding company focused on luxury goods, has acquired watch e-tailer
Atlantictime.com
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E-Commerce veteran Eli Katz, chief executive of The Inside Store, will lead Atlantic Time. Katz founded iBeauty.com in 1995 and has served as chief executive officer of Home Click.
“Atlantic Time has a fantastic history on the Web,” Katz said in a statement. “It has been selling high-end watches for over a decade and has tens of thousands of very happy customers out there.”
By segmenting Web sites to target distinct consumer demographics and leveraging complex backend technology, Luxi Group can provide the right product for the right consumer, Katz said.
May 24th, 2007 Comments (0) 1,903 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Grenchen, Switzerland—Breitling, known for its aviation watches, has signed on as official timekeeper for the Red Bull Air Race World Series for the next three years.
The Red Bull Air Race features an original competition format in which the world’s best pilots will face off during races. Timed individually, each plane completes an obstacle course with turns and dives.
In addition to timing the races, Breitling’s colors will fly with British pilot Nigel Lamb as he navigates his MX2. Nigel heads the Breitling Angels aerobatics team and has spent five seasons with the Breitling Fighters Formation.
May 23rd, 2007 Comments (0) 1,646 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...During the first quarter of 2007, the French luxury products group Hermès International saw its sales increase by 1.3% to 366.1 million euros. On a like for like basis, i.e. at constant exchange rates, turnover increased by 6.5%. The strength of the euro against the dollar and yen therefore cost the group a loss of more than five growth points. Watchmaking activity brought in 21.0 million euros, compared to 20.7 million from January to March 2006 (+7.7% at constant exchange rates). In Japan, an essential market for luxury groups currently suffering from the weakness of the currency, Hermès sales fell by 11%, to 89.7 million euros (-1.2% at constant exchange rates).
May 23rd, 2007 Comments (0) 1,794 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Shelton, Conn.—Four years after the merger of Victorinox and Swiss Army, the combined company will brand its timepieces worldwide as “Victorinox Swiss Army” in the second half of this year.
The new logo for Victorinox Swiss Army will appear on watch dials, packaging and brand identification.
Until now, the company has marketed the same timepiece line under the brand name “Swiss Army” in North America and the Caribbean, and under the brand name “Victorinox Swiss Army” elsewhere in the world. The company expects that using one name internationally will result in more efficient and cost-effective production and after-sales service.
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Perhaps it is the zenith of post-postmodern epoch. At first the watch was simple: flowery, sand glass. Then there were wall mechanical watches, then wrist watches and later electronic ones. And now – again… the watch resembles an hour glass.
It is convenient to use such a timer in the talk room when you offer tough terms to your partners or in the children’s room – it is easy to fix the time, and the transfer from the upper part of the watch to the lower is a real show. The largest period during which all the “fireflies” manage to pass from one part to the other is 1 hour.
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