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Copy of Swatch Orange Black WF formerly available as app through Samsung

Samsung Ordered to Pay Swatch $11.6M in Smartwatch Trademark Dispute

A London court has ordered Samsung Electronics to pay Swatch Group $11.6 million in damages over smartwatch watch-face apps that replicated the...

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Patek Philippe’s Largest-Ever Watch Art Grand Exhibition Opens Oct. 2 in Milan

Patek Philippe's Watch Art Grand Exhibition, the largest the manufacturer has organized to date, opens Oct. 2 in Milan and will coincide with the...

Close up of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41(1) watch

Swiss Watch Exports to U.S. Jump 26.5% in July

Exports of Swiss watches to the United States surged 26.5% in July, making the U.S. the leading driver of growth for the Swiss watch industry during...

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Watch Week Aspen Draws 300-Plus Collectors and 19 Brands in 3rd Year

In early 2024, Elizabeth Smith Hrubala and her father, Oliver Smith, were spitballing ideas for a watch event they wanted to organize in Aspen, the...

Sean Connery’s Bond Watch Gets a DB5 Tribute Edition From Breitling and Aston Martin

When Sean Connery wore a Breitling Top Time behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DB5 in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, it was the first...

Drake Debuts Custom Blinged-Out Rolex Daytona

Drake has a new favorite possession, and he says it's "part of history." The Toronto-born hip-hop superstar took to Instagram...

omega speedmaster for auction on Joopiter

Pharrell Williams’ Joopiter Launches Dedicated Watches Department With August Auction

Pharrell Williams’ digital auction platform Joopiter launched a dedicated watches department this week with Keeping Measure: Watches &...

From In-Store Crowds to Online Quizzes: What Swatch Is Doing Right (and Wrong)

They did it again: In May, Swatch Group created unprecedented demand for its Royal Pop, and it got the watch world in a lather again in July with a...

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Secondary Watch Market Surges As Independents Outpace Luxury Giants

The global secondary watch market recorded $10.5 billion in transactions during the first half of 2026, a 37.2% increase from the same period a year...