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Rolex downturn? LVMH’s ‘smaller’ Swiss watch brand grapples with Rolex over $150 million Formula 1 sponsorship deal

Tag Heuer, a watch brand owned by LVMH, is in talks to take over the sponsorship deal.

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Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels owner Richemont shines bright as sales climb—offsetting declines from China and luxury watches

The company said jewelry sales — which account for the bulk of its revenue and profit and also include the Van Cleef & Arpels and Buccellati brands...

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Omega owner Swatch Group’s moment has passed as profits drop 70% in 6 months: ‘The big impact is really mainly China’

The company’s key Omega brand may be suffering from more availability of models at retail from rival Rolex, the top Swiss watch brand.

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After a surge in pandemic profits, Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet face a significant downturn as sales slip—extending a two-year decline

Even during the downturn, prices for some brands such as Cartier are rising.

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U.K. luxury watch market has stabilized but top Rolex seller issues profit warning due to lack of ‘gold and other precious metal watches’

Despite signs of stability, Watches of Switzerland warned that sales and profit would be weaker than anticipated.

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Buying the wrong color watch could cost you thousands

Dealers have speculated that the Pepsi GMT could be discontinued this year amid talk of challenges in producing the red and blue bezel.

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Rolex watches are getting more expensive because gold prices have soared to record highs

The price of gold has surged 14% this year, touching an all time high of $2,450 an ounce in May.

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Rolex seller shares soar after strong U.S. sales—despite it being an 'underdeveloped market'

Watches of Switzerland Group reported a 14% increase in sales in its fiscal fourth quarter. That helped total sales rise 3% — to $482 million.

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Time's up for Rolex? Cartier and Omega watches are holding their value better on the resale market

Average prices for Cartier watches are lower than Rolex and Patek Philippe, with many models changing hands for less than $5,000.

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Rare Rolex from the collection of Auro Montanari sold for $3.5 million in Monaco

The Rolex 4113, produced in 1942 and one of just 12 ever made and nine known to exist, was sold on Saturday at the Monaco Legend Group auction.

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Rolex's 'Pepsi' and 'Starbucks' outperform despite a halt in the luxury watch index

All of the watch models that gained in value continue to trade well above their retail prices, although they are extremely difficult to buy new at a...

10.04.2024 10

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Michael Schumacher's family puts eight watches up for sale

The watch is "arguably the most important Vagabondage F.P. Journe ever made,” Remi Guillemin, Christie’s head of watches in Europe and the US...

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Rolex dodges the luxury slump with a record $10bn in sales last year, Morgan Stanley says: 'No other luxury brand can claim such a dominant position'

Rolex had "greater sales than that of the five following brands Cartier, Omega, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe and Richard Mille combined.”

29.02.2024 10

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'I believe that we will never see this ever again': High-flying Swiss luxury watch makers grounded as the great pandemic splurge peters out

Turbocharged demand for timepieces boosted Swiss watch exports to a record $28.5 billion in 2022. Now the main growth is in cheaper timepieces.

08.12.2023 10

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British American Tobacco says its U.S. cigarette brands are worth $32 billion less and it's basically because of Gen Z

The maker of Lucky Strikes is taking the non-cash impairment to reflect the diminishing carrying value of the brands over the next 30 years. 

06.12.2023 20

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British American Tobacco says its U.S. cigarette brands are worth $32 billion less and it's basically because of Gen Z

The maker of Lucky Strikes is taking the non-cash impairment to reflect the diminishing carrying value of the brands over the next 30 years. 

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