It is a bit of a Catch-22 for luxury watch companies. They of course, want to build their brands, create demand, and enjoy great popularity. The issue for these watchmakers is that successful branding, demand and popularity also creates a problem. That problem is an abundance of replica watches. These fakes not only hurt the…
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Louis Vuitton is the world’s most valuable luxury brand, founded in 1854 with the introduction of flat-bottom trunks made of lightweight, airtight canvas. As great as those cases were, the brand’s come a long way since. The iconic LV trademark now adorns everything from leather goods to jewelry, and including the diamonds of the Voyage…
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Miley With Black Spinel, Black Diamond and Green Garnet Bracelet Lorraine Schwartz is a watch and jewelry fashionista with a big heart. The designer of high-end jewelry is a board member for Gabrielle’s Angels Foundation. This foundation raises funds for research in the quest to cure cancer. The foundation was started in 1996 by Denise…
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It was on Twitter and Facebook so it must be true! Thirty-one year old Jamie-Lynn Sigler, former Soprano star has announced that she is engaged to baseball player Cutter Dykstra 23 years old. Dykstra plays in the infield for the Washington Nationals. The couple posted a picture on Twitter with the two of them riding…
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Jaeger Le-coultre luxury watch brand was thrilled to learn of a certain watch which would help them dramatically celebrate their 180th birthday. Director- actress Carmen Chaplin is the granddaughter of the legendary Charlie Chaplin of film. It just so happened that when Charlie Chaplin settled in Switzerald, the government decided to honor his film talent…
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The news world is abuzz with stories about Rihanna, between her confirmation that she and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown are back together and a new rumor that the Bahamian popstar may be the new face of Chanel. Rihanna recently tweeted “And that’s a #wrap on my shoot for my new #topsecret add campaign!!! #2013 #phuckyobasic.” Accompanying…
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Sotheby’s had a record year in 2012 for timepiece sales. The auction house recently reported reaching $85 million in total sales for last year. This is a whopping 43 percent increase from the total sales of luxury watches and clocks in 2011. The record includes hitting $26.5 million in North America, showing year-over-year sales up…
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Fashion is always changing. What seemed improbable a couple of years ago becomes the latest trend today. One of the newest ways to express your personality through fashion is eyelash jewelry. Learn more about this new fad and before long, perhaps you will sport the trend yourself. What is Eyelash Jewelry? At the moment, jewelry…
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Piaget has built a reputation for ultra-thin watches and its latest entry into this market takes thin to a new level. Piaget recently unveiled the Emperador Coussin Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater. The watch is just 4.8mm thick for its movement. That’s impressive considering the watch has some 407 moving parts. Including the case, the timepiece is…
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Highlight: The Super Bowl Rings Super Bowl aka Harbowl, SuperBaugh, what have you is just around the corner, appearing as the most watched sporting event of the year in the United States. While the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC conference take on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC conference this year, there is a…
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Spotlight on: the Pearl of Lao Tzu According to legend, Lao Tzu, the famous philosopher, once owned this gigantic pearl. Lao Tzo is best known for being the author of the Tao Te Ching. Whether or not the famous Lao Tzu actually owned the pearl or not, the Lao Tzu pearl is impressive in its…
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Dedication to Jaeger-LeCoultre Jubilee Collection Precision timepieces have been capturing the creativity and innovation of watchmakers for over 180 years. Watchmaking art demands unique imagination and great technical skill, as Antoine LeCoultre made expansive strides to instill his creations with such prestigious movement encased in beauty that he pushed watchmaking to new boundaries. Antoine LeCoultre…
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Germany Taking Home The Gold By 2020 Germany plans on taking home the gold by 2020. We’re not talking about the Olympics here. While they do bring home many gold medals during the Olympics, they plan on actually bringing back the gold. The country has been storing a lot of their gold overseas and plan…
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Best Golden Globes Jewelry Last night kicked off 2013 Award Season! We had a blast Live Tweeting the red carpet arrivals with the rest of the jewelry industry. It also provided us plenty of handy notes to remember precisely whose looks we loved and whose we would leave. We also saw plenty of trends emerging…
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Ladies Patek Philippe Launches Microsite Legendary Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe launched a microsite over the holiday season as part of its ad campaign targeted towards women. Patek Philippe actually has quite a long history of luxury watches for women, but the campaign represents a renewed focus on high-quality timepieces for women. The ladies Patek Philippe…
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