Tudor Watch Co. Partners with International Motor Sports Association
Fans of the Rolex Daytona know that Rolex has a long association with auto racing. What many may not know is that Rolex’s sister brand, Tudor, also has a close connection to motorsports, and strengthened those ties this year by becoming the “entitlement partner” of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Tudor first announced the partnership at its U.S. launch event on September 12, where attendees got a first glimpse of a specially branded Audi R8, representing the inauguration of what will now be called the Tudor United SportsCar Championship, sanctioned by the IMSA. The car, emblazoned with an image of the Tudor Grantour Chrono Fly-Back watch, made another promotional appearance last week, parked in front of New York’s Wempe Jewelers boutique, which now sells the full collection of Tudor watches. (Click here to learn more about the Tudor watch families.)The relationship between Tudor’s parent company, Rolex, and the IMSA dates back to 1959, w

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LVMH Acquires Stake in Herm��s
LVMH, owner of TAG Heuer, Hublot and Zenith, has acquired 17.1% of French fashion house Herm��s for approximately $2 billion. Founded in 1837, Herm��s is perhaps best known for scarves, ties and handbags, though the company also produces a range of fashion watches, as well as fine watches in its Pi��ces d’exception line. Herm��s CEO Jean-Louis Dumas passed away on May 1, leading to speculation that the members of the founding family might be willing to sell, though the family has issued a statement confirming their desire to retain control. The family owns about 73% of the company, and Herm��s shares have doubled since May 1. The seller of the LVMH stake has not been identified. For its part, LVMH says that it does not intend to take control of the company, though many analysts believe LVMH is positioning itself for an eventual takeover.Following the LVMH announcement, Herm��s shares climbed 26.65 euros or 15% to 202.85 euros in Paris trading, valuing the company at 21.4 billion euros,

Features of Marc Jacobs Watch Collection Reviewed
Other luxury watches have been released since then. For example, monitoring has a strip of leather genuine alligator, and housing and face are set 128 diamond. For fashion fall 2006 season, the designer began a line of less expensive watches under the label of Marc by Marc Jacobs. These watches are eccentric chic design and more diverse in the options of the wear as the high range collection. The drawings are as traditional styles watch, pendants necklace, or as style bracelets. Traditional styles have simple and elegant faces bands, most is from metal or leather. Sometimes bright and original drawings are used in the necklace and bracelet styles. A very eccentric design is the skull of Sidney wristwatch. A satirical skull enamel plate covers the movement of face. Two holes in the plate of allowing the numbers to see: a hole in the left eye for the minutes and a hole in the nose for the time being.

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