Gunmen held up a jewellery store in Oxford Street and escaped with more than £500,000 worth of luxury watches in front of terrified shoppers at the height of the rush hour. Witnesses said unarmed officers confronted the armed raiders at the scene but …

A gang of thieves used hammers to stage a jewelry theft at Cartier's flagship store in Midtown Manhattan in broad daylight on Wednesday, making off with more than a dozen luxury watches, the police said. Five men entered the boutique, on Fifth Avenue …

As the first large-scale showing of new luxury watches of the year, Geneva's Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH)—which took place this year from January 20 to 24—is a barometer of new and upcoming trends in watchmaking. And if the …

Chanel moved into the world of watchmaking in 1987 with the Première, designed by Jacques Helleu, the fashion house's creative director who put Vanessa Paradis in a birdcage in one of a series of iconic cinematic ads. The Première's dial takes its form …

Bremont got a taste of Chinese spending power on luxury watches after opening a 2,000 square foot store in Central three months ago. A single Chinese customer walked out with five Bremont watches in a HK$130,000 shopping spree, something unseen …

Decorative crafts have a long tradition in Geneva, tracing their roots back to the 17th century and the arrival of the Huguenots from France who turned to decorating watches because other luxury objects were banned at the time. Enamel painting is one …

THROUGH last year – even during the Christmas shopping season – local retailers of luxury watches moaned about poor sales. Many resorted to deep discounts to drum up business, apparently with little success. The year before was already bad. Among the …

Turner, 42, and Bernstein, 44, promised customers of their travel clubs low-cost luxury vacations in exotic locales in exchange for membership fees that often exceeded $5,000, but it was a ruse. After collecting money from would-be travelers, the …

Investcorp, which famously took luxury brands Gucci and Tiffany & Co public in the 1990s, made a net profit of $60.1m in the six months to 31 December, against $39.2m in the same period a year earlier. “This is a good result in the short term and in …