Ariel Adams (also a Forbes.com contributor) wrote a month ago on A Blog To Watch about what an iWatch will be like, from the point of view of the high-end watch industry.
That may have not have been news to Richard Mille fans, but it was a huge deal to millions of tennis fans with no exposure to the world of high-end watch making.
Tiffany issued a statement at about 11:30 a.m. disputing the claims of Swatch Group saying that the watch company failed to uphold its end of the agreement.
FORBES: Update: Swatch Group Ends Partnership with Tiffany & Co.
The rest of us watch as they shout past each other, realizing that at the end of the day, very little substantive change will be made one way or the other.
Hana Microelectronics has moved successfully from being a motherboard producer to doing a variety of high-end component manufacturing, from watch movements to electronics for telephones.
Which leaves only Rolex, an unstoppable force that holds 25% of the high-end market with basically one watch, the Oyster, while keeping the company's inner workings almost completely hidden behind a gold-clad fortress in Geneva (see "As Tight as an Oyster").
While on the energy watch, here's one end-of-week observation about one of Scotland's better-performing corporates, Aggreko.
The mid-century lounge staple and epitome of smooth easy listening is now the featured tune of a new high-end luxury timepiece by Swiss watch maker Ulysse Nardin.
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As a result, here's how to tell when the Apple craze is about to end: Watch how much profit it can wring out of every dollar of sales.
Once the inflows end, the key metric to watch is whether the trading float of shares grows or shrinks.
While not universally true by any means, high-end watch brands do often produce limited edition watches in honor of their valued brand ambassadors.
At the end of the 19th century, a dealer offered Harrison's personal pocket watch to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
" "To get the most of 'Parade's End, ' you have to concentrate while you watch it, and think about it and maybe watch it again.
WSJ: TV's Novel Challenge: Parade's End and Other Literature on the Screen
Football games last about three hours -- longer than the actual flight -- and still passengers were willing to pay to watch a game they knew they wouldn't catch the end of.
CNN: Tablets and live TV transforming entertainment on planes
Another key area to watch, which could end up being bigger for Facebook than the sale of physical goods, is loyalty and offers.
FORBES: After Facebook's IPO, Payments Business Is Poised For Major Growth
Historically, the only sports you saw with luxury watch brand affiliations were tennis and high-end auto racing, with the exception of more niche pursuits such as polo.
You will watch Monday night's final even though there were some dodgy calls at the end of those Saturday games.
Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay said Ticketmaster is going to be something to watch because it is losing about 14.0% of its business wit the end of its contract with Live Nation.
When you watch pro cycling on TV, it's always on the funny channels at the end of the dial, next to stations that sell abdominal flexors and pantyhose that also make waffles.
For hours on end, we would watch takeoffs and landings from his office, and while he pointed out technical specifications of the aircraft, I fantasized about one day visiting places far, far away from Newark, New Jersey.
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