Identity Thief Loves Rolexes
A 28 year old student from Nigeria has pleaded guilty to identity theft. Iguosade Osahon took the personal identification information of hundreds New York residents from online underground information brokers online. He then had credit reports printed and used their credit to purchase over $500,000 of Rolex watches from New York shop Tiffany and Co.
Phillies Pitcher Buys Teammates Nice Watches
In other news Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Holladay gave all his teammates, support staff and even the bellboy – over 60 people classic timepieces from Baume and Mercier. Halladay gave his team the watches as a thank you for helping him throw his recent perfect game – the 20th such game in over 135 years of baseball. The back of each watch was engraved with the games score of the game and the recipient’s name. According to reports Halladay wanted to keep the gifts to his teammates private but the information was somehow leaked to the press.
Number 1 Online Watch Retailer
Melrose Jewelers is the New York areas new number 1 watch retailer according to reports. In quarter 1 and quarter 2 of this year the company’s sales of collectors and luxury watches jumped over 60 percent. According to reports the top watch they sold was the Men’s Silver Dial Channel Set Bezel Rolex Day Date Super President at 128 units.
Thursday 26 August 2010
Wednesday 18 August 2010
Nazi Watch Inspires Play
If you bought a second hand watch from a shop you would surely not expect that you could uncover a piece of Nazi history.
But that's exactly what happened to one Laurence Marks recently in Los Angeles. He bought what he thought was just a normal antique watch from a dealer in from a Los Angeles shop in 1993, and didn't think it was anything special.
However, when in 2002 he took it to a repair shop for repairs the watch repairer noticed a very tiny inscription "JVR 1930" with a small Swastika.
After doing a little bit of further research he found out that the watch had once been owned by Joachim von Ribbentrop, a Nazi and sympathiser of Adolf Hitler.
After finding this out he was inspired to write a play about it, which is called Von Ribbentrop's Watch, the play can be seen at the Oxford Playhouse from September this year... although can't see how just one small instance like that could turn into an entire play ?
But that's exactly what happened to one Laurence Marks recently in Los Angeles. He bought what he thought was just a normal antique watch from a dealer in from a Los Angeles shop in 1993, and didn't think it was anything special.
However, when in 2002 he took it to a repair shop for repairs the watch repairer noticed a very tiny inscription "JVR 1930" with a small Swastika.
After doing a little bit of further research he found out that the watch had once been owned by Joachim von Ribbentrop, a Nazi and sympathiser of Adolf Hitler.
After finding this out he was inspired to write a play about it, which is called Von Ribbentrop's Watch, the play can be seen at the Oxford Playhouse from September this year... although can't see how just one small instance like that could turn into an entire play ?
Saturday 14 August 2010
Swatch Post Half Year Figures
Despite the world economic problems it comes as a relief to the watches and jewellery industry that the Swatch Group's half year figures are substantionally up on last year posting a half year profit of more than 22% on 2009.
The watches giant posted record half yearly results in sales and profits for the year 2010.
Total sales were up by 32.9% on the first half 2009.
In a company statement Swatch said they had performed "substantially better" than than official export figures for 2010 which were published by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.
Gross sales surpassed the 3 billion mark (CHF) for the first time half yearly making a profit increase of +22.2% up on 2009 figures.
The watches giant posted record half yearly results in sales and profits for the year 2010.
Total sales were up by 32.9% on the first half 2009.
In a company statement Swatch said they had performed "substantially better" than than official export figures for 2010 which were published by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.
Gross sales surpassed the 3 billion mark (CHF) for the first time half yearly making a profit increase of +22.2% up on 2009 figures.
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Casio Watches Will Use Man Made Opal
Casio watches have unveiled the latest offering ...the GLS-5600KL G-Shock at the Shock the World event that was held on the 2/08/2010 in New York, USA. This model is an revamped alternative of the Casio GLS-5600.
This watch will be available in 12 different colours and will be released at the end of this year. It will feature shiny, man made Kyoto Opal, which gives the watch added gloss.
Also at the event Casio launched other updated and newer models of both the Casio G Shock range and the Casio Baby G range of watches.
Celebrities included Stevie Williams - profession skateboarder who launched the DKG G Shock and Lamar Odom of the LA lakers basketball team who launched the G-Shock Ultimate Tough GX56 watch.
Also, in addition to these trendy releases, there was a new limited edition G-Shock X Surfrider available this summer. This watch was made in conjunction with The Surfrider Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that dedicates itself to the protection and enjoyment of the worlds oceans and beaches.
This watch will be available in 12 different colours and will be released at the end of this year. It will feature shiny, man made Kyoto Opal, which gives the watch added gloss.
Also at the event Casio launched other updated and newer models of both the Casio G Shock range and the Casio Baby G range of watches.
Celebrities included Stevie Williams - profession skateboarder who launched the DKG G Shock and Lamar Odom of the LA lakers basketball team who launched the G-Shock Ultimate Tough GX56 watch.
Also, in addition to these trendy releases, there was a new limited edition G-Shock X Surfrider available this summer. This watch was made in conjunction with The Surfrider Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that dedicates itself to the protection and enjoyment of the worlds oceans and beaches.
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Kesha - Tik Tok - The Face of Casio Watches
The face of Casio watches - Kesha pulled out all the stops last night to plug the Casio Baby G watch at the New York launch party. She even wore a blue lip stick to match one of the Casio watch colours.
she arrived at the party already wearing two of the watches and then flashed them at waiting photographers endlessly - maybe she was on a bonus to get as many of them in the press as possible.
With her las single "Tik Tok" being a worldwide smash then its an obvious partnership.
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