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Try Out the Apple Watch with New iPhone App
Try Out the Apple Watch with New iPhone App Once again, Apple has an app for that, and in this case, the “that” is helping potential buyers try out options for the new Apple Watch that makes its official debut today. Before trying to schedule an appointment at your local Apple Store or placing your order online, you can audition various combinations of watch sizes, cases and bands with...
Selfridges to Sell Apple Watch in Luxury Department
Selfridges to Sell Apple Watch in Luxury Department Is it a smartwatch for techies or a luxury watch for the fancier of fine timepieces? The Apple Watch is a little of both and one of London’s most prestigious department stores will be stocking the Edition model alongside some of the finest Swiss timepieces. When the Apple Watch finally goes on sale April 24, Selfridges on London’s pos...
Chanel Introduces Limited Edition Première Rock Timepieces
Chanel Introduces Limited Edition Première Rock Timepieces The house of Chanel created the Première timepiece back in 1987 with a design inspired by the shape of the bottle stopper on the label’s legendary No. 5 fragrance. Now the watch is getting an edgy urban update with the release of the limited edition Première Rock timepiece. The new Première Rock watch comb...
Employees Get 50% Discount on Apple Watch
Employees Get 50% Discount on Apple Watch In a rare burst of generosity, Apple is giving all workers the opportunity to purchase the new Apple Watch for half price. Of course, there are a few strings attached to the offer. The watch must be bought for personal use, which probably means that it better not turn up on eBay. This discount is good only on the Apple Watch or Apple Watch Sport, so forget...
FA Chairman Finally Returns World Cup Watch to FIFA
FA Chairman Finally Returns World Cup Watch to FIFA For the last several months, FA chairman Greg Dyke has been trying in vain to hold onto the £16,000 ($26,600) watch he received in a gift bag during the 2014 World Cup event. It’s hard to blame him for desiring to keep the enviable timepiece but even a World Cup watch this luxurious isn’t worth losing your job over. In September...
What Kind of Person Will Buy the $17,000 Apple Watch Edition?
What Kind of Person Will Buy the $17,000 Apple Watch Edition? As the on-sale date for the Apple Watch draws near, speculation grows as to exactly who will be buying the heavily-hyped wearable. Certainly we can expect to see the usual crowd of Apple fanboyz lining up outside the local mall to get their first glimpse at the new smartwatch but most of them are likely to be spending $350 or a bit more...
DuBois et Fils Re-launches Brand with Crowdfunding
DuBois et Fils Re-launches Brand with Crowdfunding One of the world’s oldest Swiss watch names has used a very new idea to re-launch the brand and the results are nothing less than spectacular. Thomas Steinemann took over as CEO and owner of the brand in 2010 and went to work on reviving the DuBois et Fils name with the production of a “small, unique watch collection” that would ...
Swatch Collection Expected to Bring $1.3M at Auction
Swatch Collection Expected to Bring $1.3M at Auction When most of us hear “Swatch Watch” we think of that brightly colored plastic band that we picked up at the mall and tossed into a drawer when the battery died. Maybe we should have held on to those relics of the 80s and 90s since one collector’s cache of Swatches will be going on sale this week—for over a million dollars...
Buying the Apple Watch Edition Will be a Luxurious Experience
Buying the Apple Watch Edition Will be a Luxurious Experience Last week we told you about the bum’s rush early buyers can expect when they visit the local Apple Store in search of the first wearable device from the iconic tech giant. Now we hear that the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am treatment will be meted out only to the cheapskates who are spending a mere $350 to $1,000 for the lower pri...
Luxify Offers New and Used Luxury Items
Luxify Offers New and Used Luxury Items Tax time is coming and that means some folks will be needing fast cash to pay Uncle Sam. If your closet is full of designer bags, Swiss watches and glittering jewels but your bank account in empty, Luxify may have a deal for you. This Hong Kong startup is a marketplace for new and used luxury goods, with the accent on luxury. The company went live last year ...
Goldgenie Plans to Bling Up Apple Watches
Goldgenie Plans to Bling Up Apple Watches For those who have more money than good taste and find the $17,000 18K gold Apple Watch just a bit too plain, Goldgenie will create a one-of-a-kind blinged-out smartwatch that is sure to turn heads. Most of those heads will belong to jewel thieves but the resulting timepiece will definitely get attention. Brikk has already announced plans for bedazzling th...
Olio Model One Luxury Smartwatch Coming Next Month
Olio Model One Luxury Smartwatch Coming Next Month The Apple Watch isn’t the only luxury wearable device hitting stores this spring since the Olio Model One looks ready to give other smartwatches a bit of competition. The first release from San Francisco startup Olio Devices is definitely a step up from the plastic smartwatches now on the market. Olio was co-founded by Steven Jacobs, a forme...