Watches of Switzerland shares surge on record revenue as US demand soars Retail Watches of Switzerland shares surged after the firm revealed record revenue growth, boosted by wealthy Americans flocking to luxury watches. The UK’s largest luxury watch retailer hailed a 13 per cent jump in revenue to £1.8bn in the year to May, as revenue climbed by 24 per cent to £1.2bn in its US market alone. [...]
The watch podcast disrupting the ‘pale, male and stale’ image Life&Style Rashawn Smith and Perri Dash are hoping to change your mind about the watch industry, one podcast at a time, says Laura McCreddie-DoakUnless you’re investigating a cold case, finding a following in the world of podcasting can be difficult. But the Wrist Check Pod seemed to enter the world fully formed when it launched in [...]
Luxury watch theft hits record high of £1.7bn News The total value of luxury watches registered as lost or stolen on a global database hit a record £1.7bn last year amid renewed fears of muggings on London streets. The Watch Register said that 10,000 luxury watches had been logged on the site in 2025, the equivalent of one watch per hour, bringing the total [...]
LIV Golf open to PGA resolution and in talks over team sales, says president February 9, 2026 LIV Golf chiefs insist they remain open to working with the PGA Tour amid apparently receding prospects of a merger of interests but are focused on the next phase of their business, including the sale of stakes in two teams. More than two and a half years after a “framework agreement” was announced for the [...]
10 years of Laver Cup: Nerves, serves and Federer’s ‘lucky’ London farewell January 29, 2026 Tony Godsick vividly remembers the day, exactly 10 years ago, when he and Roger Federer, his biggest client, went public with their big idea: the Laver Cup. “I was nervous,” Godsick tells City AM. “I had been in the sport for a long time already, and this concept was screaming to be done, but no [...]
LIV Golf lands Rolex partnership in major boost ahead of fifth season January 28, 2026 LIV Golf has struck another blow in its battle for mainstream recognition by securing the backing of one of the sport’s biggest sponsors, Rolex. The luxury watch brand, which already has deals with the leading men’s and women’s majors, tours and both the Ryder and Solheim Cups, has become an official partner of the LIV [...]
Rolex and DP World Tour sign long-term partnership extension January 26, 2026 Rolex’s partnership with golf’s DP World Tour will pass 30 years after the organisations signed a long-term agreement. The watchmaker has been a partner of the top European golfing circuit since 1997 and the new deal comes just months after DP World extended its title sponsorship of the tour until at least 2035, in what [...]
Meet the hip young watch collectors blazing a fresh trail December 3, 2025 Go to most watch collector hangouts and you’ll be faced with a gang of 50-something-year-old men who love nothing more than to obsess over rare references. I know that because I’m one of them. Well, I’m slightly younger, but you get my point. As far as most people are concerned, that’s what a watch collector [...]
Why hardstone dials have been the defining watch trend of 2025 December 2, 2025 Hardstone dials have been the defining watch trend of 2025. Sam Kessler picks three of his favourites CHRISTOPHER WARD SEALANDER ROCKS Let’s start with one of the more accessible purveyors of this watch trend: stone dials from British stalwart Christopher Ward. The Sealander collection as a whole is billed as the brand’s ‘everyman’ watch, based on [...]
Rolex is London’s most stolen luxury watch, but few recovered by Met Police October 21, 2025 Over 5,000 luxury watches have been stolen in London over the last three years, but barely one in 88 of these watches has been recovered by the Metropolitan Police. According to a Freedom of Information request seen by City AM, there have been 5,180 high-value watches, worth £3,000 or more, stolen between January 2022 and [...]