Why The Swatch Group Sued Tiffany & Co. And Won About $450 Million
You may have heard that the lawsuit between the Swatch Group and Tiffany & Co. is finally over. The relationship that began in 2007 (which was meant to last for at least 20 years) ended bitterly in 2011. The "strategic alliance" was to have Tiffany & Co. partner with the Swatch Group to produce Tiffany & Co. branded timepieces. Tiffany & Co. made watches before this but wanted someone to take over that part of their business (and ideally to grow it).The first Swatch Group Tiffany & Co. watches were released in 2009 and I believe the last year they showed any new watches at Baselworld was in 2010. In 2011 the Swatch Group announced that it was going to pull out of the deal and sued Tiffany & Co., and Tiffany & Co. counter-sued. The amounts in questions were in the billions of dollars.So what happened? Why did a relationship that was supposed to result in one of the most important watchmakers in the world according the Swatch Group go so sour, so fast? The leg

Editorial: Personal Thoughts On The Phillips Start-Stop-Reset Steel Chronographs Sale
The art of the thematic watch sale is a delicate one, indeed. In the modern era, the benchmark by which all other thematic sales are measured is that of the Christie's-under-Aurel-Bacs Lesson One: Daytona sale, where 50 watches sold, 50 records were set, and the final sale brought in a mind-blowing four times the high estimate. I was in the audience, and the room was really, truly electric – and not just electric for a watch auction, which as you may know, means very little, but like, actually exciting. This sale was crazy, and the results were mind-blowing – the reverberations of which we still feel today in the current Daytona market, two and a half years later. Since then, we've seen other thematic sales both by Christie's – Patek 175 and Speedmaster NYC, and another by Bacs in the Glamorous Day-Date sale at his new home, Phillips – but none seemed to capture the same excitement with watch fans, or bidders. I could hypothesize about

Wife surprised...
Special anniversary needed a special gift.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Just found a Tudor Black Bay 79220B brand new in store!
Just stopped off in Meadowhall for lunch, friend was late so had a quick browse. Looked in the window of Beaverbrooks and there amongst all the Tudors was a 79220B! Priced at ��2410. I bought it in the end with discount of course. Very happy to add it to my 79220N

2 for 1?
Would you trade the following:Tudor Steel & Gold on braceletTudor Black Bay bronzeFor a Rolex? Maybe a GMT, Sub or Explorer II?What are your thoughts?