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...Duffy said the company, which is the UK’s biggest seller of Rolex, OMEGA, Cartier, TAG Heuer and Breitling watches, had received a different mix of Rolex watches from the Swiss manufacturer than normal,...
...Watches of Switzerland, the UK’s biggest seller of Rolex, Breitling and Cartier watches, issued a major profit warning in January after admitting it had underestimated the impact of a luxury slump, crashing...
...The promise of a new or certified second-hand Submariner is what gets people into the shops, where they can be downsold a Breitling or a Montblanc Meisterstück pen....
...The Swiss export federation’s top band starts at Sfr3,000, which in retail terms is a Cartier or a Breitling. The range below cuts off at Sfr500, equivalent to a Tag Heuer or a Rado....
...Unlike Rolex or Tag Heuer, Breitling is not at Watches and Wonders in Geneva this week. Breitling’s growth has attracted further investment....
...This summer it opened a Breitling store in Stockholm, a Tudor boutique in Glasgow, and an Omega store in Copenhagen....
...“And, when you look at the brands growing fastest, such as Breitling and Audemars Piguet, it’s the independents that have been most successful over the past few years.”...
...£1.07m) Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Enamel Hokusai, €80,000 Chanel Haute Horlogerie Monsieur Superleggera Edition, £30,500 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore, £34,100 Bulgari Aluminium GMT, £2,890 Breitling...
...mass-produced products, Swatch — which owns a number of luxury brands including Breguet, Omega and Tissot — was also the manufacturer behind the cogs and escapements in timepieces sold by IWC, Raymond Weil and Breitling...
...I love old Breitlings and have spent years trying to get my wife’s stepfather to part with his mint Breitling Navitimer bought in the 1960s....
...Breitling RAF100 Aerospace Evo (2018) Mr Halfon keeps his titanium Breitling set five minutes fast because he hates being late. “When I go to airports, I turn up before the plane was built,” he says....
...Private equity-owned watchmaker Breitling says is set to make an announcement of its own at the end of the fair....
...A top executive at Richemont has resigned unexpectedly to join rival Swiss watchmaker Breitling in a blow to the luxury group’s efforts to weather the downturn in high-quality timepieces....
...The Breitling Emergency, for example, has played a role in 20 people being plucked from life-endangering situations since its introduction in 1995, according to the brand....
...Last summer’s sale of Breitling proved perfect....
...Last year, Breitling and Rolex-owned Tudor announced a deal for the latter to use the former’s chronograph calibre; Breitling will in turn have access to Tudor’s three-hand movement....
...The appointment comes less than six months after Georges Kern, who was put in charge of reviving the Piaget and Vacheron Constantin brands earlier in the year, quit to join Richemont’s main competitor Breitling...
...Breitling Navitimer (c1966) Mr Bamford believes he became hooked on watches when his parents gave him a Breitling Navitimer for Christmas in 1992 — something that many would regard as a lavish gift for...
...The move came less than four months after Georges Kern quit as head of watchmaking to join Richemont’s rival Breitling....
...Breitling is less reliant on the Chinese market than some of its peers....
...Théodore Schneider, Breitling’s chief executive and the son of Ernest Schneider, who bought the company from the Breitling family in 1979, will hold the remaining 20 per cent of the group....
...Breitling, meanwhile, will unveil the only official anniversary watches: small editions based on its Colt Skyracer, Avenger GMT II and Navitimer 01 models....
...In April, private equity group CVC Capital Partners announced it would take control of luxury Swiss watchmaker Breitling, which has been owned by just two families in its 133-year old history....
...Another driver’s chronograph is the Breitling for Bentley Supersports (5), a “connected” smartwatch which monitors driving performance through a link to a mobile phone app....
...Breitling’s main Baselworld launch will be the Navitimer Rattrapante (£9,720), the first time the split seconds function has appeared on the Navitimer chronograph since its launch in 1952....
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