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Japanese watch rental service Kairtoke is launching in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Marui building next Friday. The Karitoke store offers monthly watch rentals from more than 40 available brands and 1100 models, with users invited to preview how each watch will look on…
The Philippines’ official Tommy Hilfiger distributor Take Wizer Industries has launched the world’s first Tommy Hilfiger watch store in Quezon City. The store opened on January 23 at the Upper Ground Floor (UGF), City Center, SM North Edsa, featuring an…
Stelux Holdings, parent of the City Chain watch retail business, says its sales in the December quarter were down 32.6 percent, or by HK$198.98 million (US$25.6 million). The company closed about 15 percent of its stores, primarily in Hong Kong, as social…
Stelux Holdings, parent of the City Chain watch retail business, says its sales in the December quarter were down 32.6 percent, or by HK$198.98 million (US$25.6 million). The company closed about 15 percent of its stores, primarily in Hong Kong, as social…
Florentine luxury watchmaker Panerai has opened its first-ever airport boutique, at Hong Kong International Airport. The new store is the sixth opened in the Hong Kong area and joins existing locations in Canton Road, Landmark Prince’s, IFC, Times Square and…
Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling has opened a new boutique at Hong Kong International Airport. The new outlet features the brand’s industrial loft concept, inspired by mid-20th-Century interior design. The boutique is located at the departure level of…
Oriental Watch has shrugged off the impact of ongoing Hong Kong protests, with sales down a mere 1.1 percent and improved gross profit in the half-year to September. Sales totaled HK$1.168 billion (US$149 million), gross profit rose 10.4 percent to $318.2…
Swiss Watch Gallery launched its signature timepiece event, Art of Time 2019 at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Art of Time is presented by Swiss Watch Gallery in partnership with Tumi, GH Mumm, and media outlets The Edge and The Star. In its sixth rendition, Art of…
Hublot India is launching a flagship boutique at the Palladium Mall in Mumbai, its first standalone store in the market. The Swiss watchmaker’s 45sqm boutique is designed to represent Hublot’s “the art of fusion” concept, with pop art paintings forming a…
Vietnamese smartphone retailer, The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World), has discovered a thriving new business model: a fashion-watch retail concept. The company offers a wide selection of watches from well-known fashion brands, including Michael Kors, Fossil and…
Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling has unveiled a new concept boutique at K11 Musea, featuring a “modern retro loft style”. Occupying a 620sqft space in the new shopping centre, the Breitling boutique features an industrial loft-style concept which the brand…
Timepiece brand Blancpain has opened its largest store yet in China in Beijing. The 380sqm two-level street front showroom, located at China World Mall near Beijing’s CBD, features an interior that reflects the brand’s heritage, inspired by the Blancpain’s…
Watchmaker Mobvoi tweeted a video teaser revealing that a new smartwatch is coming on July 10th. Using adjectives in the video like “fast,” and “powerful,” this could be the LTE version of the company’s TicWatch Pro. After all, the tweet includes hashtags…
Oriental Watch’s sales fell by 15.7 percent last year – but the company’s bottom line was only minimally affected, in part due to reduced rents. The Hong Kong-listed retailer says that while the number of mainland visitors to the territory recovered last…
Each year Fossil refreshes its stylish lineup of smartwatches with new models that feature updated hardware and, sometimes, different designs. This is year is no exception and a new set of Fossil wearable devices are expected to arrive as early as fall. A…
Swiss timepiece maker Omega has launched its first e-commerce initiative in China. Omega China has opened a new pop-up store in the Tmall Luxury Pavilion, an online platform for premium brands under Alibaba Group. Pre-sales for Omega’s new Seamaster Aqua…
